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MEET ORVILLE PECK, THE MASKED GAY CROONER REVALIZG CLASSIC COUNTRY’S SPIR
Gay die untry sger Orville Peck wears a mask and won't give his real name. "What I do is no different than Dolly Parton," he says, but the emotnal tth his songs ns ep. * gay cowboy mask *
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There are layers of meang to Peck’s persona, which taps to gay culture and wboy masculy.