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  Dixie Chicks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
During 2006, the Dixie Chicks became the first major band to hire a designated blogger to be embedded with them for their promotional activities and tour.
Dixie Chicks Controversy Fansite following their career and the controversy that goes along with being the Dixie Chicks.
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 Rock On The Net: Dixie Chicks
The Dixie Chicks won 3 Country Music Association Awards for Vocal Group of the Year, Music Video of the Year, and Single of the Year ("Wide Open Spaces") and 2 WB Radio Music Awards for Artist of the Year (Country) and Song of the Year (Country) ("Wide Open Spaces").
The Dixie Chicks premiered their new single and video "Goodbye Earl" at the Grammy Awards and were also nominated for a Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Band.
The Dixie Chicks were honored with the Patrick Lippert Award at the Rock The Vote Awards.
www.rockonthenet.com /artists-d/dixiechicks.htm   (2287 words)

  
 Dixie Chicks - Official Page at GACTV.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For the millions of music lovers who have followed the Dixie Chicks on their musical journey from Wide Open Spaces (1998) to Fly (1999), it's thrilling now to find country music's winning power trio arriving as a group in a warm and welcoming new place that's all their own.
Fittingly, the Dixie Chicks produced Home with their longtime friend and booster Lloyd Maines, a Texas musical legend who also happens to be the father of Natalie Maines.
The Dixie Chicks own enormously successful headlining tour in support of Fly in 2000 proved that country acts could sell out arenas as they drew eclectic and diverse crowds and were fronted by their own musical favorites, including Willie Nelson, Ricky Scaggs and Patty Griffin.
www.countrystars.com /artists/dixiechicks.html   (3504 words)

  
 Dixie Chicks Henhouse
Dixie Chicks - Shut Up and Sing is directed and produced by Cecilia Peck and two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple.The film shows how the hot-selling, politically outspoken country trio from Texas dealt with Maines' disparaging remark about U.S. President George W. Bush onstage at a concert in London in 2003.
Dixie Chicks and Sony BMG Music Entertainment will donate all of their proceeds from the sale of "I Hope" to Habitat For Humanity and the American Federation of Musicians Gulf Coast Relief Fund, in support of the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
The Dixie Chicks have contributed their version of Kermit the Frog's "Rainbow Connection" to the CD Mary Had A Little Amp.
chickoholic.tripod.com /DixieChicks   (1179 words)

  
 Dixie Chicks Boycott - Ashamed President Bush is from Texas
Many of these letters and petitions wrongly call the liberal groups and their allies "traitors," but undoubtedly, the Dixie Chicks will be prominently added to the list, and it certainly won't do much to increase their fan base.
As the Dixie Chicks are quickly finding out, the American people are also free to voice their opinion on whether or not to buy their albums and concert tickets.
Concert Schedule: The Dixie Chicks plan to kick off a U.S. tour for their new album "Home" on May 1 at the Bi Lo Center in Greenville, SC - although with the recent events unfolding, they would probably feel more at "home" performing at the concert venue, Hippodrome de Paris Vincennes.
www.tabloidcolumn.com /dixie-chicks.html   (1920 words)

  
 Dixie Chicks' 'Taking the Long Way' is long way from 'Home'
The last time we heard from the Dixie Chicks, it seemed the entire country was either mad at them or proud of them.
On March 10, 2003, days from the invasion of Iraq, Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines told a London audience that she was ashamed President Bush was from Texas.
Literally overnight, the Chicks were dropped from radio playlists, condemned in public and received death threats.
austin360.com /music/content/music/stories/2006/05/23dixiechicks.html   (1114 words)

