There's a sense of yearning throughout the Dixie Chicks' discography: From the expansive sense of expedition of "Wide Open Spaces" to the unwillingness to settle articulated in "Ready to Run," the ...
Songwriter Susan Gibson wrote the song "Wide Open Spaces" after moving away for college and trying to express to her mother that she needed room to make her big mistakes. She needed new faces. She ...
Songwriter Susan Gibson and Nashville Songwriters Association International Executive Director Bart Herbison discuss her song "Wide Open Spaces" recorded by The Chicks.