Natalie Louise Maines Pasdar
Birthdate: October 14, 1974 (Libra)
Hometown: Lubbock, Texas
Education: O.L. Slaton Junior High from 1989-90, Berkelee College
Previous Job: "Orlando's Italian Restaurant" Waitress
Hair Color: platinum blonde, worn short
Eye Color & Height: Blue / 5 ft. 3 in.
Family: mother, Tina; father, Lloyd; sister Kim
Can't Live Without: Her little laptop
Right or Left Handed?: She's right handed
Husband: Adrian Pasdar (June 24, 2000)
Children: Jackson Slade Pasdar born March 15, 2001
Pets: bulldog named Ralph
Greatest Weakness: Sleeping
Most Embarassing Moment: "My top breaking on stage and my boob hanging out for a full song!"
Instruments: piano, guitar and electric guitar, bass (taking lessons)
First Teen Crush: Donny Osmand
Pet Peeve: People who chew gum (remember, no cavities)
Hobbies: reading, painting abstract portraits, decorating her Nashville home, watching movies, quilting, using her boogie board
F A V E S
Actor: John Travolta
Actress: Audrey Hepburn
Animal: Monkey it's the closest to what I am now
Childhood Hero: Sandra Dee
Designers: Todd Oldham, Pamela Dennis, D&G
Dixie Chicks Song(s): "Sin Wagon", "Wide Open Spaces"
Fashion: likes to cover her shoulders, loves hair & make-up, avid shoe buyer
Food/Dish: Sushi or Mexican
Hang-Out: New York
Junk Food: Fruit Loops
Movie(s): Grease, Pulp Fiction, West Side Story, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 7 Years in Tibet, Dead Poet's Society, To Kill a Mockingbird
Piece of Clothing: tie-dyed, velvet Todd Oldham pyjamas
Singers: James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Indigo Girls, Maria McKee, Patty Griffin, Nat King Cole
T.V Show: Party of Five
I N F O
Natalie started her singing career at the age three, and spent her summers in the studios, at family jam sessions and performing with her father. Her grandfather was also a musician. She spent her childhood watching her father's band play and began sitting in onstage when she was just a little kid. Growing up in a family like the Maines family, it's hard not to become musical. At the age of 4, she was discovered standing on a desk at the hospital where her mother worked, giving a note-perfect rendition of 'Greased Lightnin'. In school, she would say, "Oh, I don't wanna do this math and science. I'm gonna be a star."
And a star she wanted to be. Her start was on piano when she was 12 and she most recently has started bass guitar. In her 25 short years, Natalie has sung on several albums by well known Texas artists and won a vocal scholarship to Berkelee School of Music in Boston in 1994. When Martie and Emily called Natalie to ask her to be their lead singer, Natalie said she had a volleyball game that night and the next day a big Economic test. But about 4 days later, she checked out of college and started singing. Now when she's out on the road, she is addicted to the treadmill, to help her stay in shape.
DID YOU KNOW?
* Natalie has never had a cavity...
* Natalie considered herself a flower child while in college and had a "world" and the Latin word for "Peace" tattooed on her ankle..
* "Shake Your Booty" was the first song Natalie learned to sing...
* Natalie was a cheerleader in high school...
* When Natalie was a waitress, she never would sing the birthday songs at Orlando's..
* Natalie would like to be reincarnated as Mrs. John Travolta
* Natalie was in a band in college; played 3 gigs then broke up
* Natalie used to love playing bingo..
* Natalie's first country autograph came from Naomi Judd..
* Natalie & Emily won 2nd place in a karoake contest at a bar in Roanoke, VA back in June 1998..
