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(17,111 posts)which owned many country stations. Their clout made the outcry very huge, very quickly.
I know there would have been problems, but Clear Channel really had a huge hand in destroying their American music careers.
They play a series of concerts in Canada regularly, but I don't blame them for not playing in the US.
Natalie Maines has kept busy with her own career and released an album. She was a high-profile supporter of The Memphis Three. She played at an event for Wendy Davis.
Martie and Emily are a bluegrass duo called The Courtyard Hounds. They have released a couple of albums.
One of the main reasons they just disappeared was the fact that they had young kids and were getting death threats. I think if they hadn't had kids yet, they would have been fighting and around longer.
I wish they would get together a group of singers and form a distaff version of The Highwaymen. That group was made up of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson.