Why Loretta Stood by Her Husband Despite His Cheating and Violent Behavior

He also inspired many of her songs

In addition to jumpstarting Loretta’s country career, Doo contributed to her success in another way: The troubles in their marriage inspired many of her songs. “I’ve never written a song that my husband wasn’t in. Every song I wrote, but he didn’t know which line he was in,” she has stated.

One Doo-inspired tune was “Fist City.” With it, Loretta was able to address “a real woman in Tennessee who was making eyes at Doolittle while I was a-singing on the stage. I let her know she was gonna get a mouthful of knuckles if she kept it up.” Loretta’s fans found songs like these, with their take on marital difficulties from a woman’s perspective, to be very relatable.

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