.EmilyRobison, MartieMaguire, and lead singer 1NatalieMaines officially have a new name: “The Chicks.”
The Dixie Chicks have been known as one of the most progressive acts in country music since at least 2003, when the genre essentially disowned them for taking a stand against the Iraq War and then-president George W. Bush. The irony, as Jeremy Helligar pointed out in an op-ed forlast week, is that the trio did so while performing under a name in line with the racism of the Bush administration: “Dixie” is an age-old nickname for the Civil War-era South.
The band’s four original members—which include two of the current trio, Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire—took the name “Dixie Chicks” from, a 1973 album by Little Feat. The original reference wasn’t explicitly political. But amidst demands that they cut ties with the word’s legacy, Strayer, Maguire, and lead singer Natalie Maines have officially changed the band’s name to a shortened version fans have called them for years: “The Chicks.
Neither Maines, Strayer, nor Maguire have directly addressed the change, but the latter two have updated their Instagram bios. The band’s official website, which bears the slogan “we want to meet this moment” above all three of its members’ signatures, has also been updated. So has its
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