Name: Natalie Louise
Maines
Birth Date: October 14, 1974
Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas
Height: 5' 3"
Hair: platinum blonde,
worn short
Eyes: blue
Marital Status: married
Instruments: lead vocals, guitar
Early talent: started singing at age 3; began playing piano at age 12; won a vocal scholarship to Berkelee School of Music
Hobbies/interests: reading, decorating her home and watching movies
Trivia: Natalie is the daughter of Texas steel guitarist and producer Lloyd Maines, whose Maines Brothers Band charted several country songs in the 1980's
Name: Martie Elenor
Seidel
Birth Date: October 12, 1969
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas
Height: 5' 7"
Hair: blonde,
worn short
Eyes: blue
Martial Status: married to Ted Seidel, a pharmaceutical salesman
Instruments: fiddle, mandolin
Early talent: began playing fiddle
at age five
Hobbies/interests: skiing, horseback riding and golfing
Trivia: Martie says of the Dixie Chicks "We went from street corners to dance halls, from jeans and boots to tailor-made cowgirl get-ups with rhinestones. Finding Natalie was the best thing that ever happened to Emily and me."
Name: Emily Burns
Erwin-Robison
Birth Date: August 16, 1972
Birthplace: Pittsfield, MA
Height: 5' 8"
Hair: blonde,
worn long with soft layers
around the face
Eyes: hazel
Marital Status: married
Instruments: Dobro, banjo, guitar
Early Talent: learned banjo at age 10 and picked up the dobro and guitar soon after
Hobbies/interests: listening to live music, especially country acts
Trivia: Emily toured with her sister Martie as part of a teen bluegrass band, Blue Night Express, for six years before helping to found the Dixie Chicks