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Natalie Maines

American musician
Also known as: Natalie Louise Maines

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country music

  • Carter Family
    In country music: Country music politics

    …radio stations, after lead singer Natalie Maines criticized U.S. Pres. George W. Bush during a concert. A feud also ensued between the group and singer Toby Keith, who had released the patriotic “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)” in the wake of the September 11 attacks…

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role in the Chicks

  • Dixie Chicks (later the Chicks)
    In the Chicks

    ), and Natalie Maines (b. October 14, 1974, Lubbock, Texas, U.S.). Early members of the group included guitarist Robin Lynn Macy, who left in 1992, and vocalist Laura Lynch, who was replaced by Maines in 1995.

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