Hi,
everyone. I'm popping in with a sort of mini-sode here. Patrick
Haggerty, the lead singer and songwritier of Lavender Country,
passed away on Halloween. I meant to post this shortly after his
death, but between my midterms and the holidays, I just didn't get
around to it. The real reason, though, is once I post this,
well...then it means he's really gone.
We
recorded this interview in 2018 when I was writing my first major
article ever. This was only the second or third time I'd
interviewed someone I didn't know personal and I think you can hear
my discomfort. The setting was Branded Saloon, home of Karen
Pittelman's Queer Country series. Patrick, James Wilson of Paisley
Fields, Barbara Endes of Girls on Grass, had just come from a
rehearsal space around the corner and were doing soundcheck before
the show. I mention Karen and Patrick mentions James, who now goes
by Paisley. You can hear some of that soundcheck going on in the
background as I recorded this directly to soundcloud with a
Chromebook, yet the sound quality is better than this intro. Figure
that one out.
I think
this interview shows Patrick's complexity. He was really, really,
REALLY good at talking himself up. He had a LOT of anger and
intensity stored up. In my opinion, some of his statements here are
a bit grandiose but, at the same time, they're right on the money.
After this, Patrick and I became friends and he was insistent that
my wife and I come visit him on his ranch; that never
happened.
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Patrick's spiritual successors, Adeem the Artist.
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