[pepsionice]

Lets face it...if Natalie wasn't in the group...she'd be sitting in a house trailer in south Texas and keeping up the young'ens. She simply lucked out and impressed some folks with her singing capability. Once the DC's finish up their current run...they will break up as a group, and Natalie will find herself with no future after that.

[LibertarianInExile]

Don't buy that crap. She'll be a music industry staple like her papa. Not because she's talented--because they won't toss any old lefties out when they're done if they stick to the party line.

See
http://austin.citysearch.com/feature/3574/6.html
and
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/29224/acousticdigestmu/103-9525622-1229436
for more about her producer daddy--contrary to that horse hockey they spread about her 'just joining up' with the band, she's been an industry girl from day one. That bunch is NOT from Texas--they're from Austin, which is only the same thing if you like vegetarian BBQ.