[JON's PICK] It's 4/20 everybody and you know what that means its time to spark up a doob and put on some... Dixie Chicks? That's right everyone today we're going to be covering their last album, the 5-grammy-winning hit album "Taking the Long Way." The album has secured it's legacy by being very personal, while also being a response to the political pressures of the time, and being a massive success despite the country music industry completely shutting them out. Before the positive response from Green Day's anti-Bush "American Idiot" in 2004 the Dixie Chicks faced huge backlash over far less of a statement in 2003, when they were putting on a performance in England. This was during the lead up to the invasion of Iraq on false pretenses and lead singer Natalie Maines expressed her concern saying, "We do not want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas." The Country Music Industry erupted in anger, painting them as unpatriotic for voicing their opinion on foreign soil, and took them off of the airwaves, boycotted them in churches, and even got people together to destroy their records. All of their country friends turned their back on The Dixie Chicks and they felt it. Apparently, if you didn't follow Tobey Keith's "boot in your ass, it's the American way" response to 9/11, your opinion was wrong and you were shunned in Country music. But that didn't stop The Dixie Chicks from digging into that rebel Country spirit and creating one of their best works, and making Country wish that it wasn't their last. Fortunately, since recording this episode, they've announced a new album coming out May 1st, and we can see what they've been up to all this time. Join Brad, Jon, and Scott as they finally dive into the realm of pop Country...
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