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February 14, 2007
"Dissin' The Dixie Chicks"
I was sure glad to see The Dixie Chicks get five Grammys the other evening.
Just wish we could’a moved the Oscars so the Dixies might've gotten five of them too.
The Oscars could've been presented to The Chicks by George Clooney, Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover and maybe Barbara Streisland.
The Chicks, you see, are righteous, as well as middlin singers.
Too bad they don't understand the concept of 'family.' Which is surprisin, bein where their from.
They are more a reflection of modern day Nashville and Tinseltown. Or Washington, DC.
(You know what Washington, DC is anymore? Tinseltown for ugly people.)
Anyway, the Dixie Chicks got up on a concert stage in England a year or so ago. And bein from Texas, felt it necessary, to much applause from the British audience, to scream out: “We’re embarrassed George Bush is from Texas!!!!!”
I may be all wet, Dixie Chicks, but George is F-A-M-I-L-Y.
We may not like him.
We may hate Iraq..
But, Southerners don't air dirty laundry or publicly criticize family members to strangers.
After that concert across the pond, the Dixie Chicks' songs weren’t played as much on Country stations; and their record sales tanked.
But all that’s changed with their new, self described "thematic" album that won the five Grammies.
I listened to it last night.
And wish them well.
Truly.
Just feel a bit sorry for Texas and the real Dixie.
But then the last memoriable song about Dixie was 32 years ago.
Written by a member of the band who is half Indian and half Jewish. And from Canada.
Not a dixie chick in the bunch.
Anyone out there name the group? Title of the song? The person who wrote it?
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