Travis Tritt

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James Travis Tritt (born February 9, 1963) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor.

He has since been signed to Warner Bros.

Records began in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999.

He recorded three studio albums on Columbia Records and one on the now defunct Category 5 Records in the 2000s.

The Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) has seven of his albums (counting the Greatest Hits) are either platinum or higher; the highest-certified is 1991's It's All About to Change, which has been designated triple-platinum.

"Help Me Hold On," "Moolish Pride," and "Best of Intentions" are among the top ten singles on the Hot Country Songs charts, with five of them in the top ten charting, including five number ones, as well as five others.

Tritt's musical style is influenced by both mainstream country and Southern rock influences. In 1992 for "The Whiskey Ain't Workin" (a duet with Marty Stuart), and later in 1998 for "Same Old Train," a joint venture with Stuart and nine other musicians, he has received two Grammy Awards, both for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals:

In addition, he has been recognized by the Country Music Association for four years and has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1992.

Early life

James Travis Tritt was born in Marietta, Georgia, on February 9, 1963, to James and Gwen Tritt. After his church's Sunday school choir performed "Everything Is Beautiful," he began singing. He played his first guitar at age 8 and taught himself how to play it; in the fourth grade, he performed "Annie's Song" and "King of the Road" for his class, and later was invited to participate in other classrooms in his class. His parents bought him another guitar at age 14, and he learned more songs from his uncle, Sam Lockhart. Tritt's church band, which also appeared at other churches near, performed at other churches.

Tritt began writing while attending Sprayberry High School; his first song composition, "Spend a Little Time," was about a woman whom he had broken up with. He performed the song for his friends, one of whom complimented him on his songwriting abilities. He also formed a bluegrass band with some of his friends and claimed second place in a local tournament for "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys."

Tritt worked in a furniture store and then as a store clerk during his teen years. After she and his father divorced, he lived with his mother; they remarried when he was 18 years old. When playing in clubs, he worked at an air conditioning company, but he resigned from the air conditioning industry at the behest of one of his bandmates. Tritt's father was disappointed that he would not be a success as a guitarist, but his mother believed that Christian music would be better than country.

Tritt began recording demos with Warner Bros. Records' Danny Davenport. The two bands worked together for many years, eventually putting together Proud of the Country, a demo album. Davenport sent the demo to Warner Bros. in Los Angeles, who in turn sent the show to Tritt's Nashville division, which was then unified in 1987. Ken Kragen, Tritt's current employee, was also aided in finding a talent manager. Kragen was not keen on performing a "enter-level play" at first, but after Kragen's wife told him, she decided to remain as Tritt's boss.

Personal life

In September 1982, Tritt married Karen Ryon, his high school sweetheart. They were married two years before divorcing. Tritt was ordered to pay alimony to Karen for six months after going to court. Jodi Barnett, who was 33 years old at the time, married him when he was 21, when he was 21. After signing with Warner Bros. in 1989, he divorced her soon after; the case was settled just one month before "Country Club" was announced. The night he received his divorce papers, Tritt wrote "Here's a Quarter" the night he performed them.

On April 12, 1997, he married Theresa Nelson. Tyler Reese (born February 18, 1999) and two sons: Tristan James (born June 16, 1999) and Tarian Nathaniel (born November 20, 2003).

He was in his tour bus on May 18, 2019, when it was involved in a motor vehicle accident that killed two people on Veteran's Highway in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, killing him.

Tritt is a member of the Republican Party and he endorsed George W. Bush for president in 2000. In 1996, the two met in San Diego, California, where Tritt sang the national anthem. Tritt told Insight on the News that he is a big promoter of Second Amendment rights and that the right of crime is not gun control but not criminal justice. "I'm a gun guy." As a matter of fact, I'm an NRA (National Rifle Association) member, a life member. I'm more for the belief that making the punishment tougher for the criminals to begin with. I believe that gives people a lot more incentive to avoid certain crimes than taking away guns. Because you take away weapons, and the next thing you know, stabbing murders are going to rise." He declares himself to be a "definitely pro-death penalty."

