Lavender Country - Blackberry Rose - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Four decades after releasing the first openly gay country album, Patrick Haggerty & Friends are back with a fresh batch of songs as poignant as ever. Running the gamut from gut-wrenching ballads to rowdy marxist singalongs, Haggerty uses his knack for sharp storytelling to shine a light on institutionalized racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia. The current emergence of fascism and the deep political divisions in American culture are making Lavender Country a critical component of progressive and radical politics.InchNow 74 years old, Haggerty again respects no limits lyrically or musically. Where else can you hear a honky-tonk number about author and activist Clara Fraser, a socialist and radical feminist who died in 1998?Inch - Country QueerInchThe band on the album is both cross-generational, cross-gender, and multi-racial, the kind of Lavender Country community described in the title track of the first albumInch - Adobe & TeardropsInchThe new music blends a striking mix of radical queer and socialist politics, rural aesthetics, and classic country sound. Haggerty examines the risks intimacy, lust, and unconventional values pose to those seeking human connection and purpose in lifeInch - Slate1. I Can't Shake The Stranger Out Of You 2. Gay Bar Blues 3. Leave All Disillusions Behind4. Red Dress 5. Sweet Showman 6. Clara Fraser, Clara Fraser 7. Lament of a Wyoming Housewife8. Blackberry Rose9. Stand On Your Man 10. Don't Buy Her No More Roses Album Tracks 1. I Can't Shake the Stranger Out of You 2. Sweet Shadow Man 3. Gay Bar Blues 4. All Disillusions Behind 5. Red Dress 6. Lament of a Wyoming Housewife 7. Clara Frazer, Clara Frazer 8. Blackberry Rose 9. Weeping Willow 10. Stand on Your Man 11. Don't Buy Her No More Roses 12. Eat the Rich