The Dixie Chicks boost Beyoncé’s country cred, not that she really needs it

By Katie Rife  |  May 2, 2016 | 8:02pm
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The Dixie Chicks boost Beyoncé’s country cred, not that she really needs it

Thanks to its cool, refreshing mixture of massive marketing hype and authentic artistic statement, Beyoncé’s Lemonade is practically guaranteed to win a bunch of Grammys this year. There’s a good chance that the visual album could pick up an Emmy or two as well. But a CMA award? We could see it, and so could the Dixie Chicks, who spent this past week learning Beyoncé’s country-fried “Daddy Lessons” before premiering it on stage in Manchester, England last weekend:

The quality of the video itself, captured by user Anna Grace Lawson, itself isn’t great, as it’s obviously filmed on a cell phone. But you can hear the song just fine, enough to tell that, aside from a few small instrumentation changes (i.e. fiddle), no alterations had to be made to adapt the number for a country group. (The whoops were already there, even.) So watch out afro-funk ensembles and free jazz groups, because Beyoncé could be coming for you next.

[via Billboard]

 
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