Natalie Maines Biography, Age,Family, Husband, Albums and Net Worth

Natalie Maines Biography

Natalie Maines is an American singer,songwriter and activist born on October 14, 1974 in Lubbock, Texas, U.S.She has chieved success as the lead vocalist for the female country band the Dixie Chicks.

Direct from college, Maines was recruited by the Dixie Chicks to replace their lead singer, Laura Lynch in 1995, having come from Berklee College of Music.

Natalie Maines  Age

Natalie Maines was born on October 14, 1974 (she is 44 years old as of 2018)

Natalie Maines Height and Weight

She is in height 5 feet and 3 inches and 50 Kg in weight

Natalie Maines Family

She was born as a daughter of country musician and producer Lloyd Maines and his wife Tina May Maines on October 14, 1974.She also has a sibling sister called Kim Maines.

Natalie Maines Education

She attended Williams Elementary School in Lubbock, where she believed herself to be a star with the academic credentials. Later she joined O. L. Slaton Junior High School and graduated in 1992 Lubbock High School, here she participated as a school choir member.

In December 1994, Maines auditioned for and received a full vocal scholarship to Berklee College of Music, she pursued the diploma program at Berklee but dropped out before the completion of her studies.Even though she was formerly in Texas Tech University she attended only one class at the school, a 1995 summer course in Introductory Wildlife

Natalie Maines Net Worth

Natalie Maines has an estimated net worth of $50 million.

Natalie Maines Career

Her first commercially released work was background vocals on Pat Green’s debut album, Dance hall Dreamer, produced by her father Lloyd Maines and released in 1995. Maines joined the all-female country music band, the Dixie Chicks, which had been performing since 1989, but which had been unsuccessful in gaining more than local attention, she replaced the lead singer Laura Lynch and she play guitar and bass in the band.

Maines was a primary songwriter on all 14 tracks of the bands 2006 album Taking the Long Way which peaked on the Billboard 200 chart at No. 1. that made the band won the songwriting Grammy Award, for Song of the Year. She collaborates with other musical artists, both as a member of the Dixie Chicks and an individual singer.On May 7, 2013, Maines released a solo album entitled Mother, the album contains Maines’s interpretation of several cover songs, including Pink Floyd’s “Mother”, Eddie Vedder’s “Without You”, and Jeff Buckley’s “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over”.

Natalie Maines Albums with other Artists

Natalie Maines Songs

• Travelin’ Soldier
  Home · 2002
• Not Ready to Make Nice
  Taking the Long Way · 2006
• Goodbye Earl
  Fly · 1999
• Cowboy Take Me Away
  Fly · 1999
• Wide Open Spaces
  Wide Open Spaces · 1998
• You Were Mine
  Wide Open Spaces · 1998
• Landslide
  Home · 2002
• Loving Arms
  Wide Open Spaces · 1998
• There’s Your Trouble
  Wide Open Spaces · 1998
• Sin Wagon
  Fly · 1999
• I Can Love You Better
  Wide Open Spaces · 1998
• Long Time Gone
  Home · 2002
• Ready to Run
  Fly · 1999
• The Long Way Around
  Taking the Long Way · 2006
• Lover You Should’ve Come Over
  Mother · 2013
• Daddy Lessons
  DCX MMXVI · 2017
• Tonight the Heartache’s on Me
  Wide Open Spaces · 1998
• Take It On Faith
  Mother · 2013
• Free Life
  Mother · 2013
• Mother
  Mother · 2013
• Easy Silence
  Taking the Long Way · 2006
• Without You
  Fly · 1999
• Silver Bell
  Mother · 2013
• Come Cryin To Me
  Mother · 2013
• Cold Day in July
  Fly · 1999
• Vein In Vain
  Mother · 2013
• White Trash Wedding
  Home · 2002
• I’d Run Away
  Mother · 2013
• Godspeed
  Home · 2002
• Let ‘er Rip
  Wide Open Spaces · 1998
• Let Him Fly
  Fly · 1999
• Some Days You Gotta Dance
  Fly · 1999

Natalie Maines Contribution

Maines has participated in various fundraising and awareness events. They included:

1. Legendary Bingo game in August 23, 2007, is a US bingo game hosted by drag queens and held weekly in Los Angeles, in which Proceeds go to special charity interests.
2. St. Jude Benefit, June 12, 2008, she attended “Scrabble Under The Stars” in Beverly Hills, California. The event benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
3. David Lynch Foundation, Dixie Chicks was the headline performer at a benefit night honoring Rick Rubin at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in February 2014.

Natalie Maines Marriage

Maines married Michael Tarabay in 1997, her South Plains College boyfriend, but two years down the line they filed for divorce because of irreconcilable differences.In 1999,Maines met actor Adrian Pasdar at the wedding of bandmate Emily Erwin to Charlie Robison.
They later married on June 24, 2000, at A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, and they got two sons.

Natalie Maines Kids

Adrian Pasdar and Maines have two sons, Jackson Slade Pasdar born March 15, 2001 and Beckett Finn Pasdar born July 14, 2004.

Natalie Maines Divorce

Maines and actor Adrian Pasdar married in 2000, and Maines filed for divorce in 2017, citing irreconcilable differences. They have two sons, 17-year-old Jackson and Beckett, 14. However, Pasdar is seeking $16,427 in monthly child support and $44,076 in spousal support, totaling $60,503 each month. He is also asking that Maines pay his $350,000 attorney fees.

Natalie Maines Lesbian

She reveals her ‘Lesbian Girl Crush’ On Rachel Maddow,she argued that Rachel Maddow was hot , smart and beautiful and also she loved her hair.

Natalie Maines controversy

She has encountered several situations of controversies due to her comments and also while a lead singer for the band. In August 2002, Maines criticized fellow country musician Toby Keith’s song “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue. In March 2003, Maines commented that the Dixie Chicks were “ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas

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