The people I named are heavyweights, and the Dixie Chicks paled in comparison. The girls really are talented, but so is every bit player you'd expect to hear on cruise ship, a good theater in Des Moines, in a nice show in Branson.
Those jobs are pretty hard to get and the people who do those jobs are very talented and hard working too. They've practiced and studied their craft for years. Without dynamic marketing and image creation, they were about where the Dixie Chicks would have landed.
How do the Dixie Chicks compare to Willie, Johnny and Kris? It’s unfortunate their careers were cut short so we’ll never know. They had 3 quality albums under their belt with each one being better than the last before Natalie made her comments. Who knows how much bigger and better they could have become. Maybe they would have become heavyweights.
It takes more than talent to be an artist? Really? What more does it take? To say they didn’t create anything new or memorable or unique? A lot of their songs they wrote themselves—that’s unique in my book. Just because you don’t care for their music doesn’t make it so.
Comparing them to cruise ship talent is just ridiculous and to say they were packaged? Packaged as what, exactly? I never saw them in Pepsi commercials, they did limited media, and their concerts didn’t have dancing or dancers or fireworks in the background, they didn’t wear lingerie and strut on stage and speak crudely. When you have talent you don’t have to do those things.
Even if they were packaged, are you telling me your 3 legends were never packaged for their audience? Every artist that wants to make a living off their talent is promoted and packaged to a certain degree. Ask Bing Crosby, Elvis or the Beatles.
By the way, Willie Nelson? He sings through his nose. Johnny Cash? Monotone after a few songs. Kris K? Only saw him in A Star is Born with Barbra Streisand. I think most people like myself thought he was AWFUL. Just my opinion.