. >> as a result of statements made by the dixie chicks, two radio networks ban the dixie chicks at are more daring than any punk band. >> great to be back. the return to the scene of the crime. >> they took on the establishment that wanted to own them. and they refused to knuckle under. >> i thought i would say something brand new, and just say, just so you know, we are ashamed the president of the united states. >> we've asked artists, for decades, to be barometers of culture and be voices of dissent. and in the wake of 9/11, it was just seen as a bridge too far. >> people wanted escapism, at the time, because there was a lot to escape. so, we were listening to norah jones and jack johnson. and coldplay. >> when "yellow" came out, a lot of the hipster, alternative kids were like, i love this. and i was one of them. >> it felt great. it's like, here is radio head and u2 put together, in a pop-friendly package that's catchy, rock music. >> john mayer was this virtuoso guitar player who wrote these love songs. he was huge. ♪ your body is a wonder land >> in the 2000s, rock, itself, bec

♪ ♪ ♪ i'm from kentucky but this ain't no dixie chicks this is not route 66 she step out ♪ ♪ take liket, thot, thot just left out the city ♪ ♪ it was hot, hot, hot think they with me but they not, not, not i just cannot stop ♪ ♪ i'm 'bout to buy my bro a drop she came to kick it with her friends ♪ ♪ they takin' shots, shots, shots i'm a hot shot ♪ met her at the club and i took her to the casa get bread nonstop know my name ♪ ♪ ring a bell like raja from the city like rondo, rajon but i'm from the ♪ ♪ white side like hassan way too fly but i'm not trying had y'all's fun but ♪ ♪ it's my time chain go bling i ain't talking 'bout hotline ♪ ♪ young and i got time but i finally got one it's about time make the whole city shine ♪ ♪ every time that i shine let me know now if you not down 'cause you left ♪ ♪ and you not 'round need a julep and a hot brown go 'head ♪ ♪ let that top down i'm from kentucky but this ain't no dixie chicks this is not route 66 ♪ ♪ she step out take like fifty flicks i'm way too selective with the folks that i ♪ ♪ get mixy with she said that's a lie, boy you a thot,

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you had reba mcentire, martina mcbride, the dixie chicks, shania twain. ♪ let's go, girls >> i rememberd. ♪ the best part about being a woman is the prerogative to have a little fun ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, totally crazy >> in all fields in our society now, women, i wouldn't say dominating. i think that they're just rising to their true place. ♪ i feel like a woman >> as things wore on, it became a great decade to be a girl. ♪ >> after years of singing backup for such stars as michael jackson and rod stewart, she exploded onto the music scene in 1993 with her album "tuesday night music club." ♪ all i wanna do is have some fun ♪ ♪ i've got a feeling i'm not the only one ♪ >> radio has been so long in coming playing female artists. so it's definitely a different sort of environment and attitude now. ♪ if it makes you happy >> female artists like sheryl crow or liz phair, even though they had success, they were still routinely marginalized within every aspect of the industry. there was not a lot of space in pop culture for a young woman's thoughts, feelings, voices, to be respected or taken serious

but of course his facebook fan beige getting deluged by people comparing him to the dixie chicks sayingblah, blah, blah. garth brooks could have easily skipped this but he thought it was important to be there. tell me why. >> so many people associate country music and politics with this dixie academics episode of 2003. they spoke out against the iraq war, they were blacklisted from country music, from that point forward there's been hesitancy and fear from country music artists to get engaged in politics and societal issues because of the professional backlash. here you have the biggest star, the most successful selling solo male artist in the history of music get asked to her form at the biden inauguration, rather than let that fear dictate his decisionmaking, rather than worrying about the backlash and what it could mean for his career going forward, garth answered the call and felt it was so important to be there for this american moment, to partake in that, to have that representation of the country music community on that stage with the incoming president, joe biden, that he said t