‘Bourbon Cowgirl’ Scooter Pearce won’t let anything, including homophobes, stand in her way Being closeted was never really an option for Scooter Pearce; even when she was a little kid, when someone asked her name, she’d tell them, “Johnny Cash.” Still, being openly lesbian in the 1990s meant that the music business wasn’t welcoming her with open arms; even in the Outlaw music scene here in Texas, Pearce had a hard row to hoe.
But she kept going, even when all the odds were stacked against her. Pearce started out in the music business in 1991, playing country, southern rock and blues.
By 1996, she was playing her own original music in her gigs, and by 2002, she was touring the state with her own band, The Gypsy Cowgirls.