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Willie Nelson releases buried gay cowboy tune
Country music outlaw Willie Nelson sang “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” and “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys” more than 25 years ago.
He released a very different sort of cowboy anthem this Valentine’s Day.
“Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)” may be the first gay cowboy song by a major recording musician. But it was written long before this year’s Oscar-nominated “Brokeback Mountain” made gay cowboys a hot topic.
Available exclusively through iTunes, the song features choppy Tex-Mex style guitar runs and Nelson’s deadpan delivery of lines such as, “What did you think all them saddles and boots was about?” and “Inside every cowboy there’s a lady who’d love to slip out.”
The anthem, which debuted Tuesday on Howard Stern’s satellite radio exhibit, was written by Texas-born singer-songwriter Ned Sublette in Sublette said he wrote it during the “Urban Cowboy” craze and always imagined Nelson singing it.
Someone passed a replicate of the ballad to Nelson help in the overdue s and, according to Nelson’s rec
The avant-garde composer Gene Tyranny once referred to it as "the famous male lover cowboy song." And he's not wrong. "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other" is perhaps the most well-known example of an outwardly lgbtq+ country song. But this is no love ballad between two men. The unusual track makes a larger, cheekier commentary on Western machismo through lyrics that are essentially straightforward, backed by a minimal country melody.
Since the song's release by Ned Sublette in , "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other" has puzzled and delighted listeners including Willie Nelson who enjoyed playing the tune on his tour bus for decades. In , Nelson finally released his hold cover -- on the lucrative heels of Brokeback Mountain fever. That trendy version is generally considered the first mainstream LGBT-themed country song.
Ned Sublette
The songwriter and musicologist Ned Sublette was born in Lubbock, Texas, and raised in Eastern New Mexico. That upbringing has informed Sublette's unique sound, which famously fuses a country-western twang with an
Orville Peck praises Willie Nelson's allyship after releasing duet to queer cowboy anthem
Giddy up queer cowboys!
On Friday, Orville Peck and Willie Nelson released a duet cover of Ned Sublette's song "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other," a song about gay cowboys. Fans of the country singers have described the collaboration as "healing" when it comes to LGBTQ+ acceptance.
Peck, a gay country music artist, said in an interview with GLAAD published Monday that the duet was actually Nelson's idea. "It's actually been a long period in the making this whole collaboration. Willie asked me about it a couple of years ago," he said.
Peck likened Nelson's unbashful support to the Homosexual community to Dolly Parton, because "they are not afraid to sort of give the middle finger to this sort of concept of this gate kept part of country that's all tied into like weird politics and all this stuff."
"I assume that the fact that Willie stands next to the entire LGBTQIA+ community by doing this song just shows what an amazing person he is, what a legend he is," he added. "It's a w
A Cultural Revelation &#; Willie Nelson and His Same-sex attracted Cowboy Song
The fact that singer Willie Nelson has recorded his own &#;gay cowboy song&#; is not so revealing. After all, the Hollywood elites possess gone agog over Brokeback Mountain. In one instinct, Willie is just joining the bandwagon. He also has a song on the movie&#;s soundtrack.
What makes this story so discovering is the fact that the song, &#;Cowboys Are Secretly, Frequently Fond of each Other,&#; was written twenty years ago. &#;The song&#;s been in the closet for 20 years. The timing&#;s right for it to come out,&#; said Nelson, according to BBC News. &#;I&#;m just opening the door,&#; he says.
Nelson&#;s openly-gay manager, David Anderson, said, &#;This lyric obviously has special definition to me in more ways than one,&#; said Mr Anderson. &#;I hope for people to know more than anything &#; same-sex attracted, straight, whatever &#; just how cool Willie is and &#; his way of thinking, his tolerance, everything about him,&#; he added.
So this is the way to show how cool you are, how tolerant. This says a great deal about our cultural moment