Of course, the reason for the divide has very little to do with their new musical direction (more California rock than country twang) and everything to do with the bitterness and anger that remain from the fallout over what has become known simply as "the comment."
biggest group in country? What is he smoking? Brooks and Dunn, Toby Keith, etc etc are way huger stars than the Dixie Pigs. Sounds like wishful thinking to me. Now if you were talking rock, then one could make the case for that statement to apply to Radiohead, but country, no way.