Fly is the fifth studio album by American country music band the Dixie Chicks, released on August 31, 1999 through Monument Records. Compared to their previous album and breakthrough Wide Open Spaces (1998), the group had a stronger hand in writing, co-writing five of the fourteen tracks. The album was produced by Blake Chancey and Paul Worley, both of whom had already produced Wide Open Spaces.
Standard edition cover; limited edition version featured a different background
The Chicks are an American country band from Dallas, Texas. Since 1995, the band has consisted of Natalie Maines and sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer. Maguire and Strayer, both née Erwin, founded the band in 1989 in Dallas, Texas, with bassist Laura Lynch and vocalist and guitarist Robin Lynn Macy. They performed bluegrass and country music, busking and touring the bluegrass festival circuits and small venues for six years without attracting a major label. In 1992, Macy left and Lynch became the lead vocalist.
The Dixie Chicks in Austin, Texas, in 2006
The Dixie Chicks at the Country for Kids concert in 1998 in Stafford, Virginia
The Dixie Chicks performing at Madison Square Garden on June 20, 2003, during the Top of the World Tour
The Dixie Chicks in 2006. From left: Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer