Dixie Chicks feel backlash at CMT show

The Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 4/8/03 | Craig Seymour

[hispanarepublicana]

"We're in the South, a place of sin and redemption and hopefully forgiveness," said comedian Brett Butler. "So maybe in a couple of weeks, we'll just all try to forgive the Dixie Chicks."

The Nashville Equivalent of a D.C. "Test Float"? aka Brett Butler, parakeet in the Dixie Chicks' mining expedition.

[Charles Martel]

Brett Butler is Ann Lewis with a southern accent.

Never cared for that dumb show, Grace under Fire, of hers either.

Okay, now I can put a face with that name. I'd almost forgotten about her. Butler is truly an icon of the Clinton era - a *very* thin veneer of "Hollywood" not quite concealing the trailer trash that lies beneath.

[Lady Eileen]

bump

[legman]

Remember who owns CMT?

Viacom. Their other holdings a MTV, Vh1, CBS (and CBS News), BET, etc.

[MHT]

I just knew that something was more "chicken" and "chic" than "chix" with the Dixie Chicks when, during a special with James Taylor, Natalie went on and on about how she listened to him as a child, he was her idol, singing with him was an honor, blah, blah, blah.... When she was a child, he was a drug-taking elite Eastcoast psycho, most admired by anti-war, back-to-the-land hippies. I don't remember too many Young Republicans going to James Taylor concerts back then.

[Charlie OK]

Someone on another board said Dixie chicks on Dave may have been a rerun, but I'm not sure...

[BSunday]

"...met with a wall of boos"

Here's one for you 80's music fans:

What banishes your records to Mexican radio? A wall boos do

[Tennessee_Bob]

I'm on a Mexican whoa-oo Radio....

I wish I was in Tijuana
Eating barbequed iquana......


Ahhh...flashbacks.

[Revolting cat!]

a wall of boos.

A wall of boos? Wasn't that something invented by Phil Spector in the 60s?

[Revolting cat!]

Who's Kid Rock? What's semi-country? Is that short for semitic country, as in Kinky Friedman and His Texas Jewboys?

[Charlie OK]

Toby Keith has been one of my favorites for awhile, partly because I like his attitude, and partly because he is often seen on the sidelines at OU games. And normally I don't care for recent country music (classic country I like). I would love to see him cover a rock tune and have some crossover success. I think a perfect one for him would be "Hey, hey what can I do?" by Zeppelin. I honestly think if he did that, he could be high on the rock charts as well. What do you think?

[Revolting cat!]

I'm hip and I hop to country & western, so there!

[Revolting cat!]

And wouldn't the correct way of saying be 'Kid Rocks' or 'Kids Rock'?

[CyberCowboy777]

I like Clint Black's new song I Raq and Roll

- download free - http://www.clintblack.com/

[JacksonCalhoun]

"Glad that Toby Keith won. Natalie Maines slammed him awhile back for his "Red, White and Blue". She has always had a big mouth".


I think the backlash the Blixies are feeling also are related to her comments about TK. That caused enough of an uproar, basically calling TK and his fans stupid rednecks. Then her Bush comments really blew the lid off things.

[Grampa Dave]

We will gladly donate some empty California Wine bottles to be broken for her crawl.

[CyberCowboy777]

And Kid Rock plays with Hank Jr.