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  • Dixie Chicks Slam Lubbock & Buddy Holly

    05/02/2006 1:57:49 PM PDT · by beansox · 52 replies · 1,358+ views
    Rock icon's siblings perturbed at his portrayal in lyrics LUBBOCK, Texas A reference to late rock and roller Buddy Holly on the new Dixie Chicks album is drawing criticism from his brothers. In "Lubbock or Leave It," Natalie Maines of Lubbock sings: "I hear they hate me now/Just like they hated you./Maybe when I'm dead and gone/I'm gonna get a statue, too." Holly was born in Lubbock and his statue is downtown. He died in a 1959 plane crash in Iowa. Larry Holley doesn't know of anyone who hated his late sibling. Travis Holley says his late brother was proud...