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* 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.
The Dixie Chicks ' cover of Nicks's 1975 song " Landslide " also earned her a BMI Songwriters Award in 2003 when it won " Song of the Year " ( the award is given to the songwriter of the track, regardless of the performer ).
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.
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.

Dixie and paid
Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright also paid tribute by saying: " On the foot of the Dixie Dean statue outside Goodison Park are the words " Footballer-Gentlemen-Evertonian ".......... those words summed up Dixie-and they apply, equally, to the great Brian Labone.
Despite the disputed authorship, Firth, Pond & Co. paid Emmett $ 300 for all rights to " Dixie " on 11 February 1861, perhaps fearing complications spurred by the impending Civil War.

Dixie and tribute
Land of Dreams included one of his most well-known songs, " It's Money That Matters ", and featured Newman's first stab at autobiography with " Dixie Flyer " and " Four Eyes ", while Bad Love included " I Miss You ", a moving tribute to his ex-wife.
On June 2, 2012 at Mountain Jam, Gov't Mule, along with the Levon Helm Band ( with Lucas Nelson coming on stage for the closing song ) played a tribute set, including " The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down ," " Up On Cripple Creek ,"" It Makes No Difference ," and closing with " The Weight.
* Hayseed Dixie started as a " hillbilly tribute to AC / DC " and has become a bluegrass tribute band covering many well known rock bands in their own " rockgrass " style.
Benson brought together some of the best talent in country music today to record the tribute to Wills and Texas swing music, including Dwight Yoakam, Vince Gill, Merle Haggard, the Dixie Chicks, and Willie Nelson.
They contributed to For the Sick, the tribute album for Eyehategod, covering " Dixie Whiskey ".
" In 1888 the publishers of a Boston songbook included " Dixie " as a " patriotic song ", and in 1895 the Confederate Veterans ' Association suggested a celebration in honor of " Dixie " and Emmett in Washington as a bipartisan tribute.

Dixie and by
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.
Lewis tried his hand at releasing solo music in the 1950s, having a chart hit with the song " Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody " ( a song largely associated with Al Jolson and later re-popularized by Judy Garland ) as well as the song, " It All Depends on You " in 1958.
* " Model ," a song by Avail from their 1994 album Dixie ( album )
The counties that made up " Little Dixie " were those along the Missouri River in the center of the state, settled by Southern migrants who held the greatest concentration of slaves.
* Gloriana, or the Revolution of 1900 ( 1890 ) by Lady Florence Dixie.
As Washington rode in the late financier's private railroad car, " Dixie ", he stopped and made speeches at many locations, where his companions later recounted that he had been warmly welcomed by both black and white citizens at each stop.
* " Tuning ", a song by Avail from their 1994 album Dixie
* Son of Dawn ( May 1995 ), by Dixie Lee McKeone, ( ISBN 1-56076-884-3 )
Since Stein as leader was the only musician under contract by name, the rest of the band broke off, sent to New Orleans for drummer Tony Sbarbaro, and on June 5, started playing under the name, The Dixie Jass Band.
According to The Descendants of William Sabin, compiled by Gordon Alan Morris, Thomas J. Prittie, and Dixie Prittie, the first Caucasian child born in the county was Mary Stuart Sabin, daughter of Dr. Warren Sabin, c. 1812.
* In the film The Million Dollar Hotel, the character Dixie ( played by Peter Stormare ) believes himself to be the fifth Beatle.
Despite his name being in the titles of both games, DK is the damsel-in-distress in the sequels Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble !, where he is captured by K. Rool.
The counties settled by southerners were known as " Little Dixie.
During his tenure at TRUK, he was often accompanied by the show's Canadian Producer Colin Lloyd, assistants Dixie, Jane and Aphrodite, and the man on the phones, also called Tony ( although renamed by Caesar as Bogey – " Because he always gets up my nose " being the explanation.
Originally an area called Port Dixie, the town " sprang up out of the woods " in 1943-1944 as a community of 160 houses to be used as housing for military officers by developer Clifford Meigs.
The Louis Woodham Concrete Company, which would provide construction materials for the growing Shalimar area, was established at Dixie Point at the end of Ferry Road by 1956, and would survive into the late 1970s before being replaced by condominiums.
Also, in the 1970s Jerry Reed song " Amos Moses ," in the 1990s George Strait song " Adalida ," in Dan Baird's 1992 song " Dixie Beauxderaunt ," the 1999 Jimmy Buffett song " I will Play for Gumbo ," the 2008 Toby Keith song " Creole Woman ," and its name is the title of a song by jazz songstress Marcia Ball.
The area defined by the CDP is bounded on the northeast by South Grove Drive, on the northwest by North Dixie Highway, and on the southwest by the Sandy Creek.

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