Mourning for a country star: Laura Lynch, founding member of the country band Dixie Chicks, has died after a car accident in Texas.
Laura Lynch, former singer and bassist for the Dixie Chicks, has died in a car accident. , the founding member of the country band died on Friday in a head-on collision on a highway in Hudspeth County, Texas. Lynch was pronounced dead at the scene. The musician was 65 years old.
“Shining light”
The multi-Grammy-winning country band The Chicks, as Dixie Chicks is now called, released a statement on Instagram: “We are shocked and saddened by the passing of Laura Lynch, a founding member of The Chicks. The time we spent with her to make music, laugh and travel together has a special place in our hearts.” She was instrumental in the band’s early success and her undeniable talents helped ensure that “we were performing not just on street corners, but on stages all over Texas and the Midwest.” Lynch was a shining light, “her infectious energy and humor gave the band their shine in their early days.”
The Dixie Chicks was founded in Dallas in 1989. Lynch, who was part of the original line-up with Robin Lynn Macy (65) and sisters Martie (54) and Emily Erwin (51), recorded three albums with the band. Robin Lynn Macy left the band in 1992, and three years later Laura Lynch also left. Today, alongside sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer, Natalie Maines (49) is also there. In 2020, the trio changed the band name to The Chicks, apparently to avoid “Dixie” as an old Southern term.
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