All of these songs were released under the name Lady Antebellum, but in June of , they shortened their name to Lady A in response to conversations emerging after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. That decision did come without consequences, as a blues artist named Anita White had gone by Lady A for years. There has been no announcement of any satisfying conclusion to any of the lawsuits that came in the months that followed. Home News.
Billy Dukes Published: June 9, Our team has sourced fans to create 10 superlatives for this mid-year version of the year-end songs list. Best Country Tearjerker? The trio filed a lawsuit, asking that the court uphold its long-held trademark on the name. White countersued , citing "lost sales, diminished brand identity, and diminution in the value of and goodwill associated with the mark.
Kelley says they had "great conversations" when they met with White on Zoom and first suggested just sharing the name. At this point, Kelley says, "It's kind of turned into the lawyer game But we're just musicians, man, just trying to make a mark, trying to put some music out that makes people feel good. We just need to get on the same page of how to move forward. In the meantime, he's thrilled to be back on the road, sprinkling songs from the new record into the set.
But for us, it's also kind of like this little love letter to the fans — like, wow, this music has let us live out our dream and brought us here. They chose it as the title track because it spoke to the power of music at a time when many of us turned to songs for comfort as we made our way through COVID and the isolation that entailed.
I went back to the basics, listening to a lot of older records I grew up on. It really did get me through such a dark time, you know? How can we take this and turn it into a positive? They've all got families now. And when you're touring, Kelley says, "You're on what I would call the hamster wheel a little bit.
You tour then you go right back in to make a record, and you don't really get time to kind of recharge those artistic batteries. Kelley says he played a part in writing 50, 60 songs in just the past year. In addition to providing lots of options for the record, it kept his mind off the pandemic. The upcoming collection -- produced by Dann Huff -- is the first one released under the Lady A name. All three members contributed to the songwriting of each track, with fellow country stars Thomas Rhett and Ryan Hurd also earning songwriting credits on "Things He Handed Down" and the title track, respectively.
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