Whats the deal with the Dixie Chicks fan club?
The Dixie Chicks do not currently have a fan club. They had one from their earliest, pre-Natalie days until their fame exploded in mid 1998. At that time they shut the fan club down and returned their members money. They explained that their popularity had risen to the point where they could no longer administrate such a club. They also explained very admirably that they felt that all of their fans were equally important to them, so they did not like the concept of treating some better than others simply for the money. The loyal core of fans happily accepted that explanation and many banded together in the eGroup and on the message board to continue to support the Chicks independent of a fan club. Meanwhile, the Chicks stated that they felt they could better reach the fans through the Internet than through a costly fan club. However, for the next four years they neither had a fan club, nor did they make any effort whatsoever to reach the fans through the Internet or otherwise. To the g