* Too Far From Texas was sung live and done in only two days
Emily:
Emily Burns Erwin Robison
Birthday: August 16, 1972 (Leo) in Pittsfield, MA
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Previous Occupation: Hostess in a restaurant
Earlier Band: Blue Night Express
Education: Greenhill High School
Hair Color: dark brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Height & Shoe Size: 5 ft. 8 in. & size 10
Parents: Paul Erwin & Barbera Trask (stepdad Farrel)
Siblings: 2 older sisters, Julia and Martie
Husband: Charlie Robison (May 1, 1999)
Instruments: Dobro, Banjo, Guitar, Acoustic Bass, Accordion (got for x-mas)
Pets: 2 dogs, Buddy and Katie
Sports: played soccer and and softball in high school
Right or Left?: She's right handed
Childhood Crush: Rick Springfield
Pet Peeve: Bad drivers
Hobbies/Interests: Remodeling her house in San Antonio, go on spontaneous vacation-ettes
Most Embarassing Moment: "When my tube top came down on stage during a banjo solo - infront of 20 thousand people!"
Faves
Actor: Tommy Lee Jones
Albums:
New Grass Revival On The Boulevard
Abba Gold-Greatest Hits
Shawn Colvin Fat City
Bela Fleck Drive
Emmylou Harris Roses In The Snow
Ricky Skaggs Bluegrass Rules
Patty Griffin Flaming Red
George Strait Greatest Hits
Charlie Robison Life Of The Party
Animal: Dolphin - graceful, strong and extremely smart
Dixie Chicks Song: "Cowboy Take Me Away"
Designers: Todd Oldham, Pamela Dennis, Calvin Klein, Prada
Food/Dish: Mexican - Guacomole
Fashion: Likes to wear long skirts
Influences: Bela Fleck, Emmylou Harris, Glen Campbell, Jerry Douglass, Dolly Parton, Boston, Merle Haggard and Shawn Colvin
Instrument: Banjo
Midnight Snack: Cold cereal
Movie(s): Christmas Story, Dumb & Dumber, Color Purple, Giant, Mask
Performer(s): Faith Hill, Sheryl Crow, Jackson Brown
T.V Show: Ally McBeal
Info
Emily began playing violin at age 7, then banjo at the age of 10, with dobro, mandolin and other acoustic instruments to follow. In school, Emily played in the orchestra, she and Martie was known as an "Orch Dork". Emily and Martie toured the country together in a teen's bluegrass group for six years before helping to found Dixie Chicks. Emily once tried out for "Hee Haw" so she can play her banjo, but she didn't get the part. When you're out on the road, you try to stay in shape in any way you can. Emily heads out in nature and runs, making sure no one sees her. :)
Emily learned to play the banjo by teaching herself the chord progessions by reading the books. A bunch of years later, look at her now! :)
As the Chick famed for picking tunes on banjo and Dobro, Emily says, "If I'm working out a new part on an instrument to play onstage that day, I always practice one time or three - never twice. I think it's bad luck."
Emily's 11th grade teacher:
"She was an excellent student," said Ms. Eagles. "She was truly gifted as a reader and writer. In class she was reflective; when she said something you could tell that she had thought carefully about it."
"She wanted to go the Air Force Academy," said Ms. Eagles, "But it was impossible to do both so she applied to Davidson (a college in North Carolina.) She had to turn in her final paper on Hamlet late because she was traveling; however, it was excellent. She wanted it to be good."
DID YOU KNOW?
* Emily is a regular Michael Jackson wannabe and can moonwalk forwards and backwards with a turn..
* Emily wanted to be in The Air Force Academy and even filled out applications until she realized her math and science grades weren't good enough...
* She's good at steering so she drove the pink RV...
* Emily's teeth were on the cover of The New York Times...
* Emily fought over a crab puff at a party with Johnny Cash...
* Emily wrote the majority of You Were Mine, Martie wrote the bridge...
* Emily co-wrote "Please Be San Antone" on Jim Lauderdale's "Onward Through It All" album ...
* Emily’s senior page says she was the "Queen Procrastinator." Former students recognized her as "famous"...
* Emily & Natalie won 2nd place in a karoake contest at a bar in Roanoke, VA back in June 1998...
* Emily once sang Country Roads when she was 12 as a lead singer and said the experience was so awful that she'll never do anything but sing harmony now...
* In high school, Emily failed typing 3 times...
