someguy
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Post by someguy on Apr 27, 2005 1:17:30 GMT -5
Travis Tritt is no longer on Columbia records, getting dropped after My Honky Tonk History pretty much flopped. At this stage of his career, I would guess that he'd have trouble finding another major label record deal. I expect that "I See Me" will colapse any day now.
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Post by musicfan_84 on Apr 27, 2005 1:45:14 GMT -5
From what I read, it sounds like he left the label, instead of Sony dropping him. Same thing I guess, but just makes him look better. ;)
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KMCB
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Post by KMCB on Apr 27, 2005 13:41:50 GMT -5
I guess I have said this here before, but this is really unfortunate news. Some of the last several singles Travis released (namely "Girls Gone Wild" and "What Say You") would have done better on the charts if they had a T.K. or K.C. after the song title. It's too bad. I have really enjoyed all his stuff on this lable. Guess he'll become an indie artist only heard on XM and VH1 Country.
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Dustin J.
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Post by Dustin J. on Apr 27, 2005 14:52:51 GMT -5
I was told he left Sony... but you know how rumors and hearsay is. At any rate, I'm sorry to hear this.
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Zazie
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Post by Zazie on Apr 27, 2005 19:17:55 GMT -5
He's my favorite male country artist, so this is bad news -- but not surprising news. His CD's haven't sold well -- TCorey, do you have figures for the current one and Strong Enough? -- and they've consistently picked the wrong songs to release to radio. You Can't Count Me Out Yet and Can't Tell Me Nothin' would have done better -- there are 6 songs on Strong Enough that would have done better -- than Country Ain't Country. Same for the Honky-tonk History choices -- bad releases.
But also, comebacks don't always last very long and Travis' contemporaries are mostly gone from radio too. Time changes everything. He still sings as well as ever, and he'll do fine without a major label deal -- he just won't have radio hits the way he used to. I'll certainly miss him on the radio, but he'll still tour and make albums.
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Post by Perp on Apr 27, 2005 19:52:54 GMT -5
I dont have the latest Soundscan figures, but as of 04/17 My Honky Tonk History had sold 128,311 units, and moved 1516 that week.
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Zazie
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Post by Zazie on Apr 27, 2005 21:44:55 GMT -5
Those are painful sales figures, but thanks for tracking down the number. Travis may have been the one to leave, but I imagine they were holding the door open for him as he went through.
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annmarita
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Post by annmarita on Apr 28, 2005 21:55:02 GMT -5
So sad...! Travis Tritt has always been my favorite male country artist, and in a perfect world, he will be picked up by another label in the future.
These days, I turn on the radio, and most of the male country artists sound exactly the same to me, I can't tell them apart. About ten years ago, there were a lot of great artists out there with very distinctive sounding voices; Travis, Mark Chestnutt, Clint Black, Randy Travis, Radney Foster, Hal Ketchum, Steve Wariner, etc. What do we have now? I'm not a Toby Keith OR Kenny Chesney fan...!
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Post by spunkyspider on May 2, 2005 6:52:13 GMT -5
To be honest, I haven't heard I song I liked from him since, "It's a Great Day to be Alive"
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