  
 CNN.com - Dixie Chicks pulled from air after bashing Bush - Mar. 14, 2003
Music superstars the Dixie Chicks are finding out that criticizing President Bush's plans for war in Iraq can cost you air play, big time.
Country stations across the United States have pulled the Chicks from playlists following reports that lead singer Natalie Maines said in a concert in London earlier this week that she was "ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."
The Chicks have the number one country album in the United States on the Billboard charts called "Home" and the No. 1 single with "Travelin' Soldier", which is about a U.S. soldier who fought in Vietnam.
www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/14/dixie.chicks.reut   (528 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Taking The Long Way: Music: Dixie Chicks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This means that the Chicks are simultaneously prideful and scornful of celebrity ("Everybody Knows"), and that as new mothers they increasingly treasure the refuge they find in life with their families, out of the spotlight ("Easy Silence," "Lullaby," "Baby Hold On").
Co-written by the Dixie Chicks--Natalie Maines with sisters Emily Robinson & Martie Maguire--and produced by Rick Rubin, lyrically the album covers a whole range of topics but at its centre is a diary that focuses on that moment in 2003 (where the band commented on President Bush), and the reaction that followed.
So, the Dixie Chicks survived the forces of conservatism and came back with a suitable retaliatory blow, not by expanding on the Bush bashing, but by simply doing what they do best, making a really enjoyable, and successful, record.
www.amazon.co.uk /Taking-Long-Way-Dixie-Chicks/dp/B000F7MG4G   (1540 words)

  
 Dixie Chicks: Home - PopMatters Music Review
But here's where I think the difference lies with the Dixie Chicks: They and their producers have always seemed to have a great knowledge for both tasteful pop and country music.
Unlike Shania, who is now a "diva" (yawn), and Dixie Chicks clones SHeDAISY who always seemed to be more of an S Club 7 take on country than anything else, the Chicks have won countless fans because they deliver the goods time and time again on such a believable basis.
Instead, the Chicks cultivated a rich musical palette, one that blended equal parts classic country pathos, a tart twist of humor, and some absolutely stunning musical and vocal abilities that hadn't been heard of on the scene for a while.
www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/d/dixiechicks-home.shtml   (1287 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Dixie Chicks
Appearing on the Lillith Fair tour bill and the Runaway Bride soundtrack, the Dixie Chicks' country music has crossed the boundaries of Nashville to become mainstream.
Dixie Chicks may seem like an overnight success, but they were years in the making.
The Dixie Chicks are not just country music's version of the Spice Girls; in reality, the band is much more than three pretty faces.
www.askmen.com /women/singer/24_dixie_chicks.html   (403 words)

  
 Dixie Chicks: Not Ready to Make Nice , Steve Kroft Profiles Controversial Country Band - CBS News
The question is whether that will be enough for the Dixie Chicks to resurrect their career.
Listening to Maines rehearse in Austin, Texas, with the other Dixie Chicks, sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison, and working up some of their past hits, you are reminded just how big they were.
Three years after her stinging comments of President Bush, Dixie Chicks' singer Natalie Maines tells Steve Kroft what the group's fan base was like before her comments and after.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/05/11/60minutes/main1611424.shtml   (790 words)

  
 Dixie Chicks Frequently Asked Questions Page
I am deeply disappointed by the irresponsible, hateful, and hurtful statements made by singer Natalie Maines, and I do not support her beliefs, nor the reprehensible behaviour of her and the Dixie Chicks which has continued over the last three years.
The Dixie Chicks Frequently Asked Questions Page is not officially affiliated or associated with, or endorsed by the Dixie Chicks, their management, or Sony Music.
The Dixie Chicks Frequently Asked Questions Page and the contents contained herein are the intellectual property of Rob Davis.
dixiechicksfaq.homestead.com /files/index.htm   (400 words)

  
 Dixie Chicks' Biography at CountryStars.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Dixie Chicks' first Monument album Wide Open Spaces has become the biggest selling album ever by a country duo or group - racking up some 6 million sales by the time their second album, Fly, was completed.
The tremendous sales only demonstrates that while the Dixie Chicks have established themselves as a true country music act, they have also won over audiences outside the country genre.
The Dixie Chicks' fellow musicians and industry peers, in particular, have overwhelmingly acknowledged their contribution.
www.countrystars.com /artists/dixie.html   (1736 words)

  
 Dixie Chicks : iSOUND.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The quartet got their name from the Little Feat song "Dixie Chickens" and, thanks to playing in clubs and other resturants, the band became a part of the classic country image.
A year later, the Dixie Chicks came out with the album "Fly", and 6 months later came out with the CD "Home".
In around 2000, the Dixie Chicks created their own recording company, Wide Open Records.
www.isound.com /dixie_chicks   (305 words)

