Originally Posted by Marc Barnette

It built to a head when the Iraq war was going on. And the Dixie Chicks started being downright Nasty. They didn't get some nominations for the CMA"s and started spouting off about how backward and hicks the country music audience was.


Natalie Maines' actual quote was: "I'd rather have a smaller following of really cool people who get it, who will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith. We don't want those kinds of fans. They limit what you can do."

I can understand how it was interpreted from a Nashville perspective as a slap in the face, but as an outsider, I don't think that was the intent.

It sounds a lot like Brian's philosophy of targeting a smaller number of loyal fans who will spend spend money on you each year.

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