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

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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 […]

Patrick Haggerty, Lavender Country Vocalist, Dead at 78

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Patrick Haggerty, Lavender Country Vocalist, Dead at 78

Patrick Haggerty, lead vocalist and guitarist of the pioneering queer country group Lavender Country, has died. He was 78. “This morning, we lost a great soul,” read a statement from Lavender Country’s Instagram account October […]