They’re not backing down (much) it seems. They are now doing interviews and a cover of Entertainment Weekly defending their right to speak their mind and explaining their position. I don’t like the Dixie Chicks much (though I have seen them live once), but I’m really impressed with how they’ve handled this. The uproar was crazy inside their fan base.
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1:15 pm | 6 comments
April 28th, 2003 at 3:03 am
I really dislike their music (sorry!) but I do admire their stance!
May 1st, 2003 at 8:21 am
I will also have to admit a dislike for the Dixie Chicks music. I was never much of a country music person to be honest. I was listening to this show on NPR talking about the origins of country music, and how it is derived from the German Yodling (sp?) style. This explains a lot…..:)
May 1st, 2003 at 9:31 am
Just for the record, I’m not a dixie chicks fan… I only saw them live because they were at Lillith Fair. The only reason I was there was to chaperone my sisters who really wanted to go.
I’m impressed that they made the statement they did and have subsequently stood by it. I do find some of the excerpts I saw of the interview they did with Diane Sawyer a bit disturbing, but hey… free speech and all that.
May 1st, 2003 at 1:52 pm
Admit it!!! You love the Dixie Chicks! I don’t remember them being at the Lillith Fair though.
May 1st, 2003 at 2:07 pm
They were there… you just were too drunk to remember.
(no, she really wasn’t drunk, but don’t tell her that!)
May 1st, 2003 at 3:35 pm
No, I blocked it out because I found having to listen to the Dixie Chicks way too tramatizing to deal with. You were the drunk one.