[Dixielandjazz] Dixie Chicks going Dixieland?

Wed May 31 15:34:15 PDT 2006

I can't fault anyone for not "keeping up with current trends" in the pop music field.  I don't keep track of them...I just really don't care.  It's just not my kind of music(?).  I'm retired now, and I don't depend on music for a living.  It doesn't matter how much money the pop stars make. I don't want any part of it.  I won't play it.  I just don't feel it, and I wouldn't be doing it right.....whatever right is.

Pat Cooke   

----- Original Message ----
From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: BillSargentDrums at aol.com; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:51:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Dixie Chicks going Dixieland?

on 5/31/06 12:46 PM, BillSargentDrums at aol.com at BillSargentDrums at aol.com
wrote:

I disagree. I assume you're not keeping track of the day to day, what's
happening stuff. A very large percentage of country music stations have
pulled their music from play all-together as a response to listener
feedback. Also, many individual DJs have done the same.

They also alienated the vast majority of the mainstream country music fan
base when they verbalized that they didn't want them as fans.

No, these are dumb broads. They thought they could capitalize on the current
"crap on Bush" mantra and it's backfired. The singles from their new album
topped out about 37 and 42 on the charts.

Nope, they're just dumb.

Hi Bill:

I am not keeping up with current trends? Are you kidding? Maybe you should
look inward. See below from May 31, 2006. (That's Today). Gee, they only
sold 525,829 CDs, (#1 on the Charts) this first week after introduction and
are now the first female group EVER to have had 3 albums debut in the top
spot on the charts.-Y

(dateline - New York - May 31, 2006; source: Open Wide/Columbia Records)

Dixie Chicks Become First Female Group Ever To Have Three Albums Debut In
Top Slot
On Sales Dates For Dixie Chicks "Accidents & Accusations Tour" Announced

As Taking The Long Way debuts at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 best-selling
albums chart this week, with first week's sales of 525,829, the Dixie Chicks
have become the first female group in chart history to have three albums
debut at #1, breaking the record the Chicks established in 2002 when the
group's last studio album, Home, debuted at #1 and made them the first
female group ever to have two albums debut at #1.

With the #1 debut of Taking The Long Way, the Dixie Chicks have also become
the first female group in chart history to have three studio albums occupy
the #1 slot on the Top 200.

Taking The Long Way has achieved one of the year's Top 5 first week's sales
tallies and has the best first week's sales for any female act on the Top
200 in 2006. etc., etc, etc. . . . snip to:

The record-breaking chart-topping success of Taking The Long Way is the
latest in a long line of achievements for the Dixie Chicks.  With 39 RIAA
gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications to their credit, the Dixie
Chicks are the only female group to hold two RIAA Diamond Awards (each for
sales of more than 10 million units). . . . snip to:

Having sold more than $100 million worth of concert tickets during their
career, the Dixie Chicks are one of the most popular live acts in history. 
The Dixie Chicks will embark on the "Accidents & Accusations Tour" in
support of Taking The Long Way beginning July 21 in Detroit, Michigan and
ending November 11 in Tacoma, Washington (full itinerary follows).  For
additional tour information and links to purchase tickets for the "Accidents
& Accusations" tour, please log on to: www.dixiechicks.com

-----end snip

For anyone who believes that propaganda about their fans being alienated and
having deserted them, you might wish to check out the facts.  They are
enormously popular. Even the media is doing a mea culpa now. Twice in Time
Magazine  this month and a profile on 60 minutes TV. Perhaps reflecting that
their once "radical" view seems today, to be mainstream American thought .
And, it seems that the reviews are touting their new album as the best so
far in 2006 and maybe the best for the rest of the year. (Another Grammy?)

They are successful in spite of the organized attempt by radio stations and
other media to keep them from being successful. (And they are adding a
Dixieland sound)

A final thought? This quote from Time Magazine: "And however you vote, it's
tough to deny that by gambling their careers, three Texas women have the
biggest balls in American music."

The rest of us are pansies by comparison. Afraid of our own shadows and too
wrapped up in political BS to realize that when the media refuses to present
performers because of political views, or what ever, and we condone that
action, we are contributing to the demise of our own freedom to play or sing
what we want.

Dumb? Far from it. Their current marketing campaign is a gem. We should be
so dumb. Like it or not, folks, the Chicks are back and that's a good thing.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

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