Zeke Dawson, who served as Loretta Lynn‘s fiddle player in her Coal Miner Band for nearly a decade, has died. According to his obituary, Dawson died on Monday (Nov. 11). He was 84 years old.

Emmy Russell made her way into the spotlight earlier this year with an impressive run on “American Idol,” and country music fans — particularly those of the late legend Loretta Lynn — were happy to ...