Fans of country music know her by just three letters: Cam.
The 33-year-old performer came up writing pop songs for the likes of Miley Cyrus, but these days she’s living her country jam fantasy.
And recently that fantasy involved an impromptu performance atop the bar of New York City cowboy bar Flaming Saddles.
People reports that shortly after stepping inside the Hell’s Kitchen gay cowboy depot, staff recognized the Grammy nominee and invited her to saddle up to the top of the bar, which also regularly serves as a stage for shows.
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Mic in hand, she sang along to her Jolene-inspired single “Diane” (see what she did there?).
@camcountry surprised fans with a performance of “Diane” at @FlamingSaddles last night! pic.twitter.com/e1C4LRLc8G
— Jeff Nelson (@nelson_jeff) May 9, 2018
There was hooting; there was hollering. “Best night of my life,” she wrote on her Instagram story.
Afterward, Cam graciously posed for photos with bartenders and worked the crowd.
“Dancing on a bar with gay cowboys to Diane. I felt like the Cinderella of Flaming Saddles,” Cam also wrote on Instagram.
In June Cam will perform at GLAAD’s 2018 Concert for Love & Acceptance, hosted by CMT personality Cody Alan and out singer-songwriter Ty Herndon.
Lacuevaman
why are all performers now referred to as “stars”? “country star” …. “porn star”….whatever!!
unreligious
Because the standards are always being lowered.
batesmotel
Haha exactly. Never heard of her. No offense to her personally.
mz.sam
Yep, no s**t Sherlock. YeeeHaawww!
davio2
Is Flaming Saddles in NYC even a gay bar? Last time I went there it was 80% bachelorette parties and “girls night out” parties. Not very gay but lots of straight women shrieking.
Kieru
They advertise as a “Wild West-themed, cash-only gay bar with cowboy decor, country-&-western music & dancing barkeeps”
That being said… gay club appropriation by straight women seeking a respite from aggressive heterosexual men is a pretty common thing. I wish they understood that these were already OUR safe spaces from heterosexual people in general… but I do empathize with their desire for a place to just enjoy an evening out.
darren michaels
Why is it that gay men are so often so nasty and bitter and get so worked up over trivia like how the word “star” is being used and if it suits their own expectations grammatically, or how about the discussion of females being in one’s vicinity and compromising “their space”. Seriously.? Someone looks to need much bigger problems.!!
“Star” is defined as “(of a movie, play, or other show) have (someone) as a principal performer.” The fact staff of the bar recognized her and she has been nominated for industry awards as well as being the principal performer on the bar that night might suggest she has every right to be labelled a “star”.
Too often gay men allow their own egos to get in the way of things that really have nothing to with them, but they feel a need for their nasty bitter opinions to be heard. Maybe try to refrain from the constant b*tching and moaning. Those very same people are also almost always guaranteed to be first in line at getting all worked up when the masses fail to give them the attention and accolades they think they deserve when they think they deserve it.
“Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You”..If you expect to be treated a certain way then maybe try offering it to others first. (And before anyone immediately reacts and feels they need to retaliate by suggesting I’m doing the very same thing I’m suggesting of others, the difference is I’m not bitter and nasty and I’m more than happy to share my space and allow anyone who feels they are a star to use the term however they choose to use it.)
JASON PRESTON
Well said, thank you!
nitejonboy
Damn, I was hoping it was Dierks Bentley.