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“So Ashley was like, ‘Well, hey, have you ever heard of Angaleena Presley?’
And Miranda was like, ‘No,'” Presley said.
“Ashley is truly a wordsmith and has the voice of an angel.
“The next natural progression was recording it, and now we can’t seem to stop.”
Pistol Annies’first performancewas memorable.
“I do have a surprise,” Lambert told the crowd when she strode onstage.
Reviews were through the roof, featuring such descriptions as"dynamic"and"jaw-dropping.”
During the discussion (viaA Taste of Country), the three talked about their Pistol Annies nicknames.
Monroe’s nickname is “Hippie Annie,” as she explained, “I am alllove.
I am a hillbilly hippie, from east Tennessee.”
She added, “I do yoga while watchingCops.
I’ve always been the peacemaker.”
For her nickname, Lambert chose “Lone Star Annie,” and offered a very simple explanation.
“I am from Texas.
People hate us because we’re so proud,” she said.
“He’s a ‘Pistol Andy.’
He felt left out, but we included him.”
Young had clearly been listening toHell on Heels, as his book contains references to Pistol Annies.
One’s drinkin’, one’s smokin', one’s taking pills.
Well they are writing their a**es off, I know that," he wrote.
That June, however, all remaining tour dates were abruptlycancelleddue to “unforeseen circumstances.”
However, that did little to quell rumors that Pistol Annies were heading for a breakup.
A few weeks later, Monroe shut down the rumor mill.
All the soap opera stories people can make up!"
Lambert’sstar was risingon the strength of her No.
1 2014 albumPlatinum, while Presley released hercritically acclaimedsolo debutAmerican Middle Classthat same year.
Meanwhile, Monroe’s 2015 albumThe Bladelikewise receivedrave reviewsalong with a Grammy nomination for best country album.
During the Arkansas show, the trio performed “Hell on Heels” and “Takin' Pills.”
The following night, Presley and Monroe once again joined Lambert during her set in Kansas City, Mo.
While no official announcement had been made, Pistol Annies, it appeared, had returned.
She noted, “I feel like it’s soon.”
“We really couldn’t get these songs written fast enough,” she added.
“We would write another song before we had finished a previous one.”
In an interview withHITS Daily Double, Lambert revealed that Pistol Annies “is such a relief.”
“We don’t schedule parts,” Lambert explained.
“We don’t specifically plan who’s singing what.
We sing strictly on emotion.”
“When that happens, that’s when you know it’s magic and that it’s right.”
In a 2019 interview withHealth, Lambert opened up about how all that media scrutiny affected her.
“But I guess I asked for it, getting into this business.
I’m never gonna get used to the public eye in that way.”
That same period also brought the arrival of two Pistol Annies babies.
“He is perfect and his parents are beyond happy,” a rep for the couple toldPeople.
She and husband Jordan Powell welcomed their first child together, daughter Phoenix Joeleena Jean, that year.
Presley also has a son, Jed, from a previous relationship.
“She is tiny but she is fierce.
Jordan and Jed are both by her side and head over heels.”
