Country duo Trick Pony is embroiled in a legal dispute with its former manager over the trademark to its band name. The legal fight has already spanned two federal court jurisdictions and the U.S.

Country artists have a reputation for penning lyrics that tell tough stories, but one of the hardest things that some stars have to go through isn't always covered in the biggest hits: band breakups.

Though Trick Pony’s members are known as honky-tonk rebels, thanks to a string of drinking hits that started in 2001 with “Pour Me,” its third album, R.I.D.E. , mostly just proves that old clichés ...