Rhonda_Kaye - Cowboy Take Me Away
Rhonda_Kaye
Jun 11, 2025 02:01pm
<p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Tyfl!</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span>From Wikipedia,</span></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Cowboy Take Me Away</strong>" is a song by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">country music</a> group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(35, 53, 102);">Dixie Chicks</a>, written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martie_Maguire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Martie Maguire</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Hummon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Marcus Hummon</a>. It was released in November 1999 as the second single from their album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_(Dixie_Chicks_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Fly</em></a>. The song's title is derived from a famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgon#%22Calgon,_take_me_away!%22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">slogan</a> used in commercials for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Calgon</a> bath and beauty products. It reached number one on the U.S. <em>Billboard</em> Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart in February 2000.</p><p>Content</p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Driven by co-writer </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martie_Maguire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Martie Seidel</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">'s </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">fiddle</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Robison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Emily Robison</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">'s </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">banjo</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Maines" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(48, 86, 169); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Natalie Maines</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">' vocals, "Cowboy Take Me Away" quickly became one of the trio's </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">signature songs</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. Maines was praised for a "sincere" vocal that escaped the clichés of "Nashville music-factory tearjerkers".</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Take_Me_Away#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[1]</sup></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> "Cowboy Take Me Away" has become a staple of the Chicks' concert </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_list" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">set lists</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, appearing from the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Tour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fly Tour</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> onwards.</span></p><p>Music video<span style="color: rgb(84, 89, 93);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cowboy_Take_Me_Away&action=edit&section=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">edit</a><span style="color: rgb(84, 89, 93);">]</span></p><p>The first scene of the music video for "Cowboy Take Me Away" shows a car stopping on a busy street, with Robison's high hot pink cowboy boot splashing through a puddle, and Maines waiting in a crowded elevator until reaching the top floor of an empty industrial-looking loft, joining the other two Chicks. The three begin singing the song and playing their instruments up there at the building-top in the center of a large city which appears to be Los Angeles. Gradually, the scene around them begins to slowly melt (via various <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">CGI</a> backdrops) of forest floors and snow-covered mountains and the like appear, while the trio dance and sing. The city does not ever disappear entirely, but the point is made.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">The filming captured them at the height of their early days, when all three women had hair either naturally or dyed blonde. Looking back, Robison commented, "You have three girls, so automatically you get the roll-the-eyes, you know; it's the band that's been put together," Robison says. "And at the time we were all blonde. And, you know, it was just so – it was so packageable. You know, it was just so easy for people to say, 'Oh, this is something manufactured.'"</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Take_Me_Away#cite_note-drather1-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[2]</sup></a></p>