The Dixie Chicks Dominated the Grammys!

I just finished watching the Grammys and I must say that I’m extremely happy for the Dixie Chicks as they won 5 grammys tonight including album of the year.  I’m not much of a country music fan myself, but then again I don’t really consider them to be typical country music anyway.  They were definitely well deserving of these award as they put out an amazing album that did great even when country radio turned against them, because lead singer Natalie Maines chose to use her constitutional right and speak her mind on something she believed in.

I have to applaud these three women for coming back like they did after everything they went through the past three years.  Honestly, I just think it is absolutely ridiculous that they received the backlash they did over these comments.   They received threats on their life and I can only imagine what their families had to go through as a result of this.  This was all because someone spoke their mind and unfortunately since they are in a traditionally patriotic industry like country music it caused even more of a disturbance.  My biggest issue with this is that it shouldn’t matter if they are country music stars, if they want to speak their mind then that is their right just like everyone else in this country.  If you don’t like it then that is fine, don’t listen to them or their music, but the some of the stuff they have had to deal with over the past 3 years is just plain ignorance.

Here is a thought for all of you that don’t support the Dixie Chicks or think what was said was unpatriotic.  Thats fine if you want to boycott them, but the bottom line is a very large percentage of other entertainers in hollywood and in the music industry have been very outspoken about this same issue as well.  So I guess if you want to keep things equal across the board then you should stop watching their movies and listening to their music as well.  I myself think it is great that their industry can pretty much turn its back on them and they can still have the wide range of success they had this year.  It says alot about their talents and not alot of artists out their would have been able to overcome this like they have.  Even some of their fellow country music artists (one in particular), have had some harsh things to say about them since this incident.  Well the only I can say about that is the Dixie Chicks now own 13 grammys, so I would say that some people including myself seem to like what they have to say.  I applaud them for their courage over the last three years and for their grammys they received for the great music they have made.