On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Jon Weisberger wrote:
> Courtesy of country.com...
>
> After being approached by TV's VH-1 about playing their video for "Wide Open
> Spaces," the Chicks declined because they were asked to get rid of the
> fiddles in the song. "You might as well just edit out the banjo and the
> steel guitar and make it a whole new song," they reportedly told the
> network.
Of course, to an extent I'm playing devil's advocate here (a bit of a
paradox for an atheist), but just imagine a response like, "You might
as well just dump the lead singer and the Sam Cooke covers" a couple of
years ago.
Fanning old flames while I flog dead horses and mix metaphors,
Bob
