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About The Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks are an American country music all-female trio.

They started their group in 1989 in Dallas, Texas. After years of struggle and some personnel changes, they achieved large-scale country and then pop commercial success starting in the late 1990s, with hit songs such as "Wide Open Spaces", "Cowboy Take Me Away", and "Long Time Gone". They are known for their lively group personae, instrumental virtuosity, and political outspokenness. Criticism of President George W. Bush in 2003 led to considerable controversy and a repudiation from some of their core country audience, the lasting effects of which remain to be seen.

The original members of the Dixie Chicks when they formed in 1989 were the sisters Martie Erwin and Emily Erwin, Laura Lynch, and Robin Lynn Macy. (Martie and Emily have married and their names are now Martie Maguire and Emily Robison.) The sisters provided the instrumental firepower while the other two were the lead singers. The original members graduated from Greenhill School in Addison, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.

A New Dixie Chick
Laura Lynch was replaced in 1995 by Natalie Maines, daughter of producer, steel guitar player, and former Chicks session player Lloyd Maines. Around the same time, Sony scouted the Chicks and signed them to their newly-revived Monument Records label.

This new lineup consisted of group leader Martie (fiddle, mandolin, and vocals), Emily (guitar, dobro, banjo, and vocals), and Natalie (lead vocals and in concert, guitar). Natalie had added a strong and distinctive voice to the sister's musicianship and harmony vocals, and the combination suddenly clicked.

The Dixie Chicks Political Controversy
A couple of weeks later, on March 10, 2003, during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq (which would take place on March 20), Natalie Maines (a native of Lubbock, Texas) said between songs during a concert at the Shepherd's Bush Empire theatre in London:

"Just so you know, we're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas."
Once The Guardian's review of this concert was picked up by U.S. media, controversy erupted. The remark sparked intense criticism from many Americans, on three different grounds: that Maines shouldn't be criticizing the nation's head of state while on foreign territory; that Maines shouldn't be criticizing the military's commander-in-chief while the country was on the verge of war; and that Maines shouldn't be making political statements that would offend the Dixie Chicks' culturally conservative audience base.

Not Ready to Make Nice: The Chicks Return
The first single from their new album, entitled "Not Ready To Make Nice", debuted exclusively on MSN Music on March 16, 2006. It was co-written by all three members (as are all 14 album tracks), alongside Dan Wilson, and is about the political controversy that has surrounded the group.

On March 23, 2006, Fox News reported that "according to Billboard’s Radio Monitor, the single 'Not Ready To Make Nice' jumped from 54 to 36 in one week, with 3,703 'spins' on country radio alone. The single is also listed as a 94 percent probable success on the Hit Predictor chart."[6] A March 27 Associated Press story indicated that country radio reaction was so far mixed, with some major stations playing it, a few avoiding it, and others adopting a wait-and-see attitude. By April, the song was a hit on country radio and on country and Hot AC video television in Canada. American radio proved less receptive. However, due to digital sales, the single hit the Billboard Hot 100 at number 28, the week's highest new entry for the week ending May 6, 2006. The following week in nudged up to #23.

The Dixie Chicks will tour Accidents & Accusations World Tour later in 2006. Get your tickets now.