Lavender Country’s Patrick Haggerty was embraced as gay country music’s radical elder : NPR

Lavender Country's Patrick Haggerty was embraced as gay country music's radical elder : NPR

Lavender Country, led by singer and songwriter Patrick Haggerty, released what it widely considered the first openly gay country album in 1973. Haggerty died this week at age 78. Marie Tamanova/Courtesy of Don Giovanni Records […]

Leslie Jordan Opened Up About Being Embraced by Nashville Before Death – Rolling Stone

Watch Leslie Jordan Sing About Going to Heaven a Day Before His Death: ‘Love. Light. Leslie’

Country music star was one of the last things Leslie Jordan added to his long list of joy-bringing talents before his unexpected death on Monday, Oct. 24, following a fatal car crash in Los Angeles […]