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Dixie Chicks Whine Some More on National TV
Lead singer Natalie Maines, who got the group in trouble by telling a London audience she was "ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas," just days before the war in Iraq began, now says she regrets her choice of words, but makes no apologies for "I'm not truly embarrassed that, you know, President Bush is from my state, that's not really what I care about," Maines said in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer for Primetime Thursday, airing 10 p.m. EDT. "It was the wrong wording with genuine emotion and questions and concern behind it. ... Am I sorry that I asked questions and that I just don't follow? No.""Am I sorry it hurt my record sales? You betcha! Maines and the Texas-based trio's other members ? Emily Robison and Martie Maguire, who are sisters ? also tell Sawyer they believe the backlash against them was too harsh tell that to the dissidents Castro imprisoned this month and that they've always supported America's troops. "We know some of our fans were shocked and ... and upset, and we are compassionate to that," Maguire said. "My problem is, when does it cross the line? ... When is writing a threatening letter OK?" As another gimmick to "We wanted to show After Maines' remarks, radio stations began boycotting the Dixie Chicks, and some people publicly destroyed copies of the group?s Grammy-winning CD Home. The song "Travelin' Soldier," which was No. 1 on Billboard's country charts around the time Maines made the remark, and tumbled off the charts afterward. And sales of Home plummeted, although sales have rebounded slightly, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Even with the slide, however, Home remains the top-selling album on the Billboard country chart ? 19 weeks at No. 1 ? and No. 30 on the pop chart. Posted by: Baba Yaga 2003-04-24 |
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