The Dixie Chicks Rock!
341982
Kudos to the Dixie Chicks.  They exercised their right of Freedom of Speech and said what most of us were thinking.  I salute them for exercising the rights that our troops are fighting and dying for.  Its a shame that they received so much hatred from the citizens of this country.  We don't all have to agree with each others opinions, but we all have the right to have opinions.  Thats what this great land is all about.  If they would have made the comments now rather than 3 years ago, there wouldn't have been even a feather ruffled.  Jay Leno and David Letterman tear down the president on a nightly basis and nobody has a problem with it.

This album was great...its a great comeback for them!  I am excited to see them in concert and to buy future albums!

Way to go Chicks!
3483274
This is an amazing album! I think this CD rocks! Their sound is different from most other bands, and it's a sound all their own. I had bought this CD after hearing only Girls Not Grey off of it, and I wasn't sure if I would like it or not. But I was pleasantly surprised, it's a great album, and it will remain in my CD player for a long time to come. You should get it if you are into their type of music, and be prepared to get your money's worth!
4853576
I love this band! I saw them live multiple times and they never dissapoint! Their albums are that way too! This is no exception. Well worth the purchase price!
589148
The Dixie Chicks have a fan for life. I have spent the last two days (since I first received the CD in the mail) playing this album over and  over. My vote for the best track - "Sin Wagon." This song rocks!  The music will rip you out of your seat and force a swing into your step, a  kind of groove that would make grandma blush! I love it!
2573405
I first heard them as a free mp3 download here on CDNOW with "Ragged As the Road". I kicked it around for a couple weeks and then bought the mp3 download of the whole album, and was I glad I did. these guys kick some major butt, and just when I thought they were a new band, I seen all their past albums (of which I plan to get eventually). Do yourself a favor and don't hesitate, buy the CD or mp3 download, these guys rock!!!!!
3145492
I have been highly interested in the "politics of country music" ever since 9/11. When the patriotic songs started coming out (Aaron Tippin, Alan Jackson), it was pretty apolitical and pro-America. Then, the following year we had Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" and then when the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines said it was "ignorant," all bets were off. Things really picked up in spring '03 with the Dixie Chicks controversy went global following Maines' anti-Bush comments. At the same time you had Darryl Worley asking "Have You Forgotten?" and Clint Black's clunker "Iraq and Roll." For a while, there, it was quite a big deal and all eyes were on country music  - a good thing, in my estimation.

Author Chris Willman captures this time exceedingly well in this excellent new book. He gets the conservatives and the liberals and everyone in between. You really get some great insight into Toby Keith. The reader realizes he's not some jingoistic warhawk. He's a patriotic Democrat, something the talk show types conveniently forget. We get the lowdown on the Dixie Chicks episode, something I was particularly interested in, being a big fan of the group and Natalie Maines in particular.

I can't say enough good things about Willman's book. Run out and get it.
4395529
This is a 2 CD Tin Can Special Collector's Edtion of Molly Hatchet's Classic album "No Guts No Glory", originally released back in 1983, plus their classic Live Concert Album "Double Trouble" recorded in 1985. I was fornutate to see Molly Hatchet on their "No Guts No Glory" tour, back in 1983, at the University of Louisiana Monroe's Spring Fever Weekend. It was an outdoor concert and they rocked, and this double CD set rocks. This is simply Jacksonville, Southern Rock at it's very best. Remember Lynyrd Skynyrd is originally from Jacksonville, Florida, and so are Blackfoot,.38 Special, and some of the members of the Allman Brothers Band. Ronnie Van Zant was even a fan of Molly Hatchet, and he was trying to get them started in the music business, when he was killed in the plane crash of October 20, 1977. Anyway, Hatchet succeeded in the Southern Rock world, and are now a Southern Rock "Legend" themselves, in their own right.

The "Double Trouble" Live CD is totally "awesome", and definitely rocks. It was recorded in 1985. You can hear the crowd, as they are really into the concert, giving you one of those, "almost like being there" feelings. Their live versions of Skynyrd's "Freebird" and the Allman Brother's "Dreams" are totally "awesome" and they ROCK!!! Also, they really ROCK on their own classic hit "Flirtin' With Disaster", along with their other original songs.

