Chely Wright may be the first major openly gay untry mic star, but she's hardly the first one to the party
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HEAR JT HILTNER’S GAY BLUEGRASS AT
Joe Troop, the ontman of Che Apalache, is challengg long-held norms and brgg an Amerin artform; he's an openly gay bluegrass fiddler and prott song wrer, and as such is one of the very few micians wh that genre to e out and stay out. * gay bluegrass *
Check out our #DotGayQAndA to learn more about how Jt is makg wav as an OUT mician the folk, bluegrass, and roots mic scene. As soon as I found out that domas were an optn, I knew I need to grab Ever sce I moved to Nashville ten years ago, I have (somewhat jokgly) stated over and over that my brand is "sad, gay banjo songs.
" really munit who I am, what I love, and what I prrize my mic-makg and art: gay banjos!!
COUNTRY MIC'S (NOT SO SECRET) GAY HISTORY
What would you say to enurage listeners of ntemporary mic to take a chance on your "sad, gay banjo songs? How has your gay/queer inty fluenced your mic and your experience the mic dtry?