“So here's the story: a Seattle man named Patrick Haggerty wrote and recorded an openly gay country album as Lavender Country in 1973. This is because he is a steelier person than you or I. He included a waltz called "Cryin' These Cocksucking Tears" because he's funnier than you or I. And he loaded the song, and the album, with exquisitely personal and painful lyrics that raged against the hypocris”
