* 1972 – Emily Robison, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ( Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds )

Subsequently the Dixie Chicks made it a mainstay of their Top of the World, Vote for Change, and Accidents & Accusations Tours.

The two-and-a-half hour set included some new tracks, including " Silent House " co-written by Finn with the Dixie Chicks.

* 1974 – Natalie Maines, American musician ( Dixie Chicks )

For example, the intense backlash against country band the Dixie Chicks, for remarks critical of President George W. Bush onstage in London in 2003, was described by newspaper columnist Don Williams as the price for freely speaking political views disapproved by supporters of the Iraq War.

The record featured Crow singing many of her hit singles with new musical spins and guest appearances by many other musicians including Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks, the Dixie Chicks, Keith Richards, and Eric Clapton.

Sebastian Steinberg has recorded and / or toured with David Byrne, Dixie Chicks, Neil Finn, Phil Selway, William Shatner, Lisa Germano, Beth Orton, and Yerba Buena.

** Emily Robison, American country music performer ( Dixie Chicks )

Many celebrities-among them Courtney Love, Michelle Branch, Belinda Carlisle, the Dixie Chicks, Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Nadia Ali, Florence Welch, Taylor Swift, Laura Branigan, Sarah McLachlan, Kelly Clarkson, Vanessa Carlton, Georgi Cussick, Tori Amos, Michelle Hotaling, Jennifer Hanson, Ruston Taylor, and Delta Goodrem-have cited Nicks as an inspiration.

She has participated in duets or provided guest vocals for several of their albums and some have returned the favour, notably Crow and the Dixie Chicks.

The Dixie Chicks covered her 1975 classic " Landslide ", which became a Top 10 hit (# 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart ) and a No. 1 Hit on the Country Chart.

Included on the Dixie Chicks ' platinum Monument album Home, " Landslide " was a Country, Adult Top 40, Hot 100 and AC Billboard charts smash.

However, the song writers were the performers, so that the recipients were the same in only 16 cases ( Domenico Modugno, Paul Simon, Christopher Cross, Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie, Billy Joel, Bobby McFerrin, Natalie Cole, Eric Clapton, Seal, Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal, James Horner, U2, the Dixie Chicks, Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Lady Antebellum, and Adele ).

The day after receiving the honor, she appeared at the Grammy Awards ceremony and introduced a performance by the Dixie Chicks.

In recent decades, the Opry has hosted such contemporary country stars as Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts and the Dixie Chicks.

Other top concerts at the Garden have included The Village People ( 1975 ), Duran Duran ( 1985 ), Phil Collins ( 1985 ), Peter Gabriel ( 1986 ), Luther Vandross ( 1991 ), Celine Dion ( 1998 ) and Dixie Chicks ( 2003 ).

2000 ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Darrell Scott, who has written hit songs for the Dixie Chicks, Travis Tritt, Brad Paisley, Patty Loveless, and many others, was born in London.

The Dixie Chicks release Taking the Long Way has a song co-written with Finn, entitled " Silent House ".

Past artists and bands include Survivor ( band ), Dixie Chicks, Night Ranger, Josh Gracin, Blake Shelton, Blue Öyster Cult, and Collective Soul.

* Laura Lynch, member of the original Dixie Chicks

In a skit on the May 20, 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live, Neil Young ( played by Kevin Spacey ) was joined by Dixie Chicks and " indie sensation Bright Eyes " ( played by Andy Samberg ), all of whom have been public in their criticism of George W. Bush.

The Dixie Chicks paid tribute by recording Darrell Scott's song " Long Time Gone ", which criticizes Nashville trends: " We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin ’/ But the music ain't got no soul / Now they sound tired but they don ’ t sound Haggard ," with the following lines mentioning Johnny Cash and Hank Williams in the same vein.

Celine Dion then sang " God Bless America ", and later the Dixie Chicks sang the national anthem, " The Star-Spangled Banner ".

* The Dixie Chicks Top Of The World Tour used a circular stage, except in venues where it was an end stage.

The Black Crowes frequently cover Band songs during live performances, such as " The Night They Drove Ol ' Dixie Down ", which appears on their DVD Freak ' n ' Roll into the Fog.

She delivered them one last success with the gold-selling album Blessed Are ... ( 1971 ) which spawned a top-ten hit in Robbie Robertson's " The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down ", her cover of The Band's signature song.

They deduce that Dixie poisoned Amanda and then posed as a witness to cover her crime.

" Iko Iko ", a cover of The Dixie Cups ' 1965 hit ( later featured in the 1988 movie Rain Man ), was The Belle Stars ' long-hoped-for UK Singles Chart debut, peaking at a modest number 35 in June 1982.

This image is a cover of the audio recording Wide Open Spaces by the Dixie Chicks.

In 1881, it appointed the first woman war correspondent when it sent Lady Florence Dixie to South Africa to cover the First Boer War.

They also covered Eyehategod's Dixie Whiskey for the Century Media 20th Anniversary cover album.

In addition to her hit cover of The Band's " The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down ", songs by the Beatles and Kris Kristofferson were also included.

For most of its run, its intro and closing theme tune was the Dixie Dregs instrumental " Take it Off the Top ", and the quiz in the show " the Friday Night Connection " used the Van der Graaf Generator track " Theme One ", ( a cover of the theme tune originally written for Radio 1 by George Martin in 1967 ); other jingles were written and performed by Samson ( with Nicky Moore on vocals ) and Vow Wow.

More recently, a new wave of country performers has been crossing over to AC, including Tim McGraw, the Dixie Chicks ( who topped the AC chart with their cover of Fleetwood Mac's " Landslide "), Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Sugarland, Lady Antebellum, Jason Aldean ( whose AC success came by way of his duet with Kelly Clarkson, " Don't You Wanna Stay "), and The Band Perry.

" Honky Tonk Walkin '" and " Dixie Fried " respectively reached numbers 54 and 71 on the country charts, while the " Blue Moon of Kentucky " cover did not chart.

This niceness actually backfired for Reynolds: prior to accepting the lead in W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings ( 1975 ), directed by John G. Avildsen, Reynolds asked Lemmon, who Avildsen had directed in Save the Tiger ( 1973 ) for advice about Avildsen as a director.

* W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings ( 1975 )

In 1975, he made W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings ( 1975 ), once again with Burt Reynolds ; Robert Altman's Nashville ( 1975 ), portraying the Tennessee lawyer Delbert Reese and he also appeared as Colonel Hollister in the 1975 M * A * S * H episode " Dear Peg ".

* W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings ( 1975 )

“ Forecast 1975: An Economic Outlook ,” with Dr. Fred N. Hendon, Dixie Contractor, January 3, 1975.

* Ryman Auditorium has been featured in several movies, including Robert Altman's Nashville ( 1975 ) starring David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, and Karen Black ; W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings ( 1975 ) starring Burt Reynolds, Jerry Reed, Ned Beatty, Don Williams, Mel Tillis, and Art Carney ; Coal Miner's Daughter ( 1980 ) starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones ; Clint Eastwood's Honkytonk Man ( 1982 ) ; and Sweet Dreams ( 1985 ) starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris.

Upon Morse's graduation from the University of Miami in 1975, he and West officially named the group Dixie Dregs.

In 1975, the group's first effort, The Great Spectacular ( named by ex -" Dixie Grit " second guitarist and singer, Frank Brittingham ) was recorded at the University.