Willie Nelson And Orville Peck Team Up For Powerful New Video
A New Life for a Classic Song
Rolling Stone recently premiered the music video for Orville Peck and Willie Nelson’s duet of Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other. The collaboration between the masked gay country star and the legendary musician is a powerful statement of LGBTQIA+ representation in the country music.
Peck shared with Rolling Stone that Nelson emphasised the importance of the song’s subject matter in today’s climate. “With all the rhetoric surrounding the LGBTQIA+ community these days, it is so encouraging to have real allies like Willie that aren’t afraid to stand proudly next to us,” Peck said.
The video, filmed at Nelson’s Luck Ranch, features Peck and Nelson singing and playing guitar under a tree, mixed with scenes of queer men and women dancing and drinking in a saloon. Nelson’s wife Annie also makes a brief appearance.
Breaking Barriers in Country Music
The choice to cover the Ned Sublette classic, which Nelson had previously recorded in 2006, was Nelson’s idea. Peck, who has sometimes felt excluded from the country music industry, said, “Once Willie Nelson wants to work with you, there’s really nothing the country world can say after that.”
The lyrics of the song openly address the hidden desires and identities of cowboys and ladies, with lines like “There’s many a cowboy who don’t understand the way that he feels for his brother” and “And inside every lady, there’s a cowboy that wants to come out.”
Peck also teased his upcoming album Stampede, which is a duets album featuring some of his friends including Kylie Minogue on Midnight Ride, which the pair debuted during Pride Week in LA.
Fans can catch Peck on his extensive Stampede tour this summer, where he’ll be joined by artists like Nikki Lane and the War And Treaty.