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Martie:
Emily Burns Erwin Robison
Birthday: August 16, 1972 (Leo) in Pittsfield, MA
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Previous Occupation: Hostess in a restaurant
Earlier Band: Blue Night Express
Education: Greenhill High School
Hair Color: dark brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Height & Shoe Size: 5 ft. 8 in. & size 10
Parents: Paul Erwin & Barbera Trask (stepdad Farrel)
Siblings: 2 older sisters, Julia and Martie
Husband: Charlie Robison (May 1, 1999)
Instruments: Dobro, Banjo, Guitar, Acoustic Bass, Accordion (got for x-mas)
Pets: 2 dogs, Buddy and Katie
Sports: played soccer and and softball in high school
Right or Left?: She's right handed
Childhood Crush: Rick Springfield
Pet Peeve: Bad drivers
Hobbies/Interests: Remodeling her house in San Antonio, go on spontaneous vacation-ettes
Most Embarassing Moment: "When my tube top came down on stage during a banjo solo - infront of 20 thousand people!"
Faves
Actor: Tommy Lee Jones
Albums:
New Grass Revival On The Boulevard
Abba Gold-Greatest Hits
Shawn Colvin Fat City
Bela Fleck Drive
Emmylou Harris Roses In The Snow
Ricky Skaggs Bluegrass Rules
Patty Griffin Flaming Red
George Strait Greatest Hits
Charlie Robison Life Of The Party
Animal: Dolphin - graceful, strong and extremely smart
Dixie Chicks Song: "Cowboy Take Me Away"
Designers: Todd Oldham, Pamela Dennis, Calvin Klein, Prada
Food/Dish: Mexican - Guacomole
Fashion: Likes to wear long skirts
Influences: Bela Fleck, Emmylou Harris, Glen Campbell, Jerry Douglass, Dolly Parton, Boston, Merle Haggard and Shawn Colvin
Instrument: Banjo
Midnight Snack: Cold cereal
Movie(s): Christmas Story, Dumb & Dumber, Color Purple, Giant, Mask
Performer(s): Faith Hill, Sheryl Crow, Jackson Brown
T.V Show: Ally McBeal
Info
Emily began playing violin at age 7, then banjo at the age of 10, with dobro, mandolin and other acoustic instruments to follow. In school, Emily played in the orchestra, she and Martie was known as an "Orch Dork". Emily and Martie toured the country together in a teen's bluegrass group for six years before helping to found Dixie Chicks. Emily once tried out for "Hee Haw" so she can play her banjo, but she didn't get the part. When you're out on the road, you try to stay in shape in any way you can. Emily heads out in nature and runs, making sure no one sees her. :)
Emily learned to play the banjo by teaching herself the chord progessions by reading the books. A bunch of years later, look at her now! :)
As the Chick famed for picking tunes on banjo and Dobro, Emily says, "If I'm working out a new part on an instrument to play onstage that day, I always practice one time or three - never twice. I think it's bad luck."
Emily's 11th grade teacher:
"She was an excellent student," said Ms. Eagles. "She was truly gifted as a reader and writer. In class she was reflective; when she said something you could tell that she had thought carefully about it."
"She wanted to go the Air Force Academy," said Ms. Eagles, "But it was impossible to do both so she applied to Davidson (a college in North Carolina.) She had to turn in her final paper on Hamlet late because she was traveling; however, it was excellent. She wanted it to be good."
DID YOU KNOW?
* Emily is a regular Michael Jackson wannabe and can moonwalk forwards and backwards with a turn..
* Emily wanted to be in The Air Force Academy and even filled out applications until she realized her math and science grades weren't good enough...
* She's good at steering so she drove the pink RV...
* Emily's teeth were on the cover of The New York Times...
* Emily fought over a crab puff at a party with Johnny Cash...
* Emily wrote the majority of You Were Mine, Martie wrote the bridge...
* Emily co-wrote "Please Be San Antone" on Jim Lauderdale's "Onward Through It All" album ...
* Emily’s senior page says she was the "Queen Procrastinator." Former students recognized her as "famous"...
* Emily & Natalie won 2nd place in a karoake contest at a bar in Roanoke, VA back in June 1998...
* Emily once sang Country Roads when she was 12 as a lead singer and said the experience was so awful that she'll never do anything but sing harmony now...
* In high school, Emily failed typing 3 times...
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