County music legend released a new sort of love song on Valentine's Day. The same man who sang 'Always on My Mind' and 'To All the Girls I've Loved Before' is now singing 'Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)' - possibly the first gay cowboy song by a major recording artist.
Available exclusively through iTunes, the song features choppy Tex-Mex style guitar runs and Nelson's deadpan delivery of lines like, "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 song, which debuted Tuesday on Howard Stern's satellite radio show, was written by Texas-born singer-songwriter Ned Sublette in 1981. Sublette said he wrote it during the "Urban Cowboy" craze and always imagined Nelson singing it.
Coincidentally, Nelson sings "He Was a Friend of Mine" on the "Brokeback Mountain" soundtrack.
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