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Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks spent a decade preparing to become the biggest overnight sensation in country music in the late '90s. Sisters Emily Erwin and Martie Seidel, both of whom grew up mastering acoustic instruments and playing in bluegrass bands, were about to give up dreams of making it in Nashville when they hired Austin singer Natalie Maines to replace the group's longtime lead singer, Laura Lynch.

Until Maines arrived, the Dixie Chicks had been a spirited revivalist band, combining western swing, cowboy songs, and Andrews Sisters-style harmonies. With the arrival of the new singer, however, the group took on a more contemporary sound. An exploratory session with producer Blake Chancey of Sony Records led to the Dixie Chicks becoming the first act signed to a revitalized...
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