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They began recording, with Maines cutting sessions short to help her kids with homework. An album began to take shape. And that could go on forever. I could have a hundred covers albums. But as co-producer, Maines knew exactly what she wanted it all to sound like, even singing melodies for guitar solos and bass lines — and she was quite certain that she never wanted to make anything resembling a country album again.

My accent is so out of control on that album. When the Bush controversy hit, Maines was stunned. But I was so confused by who people thought I was and what I had been putting out there. Afterward, she started acting out. Fuck that. Well, how about this? Not only do I not like this president, I love gay people! Yeah, let me blow your mind.

Either way, she really hates the song. That brings up a larger complaint. Nothing could be interpreted two different ways! Maguire and Robison have long wanted to make another Dixie Chicks album, and Maines admits she may be breaking their hearts a little.

We have nine kids between the three of us. Still in her hiking outfit, Maines is sitting in the bright dining room of Farmshop, a farm-to-table restaurant in the faux-rustic Brentwood Country Mart, where her neighbors — Ben Affleck, Reese Witherspoon — are frequently spotted by paparazzi.

The photographers usually leave her alone, and today she even has to wait a bit for a table. When we finally get a table. No side boob? All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property.

Times Events. News was buzzing all over the globe about the United States' impending invasion of Iraq, under the leadership of then-President George W. As Maines was introducing the Chicks' then-latest single, "Travelin' Soldier," she said, "Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all.

We do not want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas. Even though the trio was performing on foreign soil at the time, the comment quickly circulated in the United States, and many country radio stations immediately stopped playing their music. Several country artists, including Reba McEntire and Toby Keith , also spoke out against the threesome, with Keith and Maines publicly bashing each other , both in their music and in the media, as a result.

While the Chicks formed a united front in the wake of the controversy, finishing their tour and putting out one more album, 's Taking the Long Way , the backlash over that comment ultimately ended their career as superstars. While Taking the Long Way soared to No.