LAURA Lynch, a founding member of the all-female country music group the Dixie Chicks, has died at the age of 65 after being involved in a car accident, according to reports.
Lynch was driving from El Paso, Texas, to Dell City when the tragic accident happened on Friday, the musician’s cousin told TMZ.
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Dixie Chicks founder Laura Lynch dies at 65 Credit: YouTube
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Lynch helped found the Texas-based group in 1989. Credit: American Music Shop
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With Lynch, the Dixie Chicks released three albums, but they failed to reach the top charts Credits: Crystal Clear Sound
Additional details about the crash or cause were not immediately available.
US Sun has approached the group for comment.
In 1989, Lynch, along with Robin Lynn Macy, Martie Erwin and Emily Erwin, formed the popular Southern country outfit – now known simply as The Chicks as of 2020.
Lynch served as the band’s upright bassist before eventually becoming lead vocalist.
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The country music group mostly played local venues in Texas and toured the area and surrounding states.
Between 1990 and 1995, the band struggled to produce chart-topping hits.
Their first album, Thank Heavens for Dale Evans, did not produce a single on the charts.
During this time, founding member Robin Lynn Macy left the group after the release of their second album.
Despite the release of their album, Shouldn’t a Told You That, in 1993, they still failed to attract the support of a major record company,
It was in 1995 that Lynch left the band and was replaced by Natalie Maines.
With the addition of Maines, the new Dixie Chicks had a more contemporary sound and a new look, leaving behind their cowgirl attire of the past.
The group eventually signed a long-term deal with Sony and in 1997 released the single I Can Love You Better, which reached the Top 10 on the US country music charts.
The new line-up of the Dixie Chicks released their first studio album together in 1998, Wide Open Spaces, featuring three chart-topping hits: There’s Your Trouble, You Were Mine and the title track.
The album propelled the group into the top five on the country and pop charts, selling 12 million copies in the country music arena alone, setting the record for the best-selling duo or group album in the genre’s history.
In June 2020, the band changed their name to the Chicks, dropping the word Dixie, following criticism that the word had connotations of American slavery.
Lynch is survived by a daughter.
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