If you like Hatchet and/or Southern Rock, it doesn't get any better than this one!!!
2624647
This is an excellent documentary following the Dixie Chicks after they made their controversial comment regarding Iraq and their struggles as a result of it. It is a well made documentary; the juxtapositions of past and present are well presented and support the point of the documentary. The footage and the editing gave us an overall and sometimes very inside look into the lives of the Dixie Chicks and how they felt regarding their situation. I highly recommend this documentary to everyone. It tackles the issues of freedom of speech and the consequences of enforcing that right. To some it may seem like a reinvindication of the Dixie Chicks; to others, this is a lesson in the history of the United States. People may or may not support or like the Dixie Chicks or their message... Regardless, this is a must see documentary that presents us the situation from many points of view. This is an excellent documentary.
549067
While in Iowa for a family matter, my wife and I met this band and were intrugued to find out what their music sounded like. I downloaded this CD and was quite impressed! Their sound is quite refreshing, with hints of the Stones and Beatles while still rockin' out! I recommend these guys to everyone!
462542
Strangely enough, so many people say "Well, I don't really like country music... but I like the Dixie Chicks." Perhaps they don't realize that the Dixie Chicks have everyone fooled.  The Chicks are playing the most rooted, traditional country music on the radio today.  Yet they sell 8 million records, sell out arenas, and win Grammy awards like nobody's business.  The Chicks are not just a girl group.  They are THE girl group!  They play their own instruments and write their own songs... you gotta love that!  The Dixie Chicks deserve much more than platinum plaques and golden gramma-phones... they need a congressional medal of honor for bringing back the country into country music.
4834039
Scissor Sisters are not only a talented band, but they're also fearless champions for equality and tolerance!  Rednecks need not apply.  Get this album or you're a bigot!
2472961
This is a GREAT new Band. It has all the driving old school Southern Rock with some new twists. This band has new sounds and on ever song. This will be one CD you put in the  drive and hear it straight through !! If you like southern rock you will surly love this band.
64568
I have been grooving to this disc all summer, love it!!

Great compilation of "chick" singers! ;)
3579892
To keep it short and simple, these girls rock!!! No cutesy stuff here. Just great hard rockin music. This is by far the best all female band I have ever heard. Does anyone else know of any other female fronted bands or all female bands that sound like this? I love both of there cds. This cd rocks a little harder than the first....Still love em both.
884895
"I'm not Ready to Make Nice" is the first single from the new Dixie Chicks album "Taking the Long Way". Like the rest of the album the song was produced by Rick Rubin ( Red Hot Chilli-Peppers ) and his influence is quite audible. The traditional country direction that the previous album "Home" suggested has been abandoned in favour of a more mainstream pop-rock approach. The song is a Dixie Chicks original ( like all songs on the new album ) and it's very strong - both musically and lyrically ( dealing with Natalie Maines' controversal political comments ). Great production that suits the song perfectly. Deserves to be a hit!

The B-side "Everybody Knows" is a more country-influenced track and more like earlier Dixie Chicks recordings - also a fine song.
3102706
I learned of this band when I saw them open for John Fogerty in the summer of 2004.  I was completely blown away by their music.  Right after their set, I went and bought this CD and will never regret it.  Almost everything on this album is good.  The best tracks are definitely "Beautiful Disaster", "Easy", "Honky Tonk Union", "West Texas Moon", "Tell Yer Momma", & "Never Thought".  If you're into country/rock, or even pop/rock bands like the Gin Blossoms, then you'll probably love this band.  Why they haven't made the big time is a mystery to me.  They're awesome!
414335
I'm getting sick of people hating on the Dixie Chicks b/c they basically said Bush is a moron.  Who cares?  Bush IS a moron, and they aren't the only ones to talk bad about him.  It's pretty unfair for the Chicks to receive such harsh criticism from all these hardore Bush supporting redneck idiots.  If you they want to listen to something that would really pi$$ them off, they need to listen to Immortal Technique Revolutionary Vol 2. (which is another great ablum)  And they thought the Dixie Chicks were bashing?...ha.  Plus, they might learn something.

That said, to get to the actual music on this album, it's absolutely excellent.  They aren't afraid to change up their style this time around, making it sound more of a Southern Rock cd.  The song "Voice in my Head" has an awesome melody with some really good thought inducing lyrics.  I'd give this album 10 stars if I could, just to make up for the ignorant people out there taking their aggression out on the Dixie Chicks by giving this album 1 star.  They're just mad b/c they voted for Bush and now feel like an idiot for doing so.  I know those same people are gonna mark "No" on this review being helplful, in hopes to take this review off.  If that's the case, I say "fantastic".  The more they press "no", the more people will read this review.  So, by all means........  Oh, and for those that agree with me, it's nice to know that there are actually intelligent people living in this great country of ours that just so happens to be ran by a shady cowboy who walks like he's got something stuck up his.........