The 2006 album Taking the Long Way was The Chicks’ first following the fallout over lead singer Natalie Maines’ criticism over then-president George W. Bush. Though they had been blacklisted by country radio and received death threats from angry idiots, they ended up recording one of the best-received records of their career.
The album went double-platinum, a far cry from three previous albums that sold three to five times as many copies but still impressive. And it won five Grammys, including Album, Song and Record of the Year. They might have lost a ton of fans, but they gained a ton more.
This was also the last album the band released under the name Dixie Chicks. They changed their name in the summer of 2020, in one of the only lasting changes that came from that brief period of social awareness.
Hey
It might never be the same
We might never live those days gone by
But we can try
[Verse 2]
Mornin’
Let’s kick the babies out of bed
How ’bout you and me instead, hangin’ on
Not up and gone
[Chorus]
(Baby, hold on)
Let’s start this over
(Baby, hold on)
We’re not much older now
(Baby, hold on)
If you still see what I see
Keep holdin’ on
Hold on to me
[Verse 3]
Baby
It’s good to see you smile again
I know we can’t escape, so let’s pretend
We’re someplace else
[Verse 4]
It’s a new day
Let’s look at all we’ve got
It’s everything we thought we ever wanted
It’s beautiful
[Chorus]
(Baby, hold on)
Let’s start this over
(Baby, hold on)
We’re not much older now
(Baby, hold on)
If you still see what I see
Keep holdin’ on
Hold on to me
[Bridge]
I look across the room and catch you starin’ at me
And see the love we almost left behind
So lead me by the hand and let’s make up
Let’s make up for lost time, whoa
[Chorus]
(Baby, hold on)
Let’s start this over
(Baby, hold on)
We’re not much older
(Baby, hold on)
If you still see what I see
Keep holding on
(Baby, hold on)
Hold on to me
(Baby, hold on)
Just hold on to me
(Baby, hold on)
Hold on to me
Keep holding on
[Outro]
Hey
It might never be the same
We might never live those days gone by
But we can try
Meet Me In Montauk 
I have no problem if a person or group wants to change their name, whether to reflect a different gender identity, to be politically correct/socially conscious or any other personal reason, but I do take issue with this concept of “dead naming.” The band that released this song in 2006 was the “Dixie Chicks,” and should be identified as such when referencing the song or the album from which the song came, just as the actor who starred in Juno was “Ellen Page,” not “Elliot Page” and the artist who released “Moonshadow” was Cat Stevens, not Yusuf Islam.
I’m waiting for Megadeath to announce a name change to Megalife, or U2 changing to UN, or the Police rebranding as the Defunded, so we can identify them with these new names when referencing work released under their former names.