Laura Lynchone of the founders of the famous country music group Dixie chicksdied at the age of 65 in a car accident that occurred early Saturday morning on a highway outside the city of El Paso, Texas.
The information was given by the TMZ channel and this Monday the group itself confirmed it in a statement:
“We are shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Laura Lynch, founder of The Chicks. We have a special place in our hearts for the time we spent playing music, laughing and traveling together. Laura was a shining light…her infectious energy and “His humor gave a spark to the early days of our band,” says the text published by the band.
The Dixie Chicks were renamed The Chicks at the time. Photo: APHe adds, “Laura had a flair for design, a love of all things Texas and was instrumental in the band’s early success. Her undeniable talent helped push us beyond busking on street corners and treading stages throughout Texas and the Midwest.”
Details of the accident
Preliminary investigations show that a car coming from the opposite direction was attempting to overtake another when it collided with the vehicle in which Lynch was, who died instantly, leaving the driver of the vehicle with non-threatening injuries. . Your health.
A successful career
In his role as bassist, Lynch had created the group in 1989 together with Robin Lynn Macy and sisters Martie and Emily Erwin, and became one of its main voices.
After Macy’s departure, he took over as lead vocalist for the group’s third album, I shouldn’t have told youpublished in 1993.
Later in the 1990s, Lynch left the group she had created under the excuse that she was tired of touring and that she preferred to spend more time with her daughter. However, as time passed, it became known that in reality there were artistic disagreements with her colleagues, with whom she had a significant age difference.
Until then, the Dixie Chicks relied on a traditional sound and aesthetic within the genre, with a clear orientation towards bluegrass and roots country, and typical cowboy attire.
The truth is that his place was taken by Natalia Maines, daughter of the guitarist who accompanied the group Steel Lloyd Maines, with whom he recorded the album Large open spaceof 1998, which catapulted the group to international fame with an image updated to new times.
Dixie Chicks on the cover of Entertainment Weekly magazine, protesting the war.The change was even more evident when, in early 2000, the Dixie Chicks faced a series of public protests against then-Republican President George W. Bush, a political figure supported by Lynch.
Ultimately, in 2020, the band decided to change their name to The Chicks, after a series of debates over the term Dixie, which has slave connotations.
After the group’s abandonment, Laura Lynch, who did not enjoy international fame, married a billionaire and remained on the fringes of the music industry, although over the years she gave several interviews in which she referred to the various changes that the band was experiencing . experimenting.
Source: Clarin
