Dancing With Myself

Great news on the country music scene. The girl powered super group, The Dixie Chicks, is so busy; they are taking a break to go to Toronto in September to support their documentary. It must be a great feeling to know that your music is so loved and appreciated that you need to cancel shows in America so you can flock to Canada to promote a documentary. But wait a minute; they are cancelling shows because no one is buying tickets. I can see those lovely ladies on stage, crickets chirping in the background or maybe a few lone Bush haters with Bic lighters swaying while Landslide permeates the air. Not a pretty picture or is it?

I know that this a kind of a repeat of my America Votes With Their Wallets piece but this time more shows have been cancelled and there was a great blurb about them fleeing to a foreign country where their music and talent is appreciated. No one loves a loud mouth traitor, especially America’s heartland. You can get away with making disparaging comments about our nations leaders on either coast and in most foreign countries but like the stories of the elephant, the memory is long.

Now the surprising thing about the Dixie Chicks side track to Toronto is that the documentary is called Dixie Chicks: Shut Up And Sing. I can only imagine what would be included in such an aptly named film. If only they had followed their own advice and shut up and sang, none of this would have happened and their phenomenal reign as the queens of country would have continued. Now what we get are three girls on stage dancing with themselves.

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Cobb