Tritt gained notoriety in September 2020 for joining Republican James Woods in blocking random Twitter users from using pro-Black Lives Matter and other anti-Trump tags in their tweets, presumably to counteract anti-Republican sentiment on Twitter.

Tritt appeared on National Geographic's show Louder with Crowder on October 18, 2021.

Tritt appeared on Lifetime network's The Haunting of... program in October 2015 to address his encounters with the paranormal. Tritt said that disembodied voices in a holiday cabin that he owned awakened him "regularly" by disembodied voices – the voices were recorded in an unknown dialect. They're finally heard them as well as his wife, Theresa. "These voices began happening on such a regular basis that we were reluctant to come up here," Tritt says. Footprints in the cabin's carpet once appeared, as well as imprints in the bedspread that were not his nor his wife, according to him.

Kim Russo, the show's presenter, arrived at the conclusion that an African-American medicine man had been stabbed and beaten to death on the property, and that Tritt's ecstatic voices belonged to the murderers' ferocious spirits. "On August 14, 1875, a group of men killed a 'hoodoo doctor' close to the land where Travis' cabin was built." Russo believed that the hoodoo doctor's spirit lingered on the property because it had discovered a "kind spirit" in Tritt.

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Musical career

Tritt's deal with Warner Bros. meant he had been committed to six songs, and three of them would be released as singles. According to the deal, he would not be signed to a complete album until one of the three singles became a hit. "Country Club" was his first album. The song, which was released in late 1988 and 1989, lasted 26 weeks on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, peaking at number nine. It was the title track to Gregg Brown's 1990 debut album Country Club, which was released in 1990. Tritt burst a blood vessel on his vocal cords and was forced to go to vocal rest for a month. In 1990, his second single, "Help Me Hold On," became his first number one hit. The album's third and fifth singles, "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" and "Drift Off to Dream," respectively reached top two and three on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and number one on the Canadian RPM country charts; "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" also reached number one; "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" reached number one on the U.S. country singles charts released by Radio & Records, ranked first; "I's "Put Some Power in Your Country," the fourth in the series, debuted at number 28 on Hot Country Songs, topped the charts. In July 1991, the Country Club was awarded platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with one million copies being exported, but no medals since 1996. Billboard's Top New Male Artist award in 1990 was he he received in 1990. The Country Music Association (CMA) has selected him for the Horizon Award (now known as the New Artist Award), which is given to young artists who have demonstrated the most significant artistic and commercial growth from their first or second albums.

AllMusic's Brian Mansfield gave the album a positive review, noting that "Put Some Drive in Your Country" paid homage to Tritt's influence but that the other singles were more radio-friendly. Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly compared Tritt's music to that of Hank Williams, Jr., and Joe Stampley, giving the album a B-minus.

In 1991, Tritt received his second Horizon Award nomination, which he won that year. It's All About Change, He also released his second album, It's All About Change. With a triple-platinum award from the Royal Institute of British & Commonwealth for shipments of three million copies, the album went on to become his best-selling record. Both four of its singles landed in the top ten on the country's charts. "Here's a Quarter" and "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" by Marty Stuart, respectively the first and third singles, with the number-one "Anymore" in between. "Nothing Short of Dying" was the fourth single on Billboard, peaking at number four; on Radio & Records, both it and "The Whiskey Ain't Working" went to Number One. "Bible Belt," another cut from the album (recorded in collaboration with Little Feat), appeared in the 1992 film My Cousin Vinny (the song's lyrics were modified for the version used in the film to match the story line). Despite not being announced as a single, the b-side to "Nothing Short of Dying" hit the top 72 countries based on unsolicited airplay and was the highest level of the country. Tritt knew in his youth that "Bible Belt" was inspired by a youth pastor who Tritt knew in his youth.

