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Women Rule Country's Biggest Night
Females scored wins for Entertainer, Single, Song, Horizon, Video and Group of the Year, leaving behind only Album and Duo for the men. Shania Twain's win as Entertainer of the Year marked not only her first CMA Award ever, but also
the first time a woman received the CMA's top honor since Reba McEntire captured the trophy 13
years ago. And in a sweet twist of fate, it was Reba herself who presented the trophy to her.
Dixie Chicks
Their name: originally known as Dixie Chicken from the Little Feat song of the same name; "But Martie didn't want to be a chicken!" says Natalie. Later changed name to Chix and, finally, to Dixie Chicks Getting started: In 1989, sisters Emily, then 16, and Martie, then 19, started playing for tips on a
downtown Dallas, Texas, street corner with two other original band members; Natalie joined the
sisters in 1995 Early style: The band originally wore western wear when they performed. CMA
awards: 1998 Horizon Award and Vocal Group of the Year Billboard Top 40 hits: "I Can Love You
Better" (No. 7, 1998); "There's Your Trouble" (No. 1, 1998); "Wide Open Spaces" (No. 3, 1998)
Clint Black - D'lectrified
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Women stood tall at the 33rd annual CMA Awards Sept. 22, taking home most of the evening's
trophies and marking the strongest female showing in CMA history.
Members: Natalie Maines; sisters Martie Seidel and Emily Erwin
The best and worst you can say about Clint Black's debut as his own producer is, it's an
ambitious, often enjoyable exercise in self-indulgence. D'lectrified is a sprawling, 14-cut mishmash
featuring guest appearances by everyone from Kenny Loggins and Bruce Hornsby to Eric Idle (on
a clever, spaced-out rendition of Monty Python's "The Galaxy Song") and Black's wife, actress
Lisa Hartman Black. Black's penchant for blues and Dixieland-style horn arrangements serves him
well on remakes of gems like the Marshall Tucker Band's "Bob Away My Blues" and Leon
Russell's "Dixie Lullaby" (where Hornsby gets a fine workout on the ivories). And Black does what
he does best on smooth country ballads like "Been There" (a great duet with Steve Wariner) and
"Where Your Love Won't Go." On the other hand, his aimless, tepid remake of Waylon Jennings's
"Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?" (featuring a goofy vocal cameo from Jennings) is little
more than a waste of space.
