On “60 Minutes” Ms. Maguire told Steve Kroft that their concerts weren’t typical country concerts. “When I looked out in the audience, I didn’t see rednecks,” she said. (Did her lip curl slightly as she pronounced the r-word?) “I saw a more progressive crowd.”
And in a Time magazine cover story she said the group would rather have “a smaller following of really cool people who get it,” as opposed to “people that have us in their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith.” (It would seem Ms. McEntire got her revenge.) Perhaps there’s a difference between this attitude and simple snobbery, but you can’t blame country fans if they don’t much feel like splitting hairs.
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At the Academy of Country Music awards, the host, Reba McEntire,
“If the Dixie Chicks can sing with their foot in their mouths, surely I can host this sucker,” she said.
Country music fans can tell phonies the minute they spot them.