The outlaw country artist talks love, lock-up and life as an artist, recording new music with Adrian Quesada of the Black Pumas.
Trouble has never had a hard time finding Wyatt, 37, who spent her young life living as an old soul from a small town in Washington, only to hit rock bottom in her teenage years — hooked on drugs, strung out and crazy enough to try and rob a drug dealer.Wyatt doesn’t shy from her past, but also refuses to be defined by the person she was 20 years ago, locked up in L.A. County jail.
I recently read a profile about you, and there was an interesting vignette in the piece describing a fan approaching you at your merch booth and quizzing you to see if you were outlaw country enough. Do you get approached like often? Yeah, country has this weird thing, like, “How country are you? Are you really country?” And the answer is, “Yeah, I am.” I lived in a trailer when i was a kid in Washington. We had horses, I worked at a horse barn and my parents listened to plenty of country records. What else do you want from me?Yeah, and some people are surprised when they find out I’m not a native Tennessean. I’m part Cherokee, and my people moved from Oklahoma to California and played in a band to support themselves.
As a gay artist in country music, do you feel pressure to be more active pushing for LGBT representation, or do you feel pressure to not stand outIt varies day to day. Sometimes I walk into a venue and I’m like, “I don’t want to be gay here. I don’t want to be gay today.” I’m not going to tell them who I am, not today. Other days, l play my earnest card. Usually that’s best.Yes, and I live in Tennesse. But f–k it, boycott ‘em.
I was 20, and turned 21 in jail. I ended up doing eight months, and then did nine and half months after that.When I first got there, I got high every day. You could use everywhere, and I was an addict — I was strung out all the time. As I started to get better, I would enjoy reading and writing little stories with different characters.I think I learned a lot about society, and to be honest, it made me a little jaded. Jaded on what society has for people.
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