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Travis Tritt
Greatest Hits: From the Beginning
(CD)
ORIGINAL 1995
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Following Waylon in the seventies and Hank Williams Junior in the
eighties, along came Travis Tritt in the nineties. The musical lineage
is obvious to anybody familiar with outlaw country music, but Travis
maintains the quality set by his illustrious predecessors.This
compilation covers the early nineties, which were also the most
successful years that Travis had. He sang two main types of songs -
heart wrenching ballads and hard rocking songs, both of which are well
represented here.
The rocking songs include Put some drive in your
country, The whiskey ain't working (with Marty Stuart), Country club
and Trouble, a cover of the Elvis Presley hit. Among the ballads here
are Here's a quarter call someone who cares, Help me hold on, Tell me I
was dreaming and a cover of the fifties classic Only you and you alone.
This
is an excellent collection of Travis Tritt's finest songs. If you enjoy
the music of Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Junior, you will enjoy
this.
Track
listing
1. Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who
Cares)
2. Anymore
3. Put Some Drive in Your
Country
4. Foolish Pride
5. Whiskey Ain't
Workin', The
6. Help Me Hold On
7. I'm Gonna
Be Somebody
8. Only You (And You Alone)
9. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
10. Tell Me I Was Dreaming
11. Country Club
12. Can I Trust You with My Heart
13. Sometimes
She Forgets
14. Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof
15. Drift off to Dream
Product Details
- Audio CD (September 12, 1995)
- Original Release Date: September 12, 1995
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: CD
- Label: Warner Bros
Travis Tritt Biography
Travis Tritt was one of the leading new country singers of the early
'90s, holding his own against Garth Brooks, Clint Black, and Alan
Jackson. He was the only one not to wear a hat and the only one to dip
into bluesy Southern rock. Consequently, he developed a gutsy, outlaw
image that distinguished him from the pack. Throughout the early '90s,
he had a string of platinum albums and Top Ten singles, including three
number one hits.
Tritt fell in love with music as a child,
teaching himself how to play guitar when he was eight and beginning to
write songs when he was 14. Travis was determined to have a musical
career, but his parents didn't encourage him to follow his instincts.
His mother didn't mind that he wanted to perform, but she wanted him to
sing gospel; his father was afraid there was no money in singing. When
he was 18, he tried to settle down, work, and have a family but was
unsuccessful -- he was married and divorced twice before he was 22. He
continued to play music while working various jobs, including one at an
air-conditioning company. The company's vice president was a guitarist
who gave up hopes of a musical career and urged Tritt to follow his
dreams. Tritt quit his job and began pursuing a career full-time.
In
1982, Tritt began his pursuit by recording a demo tape at a private
studio which was owned by Danny Davenport, who happened to be an
executive at Warner Brothers. Davenport heard the vocalist's songs and
was impressed, deciding to take Tritt under his wing. For the next
several years, the pair recorded demo tapes while Tritt played the honky
tonk circuit. The singer was developing a distinctive sound, adding
elements of country-rock and Southern rock to his honky tonk.
Partway
through in 1989, Warner Brothers' Nashville division signed Tritt, and
his debut album, Country Club, appeared in the stores in the spring
1990. It was preceded by the Top Ten hit, "Country Club." Upon the
release of his debut album, Tritt entered the first ranks of new country
singers. His next two singles, "Help Me Hold On" and "I'm Gonna Be
Somebody," hit number one and two respectively. "Put Some Drive in Your
Country," which had a clear rock & roll influence, stalled at number
four, since radio programmers were reluctant to feature such blatantly
rock-derived music.
Despite his success, the Nashville music
industry was hesitant to embrace Tritt. His music and stage show owed
too much to rock & roll, and his image didn't conform with the
behatted legions of new male singers. Nevertheless, Tritt had a
breakthrough success with his second album, 1991's It's All About to
Change. Prior to its release, he had hired manager Ken Kragen, who also
worked with Lionel Richie, Trisha Yearwood, Kenny Rogers, and We Are the
World. Kragen helped market Tritt in a way that appealed to both
country fans and a mass audience, sending It's All About to Change into
multi-platinum territory.
T-r-o-u-b-l-e, Tritt's third album, was
released in 1992. Although it didn't match the success of It's All About
to Change, it had the number one single, "Can I Trust You With My
Heart," and went gold. Tritt bounced back in 1994 with Ten Feet Tall
& Bulletproof, which went platinum, spawned the number one single
"Foolish Pride," and marked his highest position, number 20, on the pop
charts. His 1995 compilation Greatest Hits: From the Beginning went
platinum within six months of its November release. Restless Kind was
released in 1996, followed two years later by No More Looking Over My
Shoulder; Down the Road I Go was issued in fall 2000. Live in Concert
appeared in 2007 from Big Bang while later that same year Category 5
released a new studio effort from Tritt called The Storm.
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