Taking the Long Way

…tour and the release of Taking the Long Way. Several tracks, notably “Not Ready to Make Nice,” responded defiantly to the group’s detractors, and the album’s sound, decidedly more rock than country, clearly signaled the Dixie Chicks’ desire to move on to new musical possibilities and new audiences. The documentary…

…write and record their album Taking the Long Way (2006). The film’s portrait came at a key point in the band’s career, three years after lead singer Natalie Maines’s statements disparaging then president George W. Bush for the Iraq War ignited a campaign of heavy criticism and even death threats…

…of the year—the Dixie Chicks’ Taking the Long Way (the winner of the award) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Stadium Arcadium—and had contributed to a third (Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds).