Lone Star State of Mind

Angel White doesn’t mind when country singers dress up as cowboys, even if they’ve never set foot on a ranch or hoisted themselves up into the saddle. “I think it’s flattering,” he says over Zoom. “The fact that they’re using these things without having done them—that doesn’t bother me. People can do whatever they want, and they choose this? Oh, you like this look and this lifestyle? That’s fine.”