Some bands of the past had names that got re-used later by more famous bands: The Eagles, The Pretenders, Nirvana
Posted on 06/12/2020 6:37:40 PM PDT by raccoonradio
Seattle blues singer Lady A had just gotten off of work on Thursday when a bombardment of phone messages from friends, fans and producers came in all shouting the same thing: Her name had been stolen.
Earlier that day, Grammy-winning country trio Lady Antebellum — whose name had been criticized for its associations with romanticized ideas of the pre-war, slavery-ridden American South — announced they were changing their name to Lady A in light of a heightened national conversation about racism. Lady Antebellum made the changes swiftly on social media and distribution platforms including Spotify and Apple Music, and the group’s website also announced their rechristening as Lady A. But according to Seattle’s Lady A, neither the band nor any members of their team reached out to her before making the change.
This Lady A — a 61-year-old black woman whose real name is Anita White — has been playing the blues under the name for more than 20 years. She began singing as a gospel performer at church and started going by Lady A for karaoke nights in the Eighties. She’s released multiple albums with the name, and on top of her day job working with Seattle Public Utilities, she’s gearing up to release another album, Lady A: Live in New Orleans, on her birthday on July 18th.
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Wikipedia: “It was reported the band plans to reach out to her to discuss further.”
It’s a quarter after one, I’m a little drunk and I need you now...
Y’all’s virtue signal be hurting an actual POC. Good going, Lady A-hole.
I hope the real “Lady A” holds out for a lot of money.
‘Lady B’ should be available.
Lady Ant
Lady Aunty
Lady Belle
Lady Um
Ladybell Um
L.A.
See, lots of fabulous, compelling names to change to in the name of Social Justice.
I guess Spike Lee will have to change his name as well.
I just simply prefer listening to 1950s thru early 90s (before Garth Brooks and Billy Ray Cyrus) country. The country women of the ‘60s in particular made all sorts of timeless music.
That’s my favorite Lady A. song!
Never heard of either one of them.
Some bands of the past had names that got re-used later by more famous bands: The Eagles, The Pretenders, Nirvana
I know of Lady A in Seattle. I have a nice little set of hers from several years back. She can sing it and is a great crowd pleaser...
Vaguely aware of the country group, as Need You Now hit the pop charts too (#2) and it got stuck in my head yesterday.
Depends is she trademarked it.
Isn’t “Lady” offensive to feminists? Wht not call themselves the Rainbow Diversity Black Lives Pussyhats?
So you say I can’t name my band U2?
What do you mean, somebody already has
the name...?
>”And the question is, does the original Lady A have a trademark registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office? If she does, she can go ahead and sue Lady Antebellum for infringement. If not, she still has a common law trademark and she can still show that she’s been using the name in commerce — records, posters, tour flyers — for a number of years. She is first to use the mark in commerce, so that gives her a superior right to the name.”
Saw bit of video on youtube...agreed.
“Lady” Sings The Blues.
lol I love this. can’t out-woke the wokees
Her fans can’t spell it?
That was the name I thought of when I heard they did a name change. It is more appropriate for virtue signalling.
My my my, liberal white people stealing from a black women.
They must be democrats.
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