To Tritt's backstage at the CMA awards show, Stuart performed "The Whiskey Ain't Workin' Anymore" and he tied it as a tribute, despite Tritt's record producer, Gregg Brown's suggestion. Both artists were nominated for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals in next year. "This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long Time)" by Tritt and Stuart, a sequel to "This One's Gonna Hurt You" by mid-1992, which debuted on Stuart's album "This One's Gonna Hurt You." This song was named as the highest performing event of the year by the CMA in 1992.

At a Fan Fair interview in June 1992, Tritt drew media attention when he criticised Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart," saying that he did not believe that Cyrus' album was a "statement." Following Cyrus' "Here's a Quarter," he addressed at the American Music Awards in January. Tritt later apologized to Cyrus but said he defended his view of the song.

In 1992, Tritt and Stuart embarked on a "No Hats Tour." Tritt's first album, "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man," was released in August of this year, a Kostas song. Tanya Tucker and Porter Wagoner on the final chorus of Brooks & Dunn, T. Graham Brown, George Jones, Little Texas, Dana McVicker (who also performed backup on Tritt's first two albums), and T. Graham Brown, T. Graham Brown, George Jones, George Jones, George Jones, Dana McVicker, were top five. Its sequel, "Can I Trust You with My Heart," became Tritt's third Billboard number one in early 1993. The album's next three singles did not do well on the charts: the title track (a cover of an Elvis Presley song) peaked at 13, followed by "Looking Out for Number One" at number 13, followed by "Worth Every Mile" at number 13, and "Worth Every Mile" at number 10. T-R-O-U-B-L-E was his second album of his career to receive double-platinum certification. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that T-R-U-B-L-E followed too closely the formula of It's All About To Change, but that the songs revealed Tritt's personality. Nash's album included a similar critique, but the album also praised the rock elements of "Looking Out for Number One" and "Can I Trust You with My Heart."

Tritt released A Travis Tritt Christmas: Life Time of the Year, one month after the introduction of T-R-U-B-L-E, for which he wrote the title track. He also performed for Garth Brooks at a performance at the American Music Awards, as the Grand Ole Opry, a weekly stage show and radio broadcast specializing in country music performances, also appeared at the American Music Awards. Tritt and several other artists appeared on George Jones' "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" in the year's CMA Vocal Event of the Year competition next year.

Tritt charted at number 21 in early 1994, shortly after "Worth Every Mile" fell from the charts, with a banner of the Eagles' "Take It Easy." He recorded this song on the Eagles' tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, which featured country music artists' interpretations of Eagles songs. Tritt requested that the band, which had been on hiatus for more than 13 years, appear in it when filming the music video for this album. The Hell Freezes Over Tour, which began the Eagles', was inspired by this reunion.

In May, Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof was his fourth album, which was also released in Bulletproof. "Foolish Pride," its lead-off song, debuted at number one, and "Tell Me I Was Dreaming," its fourth single, reached number two. The title track at number 22 and "Between an Old Memory and Me" (originally recorded by Keith Whitley) at number 11 were split between these two songs. On the cut "Outlaws Like Us" featured two co-writers Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd, as well as guest vocals from Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams, Jr. In December of that year, the album received platinum status and later became his third double-platinum record. Tritt was "most at ease with his Southern rock/outlaw mantle" on it, according to AllMusic's Brian Mansfield, comparing "Foolish Pride" to "Anymore" and Bob Seger's work. In her article for Entertainment Weekly, Alanna Nash praised the title track and "Tell Me I Was Dreaming," but she felt that the other songs were still too similar in appearance to his previous ones.

From the beginning, the greatest hits of 1995 included the majority of his singles and two new cuts: "Sometimes She Forgets" and a rendition of the pop classic "Only You (And You Alone) were among his pop hits. The former was a top ten hit at number seven, but the latter spent only eight weeks on the country charts and peaked at number 51. The highest Hits in the United Kingdom were awarded platinum.

