Calling the collection ahead of its times was an understatement.

Hardly anyone would play it, and one DJ who did had herFCC licenses revoked.

It was too outrageous, Haggerty, now 71 years old, tells EW.

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It opened a door.

I knew this wasnt going to go anywhere so I got to say my real truth.

So in a sense that was an opportunity.

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These Csucking Tears is the song everyone relates to, he says.

Thats what everyone clicks on; it flipped.'

The crowd, made up of mostly millennials, sang along to every word in the venues jam-packed backyard.

After so being dead for so many years, its back and people care about it.

Up next, Haggerty hopes to release another album under the Lavender Country moniker.

Its time for us to support them.

He says he has an album about racial injustices half written.

I dont know whether Ill pull it off, but thats where Im headed.