Good on the Dixie Chicks! While any of us inclined to music may question whether they deserved to win so convincingly at last night's Grammy Awards, I was happy because it was their redemption night.
The Chicks had the courage to speak out against the Iraq war which they fervently oppose. They had the guts to tell the world they were embarassed by their President and his decision, and ashamed to share their Texas origins with him.
In exchange for doing so, in a country that supposedly embraces freedom of speech, the Chicks were blackballed from most of the country radio stations that they rely on to get their music to their listeners.
They refused to apologise, despite incredible financial, social and political pressure to do so, including death threats. They reinvented how they got to their fans - and in doing so created new fans.
They did it by doing what leaders should do and all-too-often do not have the courage to - sticking to their (non) guns.
Good on em! Five Grammys go to Freedom of Speech and, in my book, the courage of 3 Texas LeaderChicks.
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Crazy as it may sound, I was sort of out of touch with the whole Dixie Chick story. Didn't realize there was even a documentary on them. Love their video. And that they are sticking to their "guns".
Posted by: Sean Howard | February 12, 2007 at 09:40 PM