Tritt and Stuart charted "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best," a third duet that appeared on Stuart's album of the same name and peaked at 23 on the country charts in April 1996. The song received both the Country Music Association's Award for Vocal Event this year, this year, Tritt's third win in this category. The two tours began in the second year, the Double Trouble Tour, which was the second in a series.

Tritt's first single from his fifth album, The Restless Kind, debuted at number three in mid-1996 with "More Than You'll Ever Know." The collection contained one more top ten hits, a cover of Waylon Jennings' "Where Corn Don't Grow," which Tritt took to number six in late 1996. This song's chart matched that of "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)," a novelty release that combines snippets of comedian Bill Engvall's "Here are Your Sign" routines with a chorus performed by Tritt. "Your Sign (Get the Photograph)" hit the top of the country charts and 43 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Tritt's first appearance on the latter chart. When The Restless Kind's other singles came out, they did not make it to the top ten on the charts for the first time. On Hot Country Singles & Tracks, "She's Going Home With Me" and "Still in Love with You" were the third and fifth installments, with "Where Corn Don't Grow" and "More Than You" reportedly peaking at 24 and 23. The number 18 "Helping Me Get Over You," a duet with Lari White that the two co-wrote.

Tritt produced The Restless Kind with Don Was unlike his previous albums, all of which were made by Gregg Brown. Tritt told Billboard that the album displayed a higher degree of personal involvement than his previous attempts, as it was his first co-production credit. He also stated that he performed the majority of the vocal harmony by himself, performed on "She's Going Home with Me" and assisted with the album's art direction. Thom Owens of AllMusic, who said that it was the most country-sounding album of his career, gave it rave reviews. Country Standard Time's Don Yates praised it for having a more "organic" sound than Tritt's other albums.

"Same Old Train" by Stuart in 1998, a cut from the collaborative album Tribute to Tradition; this song debuted at number 59 on Hot Country Songs and received his second Grammy award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. He appeared on Frank Wildhorn's concept album of the Civil War, as well as performing "The Day the Sun Stood Still," on his own. Tritt's last Warner Bros. album, No More Looking Over My Shoulder, was released by the year's end. Billy Joe Walker, Jr., a session guitarist, producer, and New Age musician, made it his first of four consecutive albums. The album was launched by the ballad "If I Lost You," which debuted at number 29 on the country charts and number 86 on the Hot 100. Michael Peterson (who performed on Warner Bros.' Reprise label at the time) co-wrote and sang backing vocals on the title track, which debuted at number 38 in early 1999. Jude Cole's "Start the Car" (previously the B-side to "If I Lost You"), which peaked at number 52, was the album's third and final single.

Tritt produced a cover of Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" with George Thorogood for the soundtrack to King of the Hill's cartoon King of the Hill in 1999. This cut ranked at number 66 on the country's charts from unsolicited airplay.

Tritt joined Columbia Records shortly after leaving Warner Bros. Records and debuting the album Down the Road I Go in 2000. "Best of Intentions" was the album's first release, his fifth and final number one hit on Billboard, with his fifth and final number one hits on Billboard. It was also his most popular entry on the Hot 100, where it landed at number 27. "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" and "Love of a Woman" were the top two singles on the country charts in 2001, followed by "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" at number eight. All three songs also made it to the Hot 100, with peaks of 33, 39, and 55. Tritt wrote or co-wrote seven of the album's songs, including "Best of Intentions," and performed with Charlie Daniels on two of them. Jon Randall's version of "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" was supposed to have appeared on an unreleased BNA Records album in the late 1990s.

On AllMusic, Maria Konicki Dinoia gave the album a positive review, stating that Tritt "hasn't lost his touch." Country Standard Time gave a glowing review, claiming that it showed Tritt's balancing of country and rock influences. A "best of Intentions" a "gorgeous ballad" is described by an uncredited report in Billboard magazine, compared it favorably to his early Warner Bros. debuts.

