Kristen Hall on Why She Left Sugarland

Excuse me? Did you not read the article above? Kristen wasn’t jealous of Jennifer, she just doesn’t want to be in a band. Yes, she did start the group, but she grew unhappy and wanted to do what she did best. I pretty upset to find out that she left, but only because I am a huge Sugarland fan. I think that Jennifer and Kristian are doing great as a duo, and I KNOW that Kristen will make a name for herself as a songwriter and be JUST FINE!

Hall looked like she grazed on other band members. She probably didn’t want to be a “touring musician” because after doing it a couple weeks she realized she was in such pathetic physical condition it was probably all she could do to waddle from one tour bus to another without the insides of her thunderthighs getting all chaffed and stuff. Life on the road is tough when you’re in GOOD shape. It’s not a place for Tubby the Tuba. My advice – get thee to Wt. Watchers.

I love Hall!! Nettles kicked her out because she wants sugar land to be more like the spice girls…

she left the band ok what diffrence does it make why she left? does slamming her make all that do feel better about themselves?beside i think shes pretty hot………………and a hell of a song writer…..

I know kristen hall sort of. I think the band had a falling out. A power struggle. Kristen is a very talented song writer on a very limited scale. All of her music sounds the same. After a while you can play her music as light noise because it blends. She is very nice but also has the meanest temper this side of the Missippi. She is also very very narcisistic.

HA HA HA! u ppl are too stupid to have a convo. with one another!

As a 30 year veteran of the music business, the very first time I saw a Sugarland video, I knew immediately that Kristin would soon be gone. She was somewhat older and – ahem- “not deferential to men” like the other members needed her to be. Further, while no one was talking about it, she had a large solo following that knew well she was an out lesbian. But all of a sudden she developed a “solo career” fetish,and I knew that a huge check was in her mailbox, paying her to go away. I have to say that I love Kristin’s talent far more than anything Sugarland has done.

I have no doubt that Kristin was too independent to sell the audio Sweet N’ Low that Nashville craves. She doesn’t look “hot” enough or play the dumb redneck game well enough to be believed by the sheep that buy Music Row’s cookie cutter drivel. I don’t care what her sexuality is, she is far better as a solo artist than a member of ” the pre-fab three”.

Having said that, I don’t buy her explanation as wanting to bring a band from indy to invincible and then stop and start over. I’ve never in my life heard a musician express such a sentiment. Who wants to do all that work and then forego the champagne-and-truffles ? That makes no sense. My guess is that she had to play ball in the media to keep that generous “severance package” from Sugarland.

I have always liked Sugarland, but I have to say, the songwriting has been going downhill since Kristen left…come back girl!

I knew Jennifer before she hit it big, I live in Atlanta and her husband was the owner of Eddie’s Attic where many talents get started and come back to play….She didn’t used to have that country accent…no accent at all, and now she sounds like she came straight from the hollar…sometimes musicians and songwriters consider it more than a business and don’t and won’t sellout (Kristen) and sometimes people sell out and become someone they are not in order to sell the music (Jennifer).

people … the real reason why she left the band was and is that madonna offered her 2,000,000.00 to write her songs…. that coupled with the fact that kristen was really shy and hated the spotlight on stage…. kristen and jennifer are best of friends… was back stage with both of them at a kenny chesney concert in atlanta…

okay i think i just died laughing people are so mean but it was soooooooo funny. haha love it anyways im not a fan of kristen or whatever sugarland is awesome with out her. plus jennifer is hot :) i cant believe she is making a lawsuit out of leaving the band what a b i t c h

Cough: When you owe people money they generally sue you to get it.

You people need to stop being so harsh about Kristen leaving. She made a decision to leave Sugarland and there is nothing wrong with that. Jenn did not kick her out to whoever said she did. To all those people who said Sugarland is horrible and stuff like that, please keep your thoughts to yourself. It doesn’t help in any way.

krosren can’t stand the thought of being just a backup singer. she thinks just because she’s gay she deserves special treatment. god, i hate democrates.

And also, I believe, Democrats.

I was a big fan of all three founding members of Sugarland in the 90s, Kristian and Jennifer with their former bands and Kristen’s solo stuff. It was well known around the Atlanta folk scene that Kristen started as a roadie for the Indigo Girls and although she is a fantastic singer/songwriter she had to be coaxed on stage because of stage fright at the beginning. No doubt she was never comfortable in front of thousands of people; don’t forget she was a small club act until her late 30s/early 40s. For those of you who are dissing her, where are the hit songs you wrote? Oh, that’s right, they don’t exist.

HAHAHAHA Yeah… I left a gravy train to “stay home and write songs”. Right.
Stay home and shove doughnuts into her pie hole maybe

More like “Hot Jenn Nettles knew that hauling around a fat lesbian cow like me wouldn’t sell country records….” Maybe she can go on the road with KD Lang

you guys are so rude to talk about kristen like that. i think shes a great songwriter and singer but i really dont believe all this shit about jennifer kicking her out because of her weight and her being gay its bullshit. i may not know them personally but i know them well enough to know that she wouldnt do something like that shes too nice. but jennifer is a hell of singer i love there music and well thats all i have to say but keep your own damn thoughts to yourself your not helping anything by calling her names and shit so just do us all a favor and keep your bad comments to yourself

You people are retarded.

We live in a litigious society, so why is anyone surprised that the “gay lady cast-a-way” would sue in a jealous rage to get money from the band that she hoped would fail without her! They only became better and she cannot stand it. She wants to inflict more pain and jerk the money out of their hands. She needs to put her efforts in WRITING A SONG ABOUT IT! Then she can get even and make her own money!

To Blough Me: It really shows how much you know about the music business. You say she got off the gravy train by leaving sugarland. However the person that writes the songs usually make 80% of the profits off the royalties of the song. Meaning everytime someone sings it, sells it, or plays it they get paid for it the artist doesn’t get paid for it. the only time the artist gets paid is when they perform it. In case none of that is clear to you. It means the song writers arn’t on the stage but they make just as much if not more money than the artist they write for cause they get paid by everyone.