“Long Time Gone” by The Dixie Chicks

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One of my favorite groups, the Chicks got a royal screw job from the record industry when it bowed, needlessly and embarrassingly, to the right wing, politically correct, bozos who control national radio airplay.  Before Natalie Maines, the lead singer of the Chicks, made comments about George W. Bush and his Middle East aggression, the Dixie Chicks were near the top of the charts.  A crossover group, they had success in mainstream Country Music and beyond.

Once they were effectively blackballed the airplay dried up as did ticket sales for their touring dates.  They never recovered and the Chicks are, sadly, no longer making records.  Dwelling on the positive, the Dixie Chicks were all strong musicians with both excellent taste in the songs they chose to record and equally outstanding production in the albums they released.

My favorite Dixie Chicks song is “Long Time Gone,” written by Darrell Scott, and it is the HarryShots.com Song of the Day.  Enjoy.  HL