[Dixielandjazz] Dixie Chicks going Dixieland?

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Not only did they have the intelligence to "THINK" OUTSIDE THE BOX,  
they also climbed out of the BOX and took their music to a new audience 
of people while the narrow minded  Red Necks in the box trash talked 
them for daring to exercise their own Freedom of Speech to disagree 
with Business as usual and what was being fed to them and all of us by 
the same Media.

So any former Red neck Fans that decided to turn on them simply were 
replaced with a new audience of fans who quickly embraced them and 
their music and made them even bigger than before and expanded the 
Country Music genre audience even further, we should be so lucky that 
they have similar success doing it with Dixieland music.


Ahhh Jazzers, and Red Necks   so quick to condemn or embrace Change,  
this is a new day folks and like it or not music will continue to 
evolve and change as will political views and societies around the 
world,  some for the better some for the worse, but one thing you can 
count on is it WILL change.   However pay attention closely because the 
more it changes the more it stays the same, just has a new BOX to 
deliver it in. :))


They proved once again that the Emperor has new clothes,  and the media 
is now switching horses to agree with them, ahhhh but the public is 
fickle fickle, which is why the media should be far more careful what 
they spoon feed them every day sometimes it comes back to bite you in 
the butt.    You can also bet there are a lot of Red neck fans slowly 
slipping back up to the Beer wagon at their concerts too.

They all got to make their own political statement but are coming back 
together for good music anyway.


Cheers,

Tom Wiggins
http://www.sonicbids.com/StGabrielscelestialbrassband




For anyone who believes that propaganda about their fans being 
alienated and
having deserted them, you might wish to check out the facts.  They are
enormously popular. Even the media is doing a mea culpa now. Twice in 
Time
Magazine  this month and a profile on 60 minutes TV. Perhaps reflecting 
that
their once "radical" view seems today, to be mainstream American 
thought .
And, it seems that the reviews are touting their new album as the best 
so
far in 2006 and maybe the best for the rest of the year. (Another 
Grammy?)

They are successful in spite of the organized attempt by radio stations 
and
other media to keep them from being successful. (And they are adding a
Dixieland sound)

A final thought? This quote from Time Magazine: "And however you vote, 
it's
tough to deny that by gambling their careers, three Texas women have the
biggest balls in American music."

The rest of us are pansies by comparison. Afraid of our own shadows and 
too
wrapped up in political BS to realize that when the media refuses to 
present

performers because of political views, or what ever, and we condone that
action, we are contributing to the demise of our own freedom to play or 
sing
what we want.

Dumb? Far from it. Their current marketing campaign is a gem. We should 
be
so dumb. Like it or not, folks, the Chicks are back and that's a good 
thing.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone








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