The Right, They Drove Ol' Dixies Down

Okay, so maybe this ain't exactly news, but it still counts as views... including a jpeg reproduction of that controversial Entertainment Weekly cover, which you can view for yourself along with the rest of the outspoken interview on EW's site at: http://tinyurl.com/7lgb4

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On March 10, 2003, the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines stepped onto a London stage and announced, "We're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas." All hell promptly broke loose. A month later, she and bandmates Martie Maguire and Emily Robison finally addressed the controversy for the first time, posing naked on the cover of Entertainment Weekly and candidly discussing the firestorm Maines' comment sparked.

Now the group is prepping its first album since The Incident, and they're promising it will be a big departure from past work. Produced by Rick Rubin, it's shaping up to be an old-fashioned rock album, reminiscent of '70s rock bands like the Eagles (the still-untitled disc is due in stores this April).

One highlight is sure to be "Not Ready to Make Nice," which directly addresses the fallout from the big Bush bash. When EW called Maines for an exclusive preview, she -— not shockingly -— had plenty to say.

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FWIW, I'm still mad at all the right wingnuts who demonized the Dixie Chicks and drove them away from the business for almost three years. For one thing, it's a First Amendment violation to publicly and savagely trash people for speaking their minds the way those wingnuts did. But I genuinely like the Chicks' music & spunky personae, too, so I was bummed when they suddenly and summarily got desaparecido'd from the country music scene like that...

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