Career
Commercial success continued to grow for the Dixie Chicks. By 1995, they were opening for some of the biggest names in country music, and were being scouted by Sony to launch their new label Monument records. Laura had been planning to leave for a year. She offered to stay long enough for the first cuts on the new album, which would include their playing for the Texas Governor's inaugural and an already planned Japan tour. They mutually agreed her leaving later would send a mixed message to Sony, so she departed to spend more time with her teenaged daughter. After her departure, Lloyd Maines gave the sisters Natalie's audition tape, and they invited her to join the group. They had prior commitments to meet and needed another member.
| “ | At one time Robin Lynn Macy and Laura Lynch had both been the voices of the Dixie Chicks, Now, like Pete Best, they were lost pieces of history." | ” |
| — Ace Collins |
In an interview, Laura said:
| “ | It can't really be characterized as a resignation. There are three Dixie Chicks, and I'm only one. The group's called the Dixie Chicks. When I was out there on the road having a bad day, it was awfully hard to be a Chick. ... I have a 4-year-old daughter, and I'm looking forward to spending more time with her. | ” |
| — Laura Lynch |
By her own description Lynch "cried every day for six months" after departing the band. She eventually left the music business, married Mac Tull in 1997, moving to Weatherford, Texas. Tull afterward won the Texas Lottery in 1999 for $29 million dollars.
Lynch is an enthusiastic advocate for the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Laura Lynch now lives in El Paso, Texas. She works for Coldwell Banker deWetter Hovious real estate selling homes.
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