Angaleena Presley

Angaleena Loletta McCoy Presley (born September 1, 1976) is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is a member of the country trio Pistol Annies, which was formed in 2011 with Miranda Lambert and Ashley Monroe, and has released two solo albums, American Middle Class (2014) and Wrangled (2017). Angaleena Presley was raised in Beauty, Kentucky. Her father Jimmy Presley Sr., is a retired coal miner and her mother, Cathy Presley (née McCoy), is a retired school teacher. At age 15, her father taught her how to play her first song on his guitar, "Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard. She attended Sheldon Clark High School in Inez, Kentucky, and graduated in 1994 before attending college at Eastern Kentucky University. On May 22, 2012, she married manager/producer Jordan Powell in a small ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Angaleena faced financial challenges after she left Beauty, at one point "living in the ghetto." In 2000, Presley moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she landed a publishing deal nine months later.[citation needed] Presley started work as a songwriter in Nashville in 2002. Presley co-founded Pistol Annies with Ashley Monroe and Miranda Lambert. Their debut album Hell on Heels, released on August 23, 2011. The group spent much of the next two years touring North America and writing songs for their follow-up album. On May 7, 2013, Pistol Annies released their second album Annie Up. On June 17, 2013, the RIAA announced that the album and single for Hell on Heels had both sold in excess of 500,000 copies, giving Pistol Annies their first Gold Record.[citation needed] In 2014 Presley released her solo album American Middle Class, co-produced with her husband Jordan Powell. In 2017, Presley released her second solo album, Wrangled. When Pistol Annies first formed, Presley was going through a divorce. In a Rolling Stone interview, she recalled getting a phone call in 2009 from friend Ashley Monroe and Miranda Lambert at 2 am. "They had been listening to my record – and probably drinking a lot – and asked me if I wanted to start a band with them. I almost hung up ’cause I thought it was a prank call, but I went ahead and told them ‘yes,’ and I'm glad I did." She insists her upbringing was not "the stark, poverty-stricken one as committed to record on the 'Coal Miner's Daughter' by Loretta Lynn. However, the Presley family struggled, and Angeleena continued to faced financial challenges after she left Beauty." Presley has a son, Jed, born in 2007.[citation needed] On August 15, 2018, Presley confirmed she was pregnant with her second child (her first with Powell) and gave birth to their daughter Joeleena in January 2019. Presley and Powell divorced in 2022.[citation needed] "Free Family Tree, Genealogy and Family History – MyHeritage". Familytreelegends.com. Retrieved December 24, 2014. "Loved by a Workin' Man Lyrics". Lyrics.net. Retrieved December 24, 2014. "Angaleena Presley Profile". Metacritic. Retrieved May 4, 2017. "Angaleena Presley". Lone Star Music. Retrieved October 11, 2017. "Pistol Annies' Angaleena Presley Weds Miranda Lambert's Tour Manager". The Boot. May 25, 2012. Archived from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2017. Betts, Stephen L. (October 15, 2014). "Angaleena Presley Opens Up About Beer, Babies and Pistol Annie Brawls". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 13, 2018. "Album Review: Pistol Annies' Angaleena Presley's 'American Middle Class' a Strong, Focused Debut". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2017. "Remember When the Pistol Annies Released Their Debut Album?". Taste of Country. August 23, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2026. "Pistol Annies' Angaleena Presley 'Shocked and Overjoyed' to Be Expecting Second Child at 41". People. Retrieved November 4, 2018. "Angaleena Presley & Husband Welcome Baby Girl, Phoenix Joeleena Jean". Nash Country Daily. January 24, 2019. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019. "Angaleena Presley Chart History – Top Country albums". Billboard. "Angaleena Presley Chart History – Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Bjorke, Matt (May 22, 2017). "The Top 10 Country Albums Chart: May 22, 2017". Roughstock. "CMT : Videos : Angaleena Presley : Pain Pills". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014. Pistolannies.com Kentucky.com Theboot.com Rollingstone.com