Tritt's second album, Strong Enough, was released in September 2002 on Columbia Records. Its first single, "Strong Enough to Be Your Man" (an answer song to Sheryl Crow's 1994 single "Strong Enough"), debuted at number 13 on the charts. The only other publication on the country charts was "Country Ain't Country," which ranked at 26. William Ruhlmann gave the album a generally positive review on AllMusic, saying that it was closer to mainstream culture than Tritt's previous albums.

Tritt appeared on an episode of Crossroads, a Country Music Television show that pairs country performers with musicians from other genres for collaborative performances. He appeared with Ray Charles. Tritt contributed guest vocals to Charlie Daniels' "Southern Boy" in 2003, and she also performed a "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" on Waylon Jennings' "I've Always Been Crazy" on RCA Records' "I've Always Been Crazy." These songs ranked between 51 and 50 on the country charts, which is respectable.

My Honky Tonk History, Tritt's tenth studio album, was released in 2004. This album featured three charting singles, including "The Girl's Gone Wild" at 28, followed by John Mellencamp's "What Say Me" at number 21 and "I See Me" at number 32. Other songs on the album included a remix of Philip Claypool's "Circus Leaving Town" as well as songs written by Gretchen Wilson, Benmont Tench, and Delbert McClinton. Thom Jurek praised the album as a "solid, sure voiced outing"; he also believed that "What Say You" was the best song on it.

In July 2005, Tritt graduated from Columbia, citing creative differences over My Honky Tonk History. In February 2006, he joined Independent Category 5 Records and spent as the label's flagship artist. A concert promoter in the Pittsburgh area pleaded guilty to playing a show but then backed out and signed to a competing venue in March 2007. The promoter's boss denied ever signing a deal with Tritt. In May 2007, Tritt released his first single for Category 5: a reversal of Richard Marx's "You Never Take Me Dancing." It was included on Randy Jackson's only album for Category 5, The Storm. The album had a more pronounced rhythm and blues influence than Tritt's previous works. "You Never Take Me Dancing" debuted at number 27 on the country charts, but it didn't debut in October; "Something Stronger Than Me" was the second single on the country charts, but it didn't chart. In November 2007, Category 5's chief executive officer, Raymond Termini, was fired after allegations that the company's chief executive officer, Raymond Termini, improperly used Medicaid funds to finance it. Tritt filed a $10 million lawsuit against Category 5 a month later, because the company had failed to pay royalties on the album and refused to give him creative control of The Storm.

Tritt began an 11-date tour with Marty Stuart in October 2008. They performed acoustic interpretations of their duets on this tour; Tritt also performed five solo shows. In December 2010, Tritt and Parallel Entertainment signed a joint venture. He continued to tour from 2012 to 2013, with the bulk of his shows being solo acoustic performances. In July 2013, Tritt obtained the rights to the songs on The Storm and re-issued it under the name The Calm After... The re-release featured two covers: Patty Smyth and Don Henley's "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough," which he recorded as a duet with his daughter Tyler Reese, and Faces' 1971 hit "Stay With Me."

Cory Marks' book "Outlaws & Strangers" included Tritt in 2019.

Acting career

Tritt's first acting role was in the 1993 made-for-television film Rio Diablo. In 1994, Tritt made a special appearance as a bull rider in the film The Cowboy Way, which starred Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland. In 1995, he appeared in season 6 of the horror anthology series Tales from the Crypt, as the character Doctor of Horror. He appeared on Yes, Dear as a rehabilitating criminal and in Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman as a firearms slinger. Tritt appeared in Sgt for the first year. Bilko, starring Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, and Phil Hartman, was included in the film's soundtrack; Tritt's version of "Only You (And You Alone)" appeared in the film's soundtrack. He appeared in Fire Down Below, starring Steven Seagal and Kris Kristofferson, in 1997. Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson appeared in Outlaw Justice in 1999. Tritt appeared in the film Blues Brothers 2000 as one of the Louisiana Gator Boys. In 2001, he appeared in Elmo's World The Wild Wild West. Fishers of Men, a Christian film, was released in September 2010.

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