August 11, 2003

Dixie Chicks and Bruce Robison Salute ‘Travelin’ Soldier’

Before their "Top Of The World" tour stop at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center (8/4), the Dixie Chicks thanked songwriter Bruce Robison for their #1 song "Travelin' Soldier" during a celebration hosted by BMI and Robison's publisher, Carnival Music. Among Robison's other credits are cuts by Lee Ann Womack, Gary Allan, his wife Kelly Willis, and the #1 single "Angry All The Time" by Tim McGraw. "Travelin' Soldier," from the Chicks' Grammy-winning platinum album Home (Open Wide/Monument Records), was written by Robison a dozen years ago and first appeared on his 1999 album, Long Way Home From Anywhere.

Pictured are Dixie Chicks Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines, Bruce Robison, Carnival Music's Frank Liddell and Travis Hill, Dixie Chick Emily Robison, and BMI's Mark Mason. Photo by Kay Williams

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