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David In Indy:
I LOVE country music! It's very popular where I live. Everyone listens to it, including many gay people. I grew up listening to country, so it has always been a part of my life.

Now, as far as the dancing is concerned. I love to dance, and I enjoy slow dancing to country music. But you wouldn't catch me dead line dancing. It's the most ridiculous looking dance I've ever seen in my entire life!  :laugh:

Shakesthecoffecan:
What I have come to appreciate about the "new" country music is they tell this story, and then they sing the chorus, and they sing it again, and again.  I thought that was strange at first, then I came to see it as giving you time to think about what you were just told.

southendmd:
Being from the Northeast, I was never into country music.  Frankly, it took me a while to warm up to the BBM soundtrack.  

I still can't tell Garth apart from Tobey, or Kenny, or Bubba. :)

Regarding "country" and "gay", there's an organization here in Boston called "Gays for Patsy" that started in 1988.  They promote C&W dancing and presumably music.  They hold weekly smoke- and alcohol-free dances at what they call the "Lambda Ranch" which is a local UU church.  I know them from their presence in the annual Pride march.  There was a two-stepping craze in the early 90s.

moremojo:
The cowboy has been an object of gay male desire for a long time. Look through any of the old A.M.G. photos to see evidence of this (some of them are on display on this very forum). So the look and ethos of the cowboy would have been appealing to many gay men, even if the musical part of that world was unknown or unappreciated.

As soon as I came out and began to be exposed to the bar scene in 1989, I was aware of country and Western bars in my home city that catered to gay men and lesbians. Though myself a native Texan, I had never been into country & Western music (though there were a few exceptions), and didn't go in for the look either--the look didn't turn me off, but it didn't really do anything for me either.

Brokeback Mountain did a lot to open my mind up to this part of my local heritage. I truly started to hear country & Western music in a new way, and without the strain of condescension I often brought to bear on it (unless you were a "kicker", being into C & W was not cool among my peer group while growing up). I was struck by the down-to-earth, sincere quality of the music, and found it very comforting. Many of the people into the country & Western scene seem to have these very same qualities about them--non-elitist, rooted. I find much to like in this perception.

Shasta542:
My grandmother was from West Plains, MO, and her cousin was in Porter Wagoner's band. I think his name was Don Warden. Don something. Anyway -- we always watched Porter Wagoner's show on Saturdays. The show ran for 21 years.


--- Quote ---I still can't tell Garth apart from Tobey, or Kenny, or Bubba.
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 :laugh: :D :laugh:

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