Lavender Country - Lavender Country mp3

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Credits

• Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Patrick Haggerty
• Design – Michael Carr , Richard Overfield
• Engineer – Dane Butcher, Mark Sterling
• Keyboards – Michael Carr
• Lead Guitar [Acoustic], Dobro – Robert Hammerstrom
• Producer – Gay Community Social Services Of Seattle, Sherwood Forest Productions
• Violin, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Eve

Notes

This version has a purple front cover with black print. Another original variation exists with a white cover and purple printing.

Comes with two sided insert with lyrics

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Lavender Country is an American country music band formed in 1972, whose self-titled 1973 album is the first known gay-themed album in country music history. Based in Seattle, Washington, the band originally consisted of lead singer and guitarist Patrick Haggerty, keyboardist Michael Carr, singer and fiddler Eve Morris and guitarist Robert Hammerstrom the only heterosexual member. Lavender Country - Lavender Country. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. He designed Lavender Country as a vehicle for what he deems The Information: valid cultural communications intended to resonate with those unable to access similar resources. Playing Cryin' These Cocksucking Tears, one of the indisputably great country song titles ever, cost 1973 10 Songs. Lavender Country. 10 Songs, 38 Minutes. Released 1973. 2014 Paradise of Bachelors. See Friends Who Have Listened to This. About Lavender Country In the Beginning - The 1950s How is it that I wrote the first gay country album in 1973 The answer is short my dad said I could. My dad, a dairy farmer with ten kids, in redneck land in 1955, in his dung spattered brown overalls and clodhopper boots that dad said I could. Patrick Haggerty After Stonewall - The 1970s Lavender Country was a community effort for sure. By us, from us, for us the Stonewall Rebellion crowd. Seattles out of the closet LGBTQ folks were on the move, doing all manner of bold, creative projects in 1973. Lavender Country was one of them. In 1973, Patrick Haggerty produced the first known gay-themed record in country music and since its 2014 Lavender Country. The first album by Patrick Haggertys band is widely considered the first gay-themed country album. After being kicked out of the Peace Corps for being gay and being inspired by the Stonewall Riots, Haggerty began writing queer-themed country songs. This album was funded by the Gay Community Social Services of Seattle. Lavender Country Q&A. Writers Eve Morris & Patrick Haggerty. Lavender Country by Lavender Country, released 25 March 2014 1. Come Out Singing 2. Gypsy John 3. Waltzing Will Trilogy 4. Georgie Pie 5. Cryin' these Cocksucking Tears 6. Back in the Closet Again 7. I Can't Shake the Stranger Out of You 8. To a Woman 9. Straight White Patterns 10. Ellie Lavender country is a pioneer and a legend. Hearing these tracks brings joy to my heart. The music is beautiful and the lyrics are honest and poetic. Country music tends to reflect a more socially and politically conservative state of mind than most other forms of popular music. That was even more the case in the early '70s than it is today, which makes Lavender Country's first and only album seem all the more brave and unexpected: it was the first album of openly gay-themed country songs, from a band of out-of-the-closet gays and lesbians. Lavender Country, the pioneering gay country band that had an unexpected resurgence in 2014, is planning on releasing a new album, titled Blackberry Rose. The album comes nearly 46 years after they released the world's first gay country album, the self-titled Lavender Country. The news was announced yesterday via a GoFundMe page set up for the album. Lavender Country is ready to release a full length album of previously unreleased songs, the page reads