[Postcard2] Re: Charlie Robison

[Jake London]

I know. And I suspect that previous career put him in a good position to 
sell 40k-60k. But the Chicks connection, may have helped nudge him up 
over 100k.

Those figures could also be based on worldwide sales too, which could 
skew higher.

JL

Jim Caligiuri wrote:
> 100,000 sounds pretty high, just for being married to one of them. Charlie had a career going before he was Mr. Dixie Chuck. and I was referring to everyone else who obviously hadn't read the article...
> 
> --- On Tue, 6/9/09, Jake London <jacoblondon at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> From: Jake London <jacoblondon at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Postcard2] Re: Charlie Robison
>> To: jcalig at swbell.net, "Americana Music List" <postcard2 at lists.drizzle.com>
>> Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 2:27 PM
>> I don't know if you were responding
>> to me, but you will not that in my message I wrote that he
>> "was" married to a dixie chick.
>>
>> I think that anyone who is closely associated with a really
>> successful artist is going to get a bump in their own thing
>> too. If that artist was one of the biggest selling acts of
>> the decade, then it's entirely possible that an extra 100k
>> might be curious to hear the music of this associated
>> person.
>>
>> Do the Chicks make any guest appearances on these discs,
>> singing background, playing fiddle, etc.? That would
>> certainly increase the likelihood of DC fans seeking out the
>> records.
>>
>> Never underestimate the urges of the superfan to have every
>> little weird thing that their favorite artist as done.
>>
>> JL
>>
>> Jim Caligiuri wrote:
>>> if y'all would READ THE ARTICLE, you'd know that
>> they're divorced and the new disc is about what he went
>> through. sheesh.
>>> Jim, who didn't know that being married to a Chick got
>> people to by your records
>>>
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