Dixie Chicks

[Johnny Hughes]

I love country music and the Dixie Chicks. The last album, HOME, was their best.

I live near Lubbock, Texas and get their radio and TV. This morning the talk shows were polarized and angry in their debate over the Dixie Chicks. Lubbock has a Walk of Fame for famous area folks like Buddy, Holly, Bob Wills, Waylon Jennings, Roy Orbison but more folks you have not heard of. They won't put Natalie Maines on the Walk of Fame even though she grew up there in Lubbock. None of Lubbock's radio stations will play the Dixie Chicks. They won five grammies and were at the mic five times. They were polite and didn't say anything too controversial.

I support them 100%. Lloyd Maines, Natalie's father, is a dear friend of mine and has been for thirty years. Natalie continues to make tens of millions of dollars. Hooray for her.