Little Richard, A Southern Child

That one time rock ‘n’ roll’s architect went country

Little Richard milking that cow the only way he knows how. Photo credit: Reprise Records.

The attention and success of Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter (You can find my review of it here), and the discussions that have followed about black people’s place in country music, got me thinking. Long before Beyonce released Cowboy Carter, rock n roll legend Little Richard attempted a similar project way back in 1972. Not…