The Dixie Chicks are Natalie Maines, Martie Seidel and Emily Robinson. Their 1998 CD Wide Open Spaces was with sixteen million copies sold the best-selling album of a country group of all time. Once again, there is no place for sweet country on Fly. The record is filled with uncompromising country music, where the ladies dare to stir their mouths. The powerful vocals of lead singer Natalie Maines,
… coupled with the harmonic background vocals of the other two, again prove to be a bull's eye in uptempo pieces such as the Irish-tinted opener Ready To Run, the controversial Goodbye Earl (about the murder of a violent husband) , the super-fast Sin Wagon and ballads like Cowboy Take Me Away, Don't Waste Your Heart and Without You. In addition, they are not ashamed of the use of traditional country instruments such as fiddle, lap steel, banjo and acoustic guitars, in fact they play most of the instruments themselves. (CK)more
