Andrew Sa Plumbs the Depths of “Dark Phoenix”

Chicago cowboy crooner Andrew Sa changed lanes from folk to country after opening for Lavender Country in 2017. When meeting the late Patrick Haggerty, who released the first known gay-themed album in country music history in 1973, Sa sought to write a new collection of songs from the new perspective of his queer country crooner persona, Lonesome Andrew. With several half written songs in tow, he set out to finish them on a writing retreat with his close friend Liam Kazar.