“Lavenr Country,” Patrick Haggerty’s first album rerd unr the same name, is wily nsired the first untry album rerd by an out gay mician. He died Monday, several weeks after havg a stroke.
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- PATRICK HAGGERTY, TRAILBLAZG GAY UNTRY STAR, DI AT 78
- 9 COUNTRY MIC ARTISTS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
- HERE ARE GAY COUNTRY SGERS WHO STOOD OUT LOUD AND PROUD
PATRICK HAGGERTY, TRAILBLAZG GAY UNTRY STAR, DI AT 78
* country gay chanteur *
He uld be the dtry-iendly untry star and rema the closet, or he uld e mic to make a statement about what was like beg a gay man a eply discrimatory world. He chose the latter, and 1973’s “Lavenr Country, ” Haggerty’s first album rerd unr the same name, is now wily nsired the first untry album rerd by an out gay mician.
“Lavenr Country” was a fiantly queer rerd, wh songs like “Cry’ The C**ksuck’ Tears, ” durg a time when few micians any genre were fortable g out as gay. He was kicked out of the Peace Corps the ’60s for beg gay, he told CNN earlier this year. He told Pchfork 2014 that his gay iends Seattle were “who we ma for, and that’s who we played to.
That ll wh Greav was the first step to retroducg Haggerty and Lavenr Country to new listeners, many of whom had been hungry for an out gay untry star. He performed the songs he’d wrten more than 40 years earlier wh new gay untry stars like Orville Peck and Trixie Mattel, who’ve both found nsirable succs for tegratg their inti to their acts.
9 COUNTRY MIC ARTISTS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
In se you missed the news om last year, the Brothers Osborne ontman me out as gay, sayg his fay and close iends have known for que some time, but he wants to be his full self at this pot his reer. Here are 9 untry artists/members of the untry mic world who have e out as gay over the years.
Gay Male Country Sgers. He me out as gay last Febary makg him, the words of wikipedia, “the first openly gay artist signed to a major untry mic label”.
Lookg for a list of gay male untry sgers? Their stars may not be as bright as untry stars such as Garth Brooks, Keh Urban, and our favore untry sger Blake Shelton but the gay untry sgers are jt as talented. Anyhoo, let’s start our list wh:Steve Grand: Male mol-turned-openly-gay-untry-sger om Lemont, Illois is the breakout star of 2013.
HERE ARE GAY COUNTRY SGERS WHO STOOD OUT LOUD AND PROUD
Canadian untry sger Drake Jensen married partner Michael Mor 2008 and publicly me out as gay four years later by releasg a mic vio for the sgle, On My Way to Fdg You, which featured his hband. Drake dited the song to a gay Ottawa teen, Jamie Hubley, who mted suici bee of bullyg.Quote about his sexualy (via Towleroad): “As a child I always knew there was somethg different about me above and beyond the gay thg.
I’m a homosexual mician tellg my story through songs and spreadg the msage of love.
Next our list of gay male untry sgers is Brian Glenn who performed wh big untry stars such as Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire, Patty Lovels, and his favore of them all Dolly Parton.He says of his experience sgg wh Dolly (via the Wdy Cy Tim): “It will be one of the greatt moments mic to date for me—backg up Dolly Parton.