patrick haggerty
Lavender Country's Patrick Haggerty has died
As Lavender Country, Haggerty made what is widely regarded as the first openly gay country album. He died Monday after suffering a stroke a few weeks ago.
Lavender Country reissued "first openly-gay country music album", touring, playing Lincoln Hall (dates, song streams)
Lavender Country, the pseudonym of Washington state singer/songwriter Patrick Haggerty, released what’s widely recognized — by institutions like the Country Music Hall of Fame and CMT — as the first openly gay country music album in 1973…
