In 1973 Lavender Country crowdsourced funding to make the first known openly gay country music album. Now nearly 50 years later Lavender Country is bringing their brand new follow-up record on tour, with a nearby show Friday April 9 at the Egremont Barn. We listen to selections from an interview with Lavender Country founder Patrick Haggerty originally aired in 2018, where he speaks about using music to communicate connections between the struggle for gay liberation and wider revolutionary movements.

Cryin’ These Cocksucking Tears | Lavender Country | Lavender Country | 1973

Waltzing Will Trilogy | Lavender Country | Lavender Country | 1973

Straight White Patterns | Lavender Country | Lavender Country | 1973 

Clara Frazer, Clara Frazer | Lavender Country | Blackberry Rose | 2022

Workers - Get Ready | Progressive Labor Party | Power To The Working Class | 1971

Roll The Union On | The Song Swappers | Talking Union and Other Union Songs | 1941

There Is Power In A Union | Billy Bragg | Talking With The Taxman About Poetry | 1986

Roll The Union On | John Handcox