RE: mainstream country query

[BARNARD]

Hans, 

I did think of the Dixie Chicks, but in giving my friend a nice, neat list
of 3 female and 3 male acts to sample, I kind of thought they still rated
beneath the Reba--Patty--Trisha threesome.  You have a point though.

I felt less confidant about coming up with a list of female acts, to tell
the truth.  I haven't listened to them very much (far less than the
Vince-George-Alan bunch) and was going on general word-of-mouth and
industry visibility in my attempt to devise a list.  

--junior