That's you, foaming away, having missed the point.

RB is an amazing guitarist. He's also a totally self-obsessed wanker, which is why he got booted from band after band. He's also prone to talking bollocks.

That's probably because he's an amazing guitarist.

The Dixie Chicks are a mainstream pap band, who are perfectly competent at what they do. They're far from competent at politics, but because they have a platform they insist on wibbling on about things they'd be better off keeping schtum about.

THAT was my point. I couldn't care less about the audible output of either the Dixie Chicks or Ritchie Blackmore.