Martha Elenor Maguire (née Erwin, previously Seidel; October 12, 1969) is an American musician who is a founding member of both the all-female

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band

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and country bluegrass duo

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. She won awards in national fiddle championships while still a teenager. Maguire is accomplished on several other instruments, including the mandolin, viola, double bass and guitar. She has written and co-written a number of the band's songs, some of which have become chart-topping hits. She also contributes her skills in vocal harmony and backing vocals, as well as orchestrating string arrangements for the band. Maguire learned several instruments at a young age, honing her skills with her younger sister, Emily Strayer (born Emily Erwin) and two schoolmates (a brother and sister team, Troy and

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) for over five years as a part of a touring bluegrass quartet while in high school. After graduation, the sisters forged an alliance with two other women they had met through the Dallas music scene, Laura Lynch and Robin Lynn Macy, forming a bluegrass and country music band,

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and touring the bluegrass festival circuits for six years. After the departure of Macy, and the replacement of Lynch with singer

Natalie Maines Natalie Louise Maines (born October 14, 1974) is an American singer. She is the lead vocalist for the all-female country band The Chicks. In 1995, after leaving Berklee College of Music, Maines was recruited by the Dixie Chicks to replace thei ...

, the band widened their musical repertoire and appearance. The result was a trio so commercially successful that it took the country music industry by surprise, with 19 singles hitting the Billboard Country Charts, 2 Diamond Albums, 2 Platinum albums, and 13

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. Maguire subsequently stood by her bandmates as they were engulfed in a 2003 controversy for criticizing George W. Bush, which led to The Chicks being

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by many country radio stations.

Early life

Martha Elenor Erwin, nicknamed Martie, was born October 12, 1969, in

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. Encouraged by her parents – educators at private schools – Maguire began playing violin at age five, and by age 12, started to learn to play "

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style" after receiving a birthday gift of fiddle lessons.
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Her sister Emily shared her love and interest in music, and displayed early talent herself. The two sisters were provided musical instruction on several instruments, and their talent for

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continued to be nurtured. Although Maguire became famous for her harmony and mastery of the fiddle, she also plays a variety of

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that include the

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, guitar,

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, and double bass.Leggett, Stev
All-Music Guide writer on MSN
(Retrieved March 9, 2008) Maguire

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s songs and

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s the use of

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s for concert and recording performances.

Early career

By 1983, Maguire was touring with her sister Emily and school friends siblings Troy and

. The sisters showed an "almost obsessive" interest in

at small venues and attending bluegrass festivals.Frost, Jan
Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS, Early 1980s The All-Inclusive Dixie Chicks Page
The four students formed the teenage bluegrass group "Blue Night Express", playing together for five years, from 1984 to 1989,Gilchrist, Sharo
Faraway Hills Retrieved 12 February, 2008
while still attending private Greenhill School. "We'd drive down to the west end of Dallas and open our cases, and that was our job," Maguire said of it in a later interview to

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. "That's how we made money in high school."Rather, Dan 60 Minutes I
Dixie Chicks Not Whistling Dixie The Trio Has Sold 17 Million CDs
September 6, 2002 Retrieved June 26, 2008 Also while in high school Maguire performed at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, TX, in a strolling duo with Troy Gilchrist for a summer. In 1987, Maguire was awarded second place for the fiddle in the National fiddle championships held yearly in

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. Upon graduation from high school, with Emily still in high school, she spent a year attending college at

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, from 1988 to 1989. She performed in the school orchestra there and again competed in the national fiddle championships at the

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, in Winfield, earning third place that year. In the 90s she played occasionally with the slo-core band,

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The Chicks

In 1989, Maguire and Strayer joined guitarist Robin Lynn Macy and Laura Lynch on double bass in the

Dixie Chicks The Chicks (previously known as Dixie Chicks) are an American country music band from Dallas, Texas. Since 1995, the band has consisted of Natalie Maines (lead vocals, guitar) and sisters Martie Maguire (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) and E ...

, playing what was at the time predominantly

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and a mix of

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standards. Originally listed as Martha, and then Martie Erwin, Maguire played

and harmonized with Strayer on backing vocals. Maguire had begun writing and recording songs on their debut independent album, ''

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'', and in 2001, one song co-written with Laura Lynch called "Pink Toenails" resurfaced. The song was featured in the film, ''

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'', with

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performing the song.(Retrieved March 22, 200
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When their second album had a more polished sound, Maguire commented, "I hope our fans won't be disappointed n ''The Little Ol' Cowgirl'' it's got drums on every track; it's no longer bluegrass, but we have to make a living and you can't do that playing bluegrass."Clark, Rene
Can the Dixie Chicks make it in the big time? Local Heroes (Transcribed from) ''Dallas Life Magazine'', ''Dallas Morning News'', March 1, 1992
(Retrieved January 23, 2008) Two albums later, after

became the lead vocalist of The Chicks, the band's commercial success skyrocketed. Maguire said of their music, "It's very rootsy, but then Natalie comes in with a rock and blues influence. That gave Emily and I a chance to branch out, because we loved those kinds of music but felt limited by our instruments." Martie Maguire in Austin, Texas

Maguire co-wrote the song, "

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" on the Chicks' album ''

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'' for her sister Emily. It was a tribute to Emily's

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with

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writer/singer

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. Maguire was singled out by BMI in 2000, and awarded Songwriter of the Year for writing and/or co-writing "

