Kim McLean: My Friend Loretta
Tribute to Loretta Lynn
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 7:30 pm
Culpeper County High School Auditorium
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Kim McLean |
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Accomplished songwriter Kim McLean has had over 400 songs recorded by
music royalty, including Tim McGraw, Trisha Yearwood, and Lee Ann
Womack. In 2018, McLean established what became a cherished
friendship with the late, great Loretta Lynn. In honor of that
friendship, McLean is debuting a new show to share the stories,
laughs, and memories of her time with the country music legend. This
concert will feature McLean’s best-selling songs, Loretta Lynn hits,
and songs co-written by McLean and Lynn.
Kim first met the icon at a writer’s night in Nashville in 2018. Kim
was playing the round, and Loretta and her family were there
watching Loretta’s grandkids perform. Her daughter Patsy asked Kim
if she’d like to meet her mom. The answer was a quick, "yes!" She
and Loretta connected immediately, and Kim was invited to her house.
They were just going to talk and pray but wrote a song during that
first meeting. After that they wrote a song every time Kim visited.
"I became a better songwriting working with Loretta, but through our
friendship, I became a better person, too."
Kim McLean has worn numerous hats, since she moved to Nashville to
pursue a career as a songwriter, but one of her most proud
achievements is co-writing A Song & A Prayer with Country Music Hall
of Fame member Loretta Lynn. The book was released May 23, 2023 and
immediately hit #1 in three categories: Christian Inspirational,
Arts & Literature Biographies, and Christian Devotionals (Books) and
#6 overall on Amazon.
Kim is also an in-demand producer, helming award-winning projects
for indie artists, gospel artists, and major labels. Her real
strength is developing young artists, helping them find their voice,
their identity in the studio, and writing their signature hits.
She’s been the wind beneath the wings of acts for Capitol, Warner
Brothers, Sony, and Curb. No stranger to the recording studio,
her chops as an acoustic guitar player and background vocalist have
been used by Vanguard, MCA/Universal, Curb, Sony, Daywind, and a
host of indie projects.
Rev. Dr. Kim McLean holds an MA in Religion and Doctorate in
Leadership from Trevecca University in Nashville. She has been an
ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene since 2009. She taught
songwriting at Trevecca until this year.
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