Posted on 03/05/2022 11:42:26 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski
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Singing gay love songs once killed the careers of artists like Patrick Haggerty, whose band Lavender Country in 1973 released what's widely considered the first country album recorded by an out gay performer. Even artists who came out decades later, like k.d. lang and Chely Wright, said their careers stalled after they made their sexuality public.
Now, out queer people are some of the most celebrated country stars. Brandi Carlile and Lil Nas X are Grammy winners. T.J. Osborne, one half of the Brothers Osbourne, came out last year, the first out gay artist signed to a major country label. Trixie Mattel, who won her season of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars," incorporates original music inspired by Loretta Lynn and June Carter Cash into her drag act. And Black queer artists like Allison Russell, Amythyst Kiah and Joy Oladokun are reaching audiences across genres.
Queer country artists are telling familiar stories -- first love, heartbreak and learning to heal -- from perspectives that were once shut out across the music industry. The sincerity and undeniable talent of country's queer performers are changing narrow ideas of what country music can be -- and who gets to perform it…
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Jim Stafford was gay? He was married to one of my all time favorites, Roberta Jo Gentry.
Listening to Mr. Jimi on AM radio made me wonder why he sang "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy." Then he OD'd so I chalked it up to drug abuse. Now there's a book on misheard lyrics named that very line.
This article is just more "agitprop" from the homosexual lobby. Give them credit - any aliens monitoring our media would think we've all gone queer, bi-racial or soy snowflake thus rendering Earth safe from invasion.
Those who run music row actually hate country music and are woke AF
I live here
Hardly
Stafford is not gay
Married twice with kids
Once to Bobbie gentry .....what sacrifice that must have been....not
He did a bay parody song My Friend Bill
A song u couldn’t do today
Ask Shabba Ranks
Gay parody ...sorry
In the end I dont understand anything, but I’ll bet your son is a good man.
In the end I dont understand anything, but I’ll bet your son is a good man.
FWIW, we just “met” him three years ago through DNA matching. He was born to my wife when she was 17, in 1970, and given up for adoption by her parents. It was an amazing reunion and all six of his siblings and step-siblings embraced him.
My wife had named him and sort of celebrated his birthday every year.
That old codger was a Las Vegas casino magnate, I’ve been trying to remember his name but just can’t. I saw a picture of them together, ugh! It could have been for his money, but maybe for influence. She was still early in her career, and could have used someone like him on her side.
Jim Stafford was married to Bobbie Gentry, of “Ode To Billie Joe” fame.
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