{"id":1318106,"date":"2020-02-06T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1817059"},"modified":"2020-02-06T09:00:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:00:21","slug":"twenty-years-ago-cowboy-take-me-away-topped-country-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/twenty-years-ago-cowboy-take-me-away-topped-country-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty Years Ago, \u201cCowboy Take Me Away\u201d Topped Country Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:687790?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/shelburnec\/\" title=\"Posts by Craig Shelburne\" rel=\"author\">Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n12m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s been <em>two decades<\/em> since the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/dixie-chicks\">Dixie Chicks<\/a> dominated country radio with \u201cCowboy Take Me Away,\u201d which rose to No. 1 this week back in 2000. Written by Marcus Hummon and the band\u2019s fiddle player Martie Seidel, this sweet song showcased the band\u2019s gift for melody and musicianship. You\u2019ll notice that there are no actual cowboys in the video \u2014 these three women didn\u2019t need to be swept away \u2014 but the special effects are <em>soooo<\/em> Y2K. <\/p>\n<p>A groundbreaking band of that era, Dixie Chicks collected ACM, CMA, and Grammy Awards for the corresponding album, 1999\u2019s <em>Fly<\/em>. (They also won a Grammy for \u201cReady to Run,\u201d the album\u2019s lead single.) All in all, <em>Fly<\/em> sold more than 10 million copies and led to a 2000 win for CMA Entertainer of the Year. Step back in time and enjoy Dixie Chicks\u2019 \u201cCowboy Take Me Away.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MdkIJm65ytM?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MdkIJm65ytM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1817059\/twenty-years-ago-cowboy-take-me-away-topped-country-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Craig Shelburne 12m ago Yes, it\u2019s been two decades since the Dixie Chicks dominated country radio with \u201cCowboy Take Me Away,\u201d which rose to No. 1 this week back in 2000. Written by Marcus Hummon and the band\u2019s fiddle player Martie Seidel, this sweet song showcased the band\u2019s gift for melody and musicianship. 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