Watch the Dixie Chicks slay this cover of Beyoncé's 'Daddy Lessons'
Add renegade country singers The Dixie Chicks to the growing list of Lemonade fans.
The twangy trio, who are in the midst an expansive summer reunion tour, performed a cover of Beyonce's country-inspired tune "Daddy Lessons" at a concert in Manchester, England over the weekend.
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During the set, lead vocalist Natalie Maines missed her intro, joking: “I already messed this whole thing up.” But rest assured, Behive, the ladies did the song justice.
In fact, the rendition may have been their own way of standing up for Queen Bey, who's been the subject of harsh criticism from country music critics since Lemonade's drop. A bizarre debate seems to be unfolding within the genre, with critics arguing back and forth as to whether Beyonce's song qualifies as country.
“It doesn’t sound like a country song to me, she didn’t cut it at a studio in Tennessee, and it certainly wasn’t written by a group of Nashville songwriters,” wrote critic Allyson Bonaguro for CMT. "...If you ask me, this song is no more country than her 'Single Ladies.' (Okay, Alison. Suuuurrrre.)
Meanwhile, the Chicks have had their own well-documented and decade-spanning spat with the country establishment. After Maines voiced her disapproval for the War in Iraq in the early 2000s, country music elites -- especially those at country radio -- basically disowned the trio.
Isn't it nice to see fellow survivors sticking up for each other?
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