  
 DixieChicksFans.net - Your #1 Source For All Things Dixie Chicks!
A documentary about the Dixie Chicks will close the 2006 Woodstock Film Festival and the woman who produced and directed the film will receive the festival's Annual Honorary Maverick Award.
“Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing,” about the chart-topping and controversial country music trio, will be shown Oct. 15 at the Tinker Street Cinema in Woodstock.
Join the Dixie Chicks Mailing List which was started in April of 1998 by me! The list is packed with fans (last time I looked we had over 1,190 members!) and facts galore.
www.dixiechicksfans.net   (175 words)

  
 Dixie Chicks - AOL Music
Watch the Chicks' powerful live performance in our studio and hear for yourself why their voices have got everybody talking.
The original members of the Dixie Chicks when they formed in 1989 were the...
President Bush responded to the controversy surrounding the Dixie Chicks in...
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 Dixie Chicks Fan Reviews - DixieChicksFans.net
He found a Dixie Chicks guitar pick and gave it to me. We sat there for a while until some Event Staff guys were walking around.
When I went to the Dixie Chicks concert in Houston with a few of my friends, we had no idea how cool their show was going to be.
There is not another band like the Dixie Chicks and I respect them so much because they write their music and play their own instruments and when you go to their show, the performance speaks for itself.
www.dixiechicksfans.net /fanreviews.html   (3359 words)

  
 Dixie Chicks Discography at CD Universe
Rolling Stone (p.226) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Their seventh studio album embraces the depth and fury of classic rock while remaining true to the trio's Texas roots." Mojo (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] an edginess, intransigence and outspokenness that, despite their country...
Taking their name from the Little Feat classic "Dixie Chicken," the Dixie Chicks greeted the world in 1998 with their major label debut, WIDE OPEN SPACES, a wild blend of bluegrass, pop and country.
The Chicks were the center of an enormous controversy over a very public criticism they made in 2003 of President of George W. Bush and his war in Iraq.
cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/artist/Dixie+Chicks/a/Dixie+Chicks.htm   (300 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Home: Music: Dixie Chicks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Dixie Chicks aren't old enough to remember when radio programmed pop records next to country, rock, folk, and beyond, but their Texas DNA tells them that's the way music was meant to be heard.
Home is a good title for this album, as it finds the Dixie Chicks making the most of their bluegrass roots.
The Dixie Chicks use instruments here that don't require amplifiers and they give the songs room to breathe, even more so when they allow the voices to just take over.
www.amazon.com /Home-Dixie-Chicks/dp/B00006BIMO   (1925 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/dixiechicks
For the first time, every one of the disc's fourteen songs are co-written by the Chicks themselves, exploring themes both deeply private and resoundingly political.
And that was all before Natalie Maines's comments about a fellow Texan, President George W. Bush, during a London appearance in March, 2003 really put the Dixie Chicks in the headlines.
The Chicks debuted the gospel-inflected I Hope, co-written with Keb' Mo, during last year's telethon benefiting the victims of Hurricane Katrina; the album version features a blistering guitar solo by John Mayer.
www.myspace.com /dixiechicks   (1855 words)

  
 TBIFOC: Dixie Chicks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tickets to the Dixie Chicks aren't selling like hotcakes in the core of America...
Country music trio the Dixie Chicks, still taking heat for criticizing U.S. President George W. Bush, are weathering sluggish ticket sales in several cities for their upcoming U.S. tour, industry watchers reported on Thursday.
While early ticket purchases for their first major tour in three years are generally robust in Northeastern cities, initial sales have fallen short of expectations in numerous markets, especially in the Midwest and South, forcing some dates to be scrubbed.
isfullofcrap.com /oldcrap/2006/06/dixie_chicks.html   (437 words)

  
 The Dixie Chicks
The Dixie Chicks have made a pact with each other to have small chicken feet tattooed onto their own feet to commemorate certain career milestones.
The eight-time Grammy winning Dixie Chicks are participating in a on-line auction with the proceeds of their item going to benefit the American Diabetes Association in Nashville.
The girls have donated a jacket which is the exact one worn by Natalie on the cover of the Dixie Chicks “Top of the World Live” CD and DVD.
www.dixiechicks.com /chicks.htm   (293 words)

  
 Dixie Chicks : American Girls
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 Dixie Chicks
It can be a little intimidating for a man when coping with female stardom on the level the Dixie Chicks have attained.
But this is only the beginning of the Dixie Chicks' musical legacy, and their legacy of shaking things up.
It's a safe bet, however, that the thread that will run constant through the Dixie Chicks' career will be that Chicks will continue to rule.
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