The career of Alabama’s Secret Sisters seemed on the upswing when they dropped their second album Put Your Needle Down (Republic) three years ago, the sweet close-harmony singing of Laura and Lydia Rogers set to catch fire. Instead, their label dropped them, they got tangled up in a lawsuit with a former manager, and they had to file for bankruptcy—Laura was forced to earn her keep more from cleaning homes than from taking the stage.…
The career of Alabama’s Secret Sisters seemed on the upswing when they dropped their second album Put Your Needle Down (Republic) three years ago, the sweet close-harmony singing of Laura and Lydia Rogers set to catch fire. Instead, their label dropped them, they got tangled up in a lawsuit with a former manager, and they had to file for bankruptcy—Laura was forced to earn her keep more from cleaning homes than from taking the stage.…