Product Description

Long Time Gone
Landslide
Travelin' Soldier
Truth No. 2
White Trash Wedding
A Home DVD/Video Version-
More Love Live From the Kodak Theater
Believe In Love
Tortured, Tangled Hearts
Lil' Jack Slade
Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)
Top Of The World
Wide Open Spaces
Cowboy Take Me Away
Goodbye Earl
Sin Wagon

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16866 in DVD
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2003-02-11
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Live, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Dubbed in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 92 minutes

Amazon.com
Alternately goofy and poignant, An Evening with the Dixie Chicks is like getting together with your friends after a hectic day at work: merry diversions, too much personal information spilling like beer, and a slow, soulful authenticity descending as the evening wears on. While the Chicks' predominantly late-20s, female crowd basks in kinship with the band's prolific patter about recent divorces and pregnancies, they are also sweetly appreciative of such shimmering, dreamy material as "Believe in Love," the self-mocking sting of "White Trash Wedding," and the extra pinch of gravitas that makes its way into a live version of Stevie Nicks's "Landslide." The Chicks expertly, almost invisibly, steer their show's mood with remarkable songs ("Top of the World") and country hokum ("Travelin' Soldier"), but it's the punky sneer of their kill-the-batterer satire "Goodbye Earl" that stands out, gaining another edge of reckless fun amid the Chicks' constituency. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Very enjoyable LIVE performance of the "Home" album
Simply put, this is the Dixie Chicks performing their latest CD, "Home." When I got this DVD, I had not yet heard any of the songs from the CD save for their cover of "Landslide," but I still enjoyed the music and had a great time watching the Chicks perform. They display excellent musical versatility (supporting band included), mixed with fun songs and a great rapport with the audience.

This performance was recorded on August 16, 2002, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, just weeks after "Home" was released. The Chicks play every one of the twelve songs from the CD in the exact same order. This might be a plus for those who are already in the habit of listening to the entire CD, so you'll know what to expect. For me, I appreciated the way the songs were introduced, as explained most often by lead vocalist Natalie Maines. In addition to the "Home" songs, there are four others: three from the previous CD, "Fly," plus the title track to "Wide Open Spaces." Overall, the song count is seven more than what was seen on the original television broadcast. I would have preferred that the three albums were more equally represented, but I guess the point was to promote "Home" so . . . they gave us the whole thing! The Dixie Chicks are known for engaging the crowd, and that was definitely the case here. The crowd at the Kodak was definitely amped throughout the performance, and I was equally drawn in.

In terms of sound quality, this is a top-notch DVD. The mixers (one of whom was Lloyd Maines, Natalie's dad and a member of the band) did a virtually perfect job of balancing all the instrumentation so that not one musician either got drowned out or overwhelmed any of the others. I was perfectly content to have my system set on CD Stereo and to listen to superb sound through a nice subwoofer and satellite system. Dolby 5.1 is also available.

The camera work was excellent and highlighted a multitude of angles and perspectives. My only [slightly] negative criticism is with the video editing, which was far too rapid for my taste. Too many times, the camera selection changed faster than once per measure, which, over entire songs, became a little dizzying. The good news is that the DVD picture quality is awesome: sharp images and vivid colors. Extra features include a biography, discography and a twelve-page liner note booklet.

Genre-Free Delight
I get goose bumps listening to Edith Piaf sing in a language of which I know barely a dozen words. And I choke up watching Hibari Misora (Japan's greatest Enka singer) pour her heart out in an unfathomable idiom, anchored in a culture I only vaguely understand. Great music knows no genre. And on this DVD, the Dixie Chicks make great music. Country-schmountry.

I don't know what they did or didn't say about America or Iraq or politicians. I gave up trying to filter my movie-watching and music-listening through a political screen years ago. Too many people were annoying me with their opinions, and I was missing out on too much art. Artistic talent and intelligence are not the same thing and frequently do not reside in the same person, and to look to artists for political views is one of the cankers of this era.

Enjoy this DVD. It's amazing. And that is enough.

FABULOUS Evening with the Dixie Chicks!!
An Evening With The Dixie Chicks is the first of their DVDs I have purchased, and I must stay, there never was a boring moment throughout! These are without a doubt the MOST talented 3 ladies and are a total pleasure to watch and listen to. Yes, they may be opinionated, but isn't the right to 'free speach' one of the things our country was founded on and that we brag about to other countries? We fight for it, yet we try to crucify anyone who says something that isn't politically correct at the time. How hyporcritical is that? If radio stations don't play their wonderful music, it will go on anyway. You can't keep real talent like The Dixie Chicks down.