Ticket sales stopped for Houston Dixie Chicks show

Houston Chronicle ^ | 6-9-06 | STEVE GORMAN

[Jeff Chandler]

This will be touted by the left as another sign of the Orwellian fascist censorship by Nazi Bush.

[Glenmerle]

They told everyone they didn't want to be a part of country music.

I think their comments about the "rednecks" in country music were very calculated. They wanted to create a new fan base by trashing the old.

Unfortunately for them, they didn't think through that strategy. The sort of provincial, left-wing audience they wanted to appeal to doesn't listen to banjo- and fiddle-playing trios.

[Huck]

And a network special at Christmas time..

YES! A HOLIDAY SPECIAL.

[retrokitten]

Got that right. We were at Costco the other day and they had TONS of DC cds. It didn't look like any had been sold. We live in suburban Chicago, not exactly a hotbed of conservatism.

[Enchante]

"The reported sales are wholesale, not retail."

So the "526,000 sales" number that's being tossed around is merely pre-orders from stores, which still have to see how many CDs they can sell? The stores can still return stacks of unsold CDs if the album bombs with the public? Gee, you'd think that honest (cough, cough) journalists would report on the difference between stores receiving the stuff on a consignment basis and actual consumer sales..... it will be interesting to see if the number fall through the floor in the next few weeks. If stores can's sell out their initial lots they won't be ordering any more and returning some of what they have in stock. That would be an entertaining spectacle for the Dixie Sluts.

[pax_et_bonum]

Houston Pinggggggggggggggggggggg

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

The journalists may not know the ins and outs of the retail music industry. And the industry NEVER reports returns.

[Huck]

The sort of provincial, left-wing audience they wanted to appeal to doesn't listen to banjo- and fiddle-playing trios.

You're wrong about this. There's a lot of very good banjo and fiddle type music that definitely attracts more of a lefty crowd than a right wing crowd. The combination of the folk music hey dey in the early 60s with the roots based origins of rock and roll make it a perfect fit. Bluegrass music attracts plenty of Subarus and Volvos. Someone else had the right idea. They need to make a record, or do a tour, sharing the bill with a couple of old lefty hacks. Neil Young would be perfect. Neil Young and the Chix would draw a totally left wing audience.

[rjp2005]

Memphis, Tennessee, Oklahoma City, Indianapolis, Fresno and Houston cancel tour dates and they call it "SLUGGISH TICKET SALES?!?"

Liberal media ping.

How bout some objectivity - "Chicks Tour Failing" or "Cities Rejecting Dixie Chicks"

[xusafflyer]

Good. I'm glad my Indianapolis kicked them to the curb. People's Republic of Illinois can have them.

[Snickering Hound]

The one I've seen is "Stix Hix Nix Dix Chix"

[mewzilla]

Memphis, Tennessee, Oklahoma City, Indianapolis, Fresno and Houston cancel tour dates and they call it "SLUGGISH TICKET SALES?!?"

LOL. They hire Baghdad Bob?

[Alkhin]

If I may, I'd like to recommend a group from hereabouts called "Back at the Ranch" - they like to sing a lot of the Old Timey country music, and that includes western swing and the old Gospel as well as coming up with some news ones of their own. They are true Texans, but they love music and are a lot of fun and entertainment. I first saw them at a function at the museum at Washington On The Brazos and they sang a song called "Old Mexico" that was beautifully heartwrenching. Its on their second album. I like to try and promote them as much as possible.

BACK AT THE RANCH

[Flyer]

Houston Pinggggggggggggggggggggg

Is there any cure for EGS?

[NavyCanDo]

Maybe they should play in Seattle, SF, Portland, and some of the other 85% Bush hating cities.

[Grunt67us]

Oh, no doubt. The cries of "censorship" can't be far off. Why is it when idiots like the Chicks shoot their respective mouths off, it's free speech; but when Americans respond en masse to reject their ideals, it's anything but . . .

How fun to vote with your wallet!

[FlingWingFlyer]

"They've moved away from being a purely country group, so their audience is changing," he said.

Then why the hell is their crappy, "in you face America" CD in the country music section at Walmart?

[rjp2005]

Bixie Burquas?

[JFC]

And to think sales are doing well in London and Blue States!!!!


Oh Natalie, please never come back home. Lubbock Texas is ashamed to say you were raised here. Even your grandma who still resides here has said she is ashamed of your mouth.

$$$ is thicker than blood in Natalie's book

[Glenmerle]

You're right about some left-wing banjo- and fiddle-playing bands having an audience. But I think the lefty fiddle groups draw a tiny fraction of the crowds that hip hop, rap, and alternative rock groups draw (not to mention country groups), and I believe the Dixie Chicklets were going for those larger numbers.

I realize there are some Pete Seeger holdouts out there, but they are small potatoes compared to the huge audiences the Chicklets were drawing a few years ago. Despite what they're now saying, they were going for a larger audience, not a few thousand people at some left-wing bluegrass bash in upstate New York.