", "Ready To Run" and "

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". "You Were Mine" was co-written by the sisters about their parents' divorce.Hillman, Chri
Entertainment Weekly
(Retrieved April 21, 2008) In 1999, the Dixie Chicks performed two songs, recording a

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of the song, "

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" as well as Maguire's " Ready to Run" for the

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film '' Runaway Bride''. In 2003, Maguire was nominated for a

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for co-composing the

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to ''

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''; the musical used her "

".
After the band achieved massive commercial success with its first two Sony Music, Sony studio albums with Maines, they struggled with their record company over artistic direction on the third. Maguire commented, "I don't think any of us ever trusted Nashville. When you're in that town you know everybody is talking about everybody else. Everybody is wishing for the other guy to fail."Martie Maguire, to ''

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'', 5/21/06. Flippo, Chet (May 25, 2006
CMT News Nashville Skyline: Dixie Chicks, Dixie Chicks, Dixie Chicks
Although Maguire and Strayer often appear quiet and demure compared to their animated bandmate Natalie Maines, the trio have stood united on controversial subjects since they banded together to play in 1995, even when their opinions have had the potential to serve them more harm than good. In 2006, Maguire said, "I'd rather have a smaller following of really cool people who get it, who will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc changer with

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and

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. We don't want those kinds of fans. They limit what you can do."

Court Yard Hounds

With Natalie Maines taking a break from music, Maguire was working on a solo fiddle album; however, it was announced in January 2010 that she and sister Emily Strayer have formed a side project called the

, with Strayer on lead vocals. The band made their live debut in March at

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with an album released in May 2010.

Personal life

Maguire married

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Ted Seidel on June 17, 1995, and changed her last name to Seidel. She also was stepmother to his son, Carter. However, her marriage did not last, and she and Ted Seidel were divorced in November 1999. At bandmate

' sister Kim's wedding, Martie met Gareth Maguire, a

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teacher and actor from

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. The couple became engaged in June 2001 and married on August 10, 2001, in a civil ceremony in Hawaii; as explained at one of their concerts, the Dixie Chicks' song " White Trash Wedding" is based on Martie's relationship with Gareth. Later they had a Catholic "blessing" ceremony in the groom's hometown,

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, on March 9, 2002, for all the guests that were not able to attend the first wedding. Maguire said of the ceremony that the

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would not permit a wedding service due to her prior divorce. Maguire said that there were many "special" people that they had wanted to include, but that they just could not wait to marry.CMT Onlin
CMT Online (Retrieved 25 September, 2005)
Another reason for the rush was Gareth's need to keep flying back and forth between the United States and Ireland because of visa considerations.Minchin III, James R. and Lieberman, Ellen InStyle Magazine; February 2003, Vol. 10 Issue 2, pg. 244 Retrieved September 25, 2005 After her second marriage, Maguire changed her name to that of her new husband, which is why in her musical career she has been credited by all three of her

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: Erwin, Seidel, and Maguire. Maguire and her second husband had three daughters together:

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Eva Ruth and Kathleen 'Katie' Emilie were born April 27, 2004. Katie was named after Gareth's late sister, Kathleen. Their third daughter, Harper Rosie Maguire was born July 25, 2008. The couple divorced in 2013. In February 2022, it was revealed Maguire is married to Clem Moore Maguire has been frank about using

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to conceive their daughters. In an interview in ''

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'', she said, "All my paperwork said 'unspecified origin.' We spent three years of active trying before we went to IVF. First I went on

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. Then I had some dye tests and found I had a collapsed tube, so I had

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; the tube wasn't blocked, just spasming." After three attempts at

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, she said, she and her husband didn't think it was worth continuing in that manner, and switched to

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. In August 2007, Maguire began IVF again, resulting in their third daughter Harper. In 2008, regarding the number of children the Dixie Chicks had produced in the past seven years, (Maines had two; Strayer had four in addition to Maguire's twins and newborn) Maguire told ''

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'' "We'll have to move over and let the little chicks take over! We've got a new band!"''People Magazine'' (accessed January 28, 2008
Dixie Chick Martie Maguire Is Expecting
Maguire and Strayer co-wrote a song, "So Hard", about their own personal experiences with infertility and their need to rely on other methods to conceive. They speak out about the difficulties they faced, but also their good fortune; both having options that for many women are financially prohibitive. Mentioning the stigma attached to IVF, Maguire said, "I think we feel a responsibility to break down some barriers. It's much more of a common problem than people realize."Frontpage Publicit
Dixie Chicks Website
A final concern Maguire mentioned was the question of what to do with all the unused frozen

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Now that I have children, I see those embryos as possible children. So I have to think about what my options are if there are leftovers again. I could keep them in storage, and maybe they will help my children some day. Or I can try to donate them to
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. I don't think I could give them to another family. I would always worry: what if it's an abusive family? What if they don't get enough love?

Natalie Maines has noted that she and Maguire learned

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in the mid-1990s.

Awards

Discography

* Maguire played fiddle on the song, "Somewhere Down The Road" on the

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album, ''

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'' by

on Sony. * Maguire also played fiddle on

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' adaptation of

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's "Sowing on the Mountain" on their 2009 album ''Hills and Valleys.'' * As part of the

, Maguire played fiddle and provided harmony vocals on the song "She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune" on the '' Cass County'' album by

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References

External links

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Dixie Chicks
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Court Yard Hounds
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