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To quote a Dixie Chicks ballad, fearless frontwoman Natalie Maines has "been a longtime gone."
Seven years after one of the most successful state music acts released "Taking the Extended Way," and its unapologetic single "Not Ready to Build Nice" in response to the singer's political dig at then-President George W. Bush, Maines goes her own way for her first-ever solo album, "Mother." Parting with longstanding bandmates Emily Robison and Martie Maguire for the album (don't worry, she says there's a "50/50" chance for a reunion LP), it's also decidedly not country.
In our recent chat, Maines revealed why she went rock (country "seemed so fake"), how creature disowned – and her new brief hair – made her feel closer to the lgbtq+ community and whether now, a decade after her Bush outburst, she's ready to make nice.
You're sporting that punkish 'do; before, with the Dixie Chicks, it was the long, blond locks.
I perceive . Well, with the Chicks, I definitely felt like I was playing dress up a bit – but I liked it!
Are you conscious of your look and how it represents the music?
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The Dixie Chicks are touring the U.S. for the first time in a decade, and they will be jamming out in Tampa at the MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds August
Just like *NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, Blink and The Spice Girls, the Dixie Chicks were a music group in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s that added a entertaining, youthful voice to their respective genres, but the Chicks did something that no other group at the time did and that very few musical acts are able to do: They appealed to everyone: men and women, young and old. They reached out to fans of country, rock, pop and everything in-between, and yes, they appealed to the LGBT crowd.
The Dixie Chicks &#; Natalie Maines and sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire &#; are the top selling all-female band in recording history, selling more than 30 million albums worldwide and winning 13 Grammy Awards.
The Chicks were on top of the nature, until March 10, , when, at a concert in London, Maines criticized then-President George W. Bush on invading Iraq.
“We’re ashamed that the President of the United States
Vince Gill Defended the Dixie Chicks During Backlash
On Parade 10, , the Dixie Chicks rocked the country music planet when lead vocalist Natalie Maines said 12 small words -- "We're ashamed that the president of the United States is from Texas" -- at a concert in London, England. Her comment unleashed a massive backlash that included the group being banned from radio, booed at that year's ACM Awards and embroiled in a very public feud with fellow country star Toby Keith.
Political tensions were running upper in country music and beyond at the second that Maines spoke out against the president: It had been less than two years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and the country was on the brink of a war with Iraq. In addition to the country fans who lambasted the Chicks for Maines' comments, radio programmers and industry executives were also in an uproar, banning their song and, in at least one case, bringing in a steamroller to demolish their CDs.
Country stars spoke out against the team, too: In addition to Keith's ant
Sitting somewhere with an abstract-art background obscuring her precise location, (Dixie) Chicks frontwoman Natalie Maines erupts into an explosive maybe-I-shouldn't cackle during our Zoom call as she talks about how she's about to get in trouble for saying too much. This time, it's regarding a controversial decision made by country trio Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum. After the band changed their name in solidarity with the current Black Lives Matter movement, they sued a Black blues singer named Lady A for the trademark to the title. And yes, Maines has something to say about that.
After all, this is Natalie Maines, who directed pointed criticism at then-President George W. Bush in at a London concert, when the Lubbock, Texas native said The Chicks were "ashamed the President of the Joined States is from Texas."
Country song blackballed them. Conservatives torched their CDs. The promo poster for the documentary about the consequence, "Shut Up and Sing," depicted The Chicks sitting on highest of the United States Capitol building, their half-naked bodies graffitied wi