For a self-professed 'screaming Marxist b---h singer' who dropped a mostly ignored queer country album in 1973, it's been a busy time for 77-year-old Patrick Haggerty of LavenderCountry.
the lovely"Treasures That Money Can't Buy" in January and gearing up to promote the band's second album,, for its reissue. If you missed its initial 2019 self-release, well, you're not alone:"We don't know what the hell we're doing online," he freely admits with a laugh."So Don Giovanni Records grabbed it and they're fixin' to put it out on vinyl and CD and all the online stuff.
Despite going into Lavender Country with"eyes wide open" that"being a queer country singer was a completely absurd proposition," he and his three bandmates kept working against the odds for an album they believed in. In 1973, however, when the band released-- a stunningly authentic record about closeted desire, alienation and homophobia with vivid lyrical detail -- the world was unsurprisingly not ready to pay attention.
Lady Gaga Taps Orville Peck For Country-Tinged 'Born This Way' Cover on 10th Anniversary Album: Listen So by the time Lavender Country began to enjoy renewed interest in the 2010s , it was just country gravy on Haggerty's already full life. Not only is the music finding new ears, but it gives him a chance to push his message about changing what he sees as the"ugly and capitalist," winner-takes-all country music industry.
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