- From Hickory Grove, Louisiana.
- 1988, began her professional singing career at age 13 with her family band Southland Bluegrass (AKA The Nugent Family Band). This band had been performing together since 1973.
- 2001, released a solo album For Love’s Sake
(no label) produced by Carl Jackson under her married name Alecia McRight. It was re-leased in 2004 as Alecia Nugent
, her first album for Rounder Records.
- 2006, released A Little Girl… A Big Four-Lane
album (Rounder).
- 2009, released Hillbilly Goddess
album (Rounder).
- 2020, after taking ten years off to raise her children, she returned to performing with a country album “The Old Side of Town” (no label).
Nugent, Alecia
