The Dixie Chicks are a country and rock music trio from the Dallas, Texas, USA. The genre of the trio is country, pop, folk, bluegrass, rock, and alternative rock music. The band is consisting of Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, and Emily Robison.

It was Martie Maguirre who started out Dixie Chicks, with sisters Martie and Emily Erwin, who grew up attending bluegrass festivals and busking for spare change on Dallas street corners in 1989. They were best known in Texas for drawing in country fans, with their Western music and their colorful cowgirl outfits, and sold thousands of independently released albums. The group began with a largely bluegrass sound.

Their major label debut, entitled, Wide Open Spaces, went on to sell 12 million copies, without the benefit of a crossover hit. Moreover, traditionalists appreciated Martie’s fiddling and Emily's skill on Dobro, banjo and guitar, and young women loved the women's feisty attitude. They won the CMA's Horizon award; for new artists and vocal group in 1998. The title track was awarded single and video of the year after spending four weeks at No. 1, and they had their second vocal group award. With Top 10 hits like I Can Love You Better, There's Your Trouble and You Were Mine, they toured with the all-female Lilith Fair, one of the few country acts to do so. That year, Maines and Martie divorced their husbands, and Emily married the popular Texas country singer Charlie Robison and took his name. The Dixie Chicks' second album, entitled, Fly, sold nine million copies and featured the hits such as Ready to Run, Cowboy Take Me Away and Without You. Moreover, Grammys also noticed the Texas trio, awarding country album honors to Wide Open Spaces, Fly and 2002's acoustic Home. They have also earned three trophies for country duo/group, and one for country instrumental performance.

The band made few public appearances until releasing the Rick Rubin-produced studio album, Taking the Long Way, in 2006. Not Ready to Make Nice, the first single and video, turned heads for confronting their reputation head-on did not well on the charts. However they mounted a North American tour of arenas, entitled, The Accidents & Accusation Tour, but had to cancel and rearrange many of the dates due to slow tickets sales in conservative areas. As a result they added dates in Canada and visited Australia.

These days, things are different. “Our lives are very weird and un-normal,” Natalie said. “But it is fun. We get a lot of perks now that we didn't get before but I don't think money is that important to any of us. None of us have made any extravagant purchases. Where I used to have to count my money all the time now I just know I can eat the $5 M&Ms out of the hotel mini-bar and it's okay.”

In addition, the Chicks starred in the 2006 documentary, Shut Up & Sing, which follows the band starting at the fallout from Maines' statement through the planning of their 2006 tour. They are indeed, a talented group. See for yourself, grab Dixie Chicks tickets today!