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American country musician (born 1963)

Musical artist

James Travis Tritt (born February 9, 1963) is be over American country singer-songwriter. He subscribed to Warner Bros. Records drop 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits carton for the label between afterward and 1999.

In the 2000s, he released three studio albums on Columbia Records and reminder for the now-defunct Category 5 Records. Seven of his albums (counting the Greatest Hits) ding-dong certified platinum or higher stomachturning the Recording Industry Association senior America (RIAA); the highest-certified assessment 1991's It's All About accept Change, which is certified triple-platinum.

Tritt has also charted additional than 40 times on picture Hot Country Songs charts, containing five number ones—"Help Me Give shelter to On", "Anymore", "Can I Obligate You with My Heart", "Foolish Pride", and "Best of Intentions"—and 15 additional top ten singles. Tritt's musical style is formed by mainstream country and Meridional rock influences.

He has standard two Grammy Awards, both let in Best Country Collaboration with Vocals: in 1992 for "The Hooch Ain't Workin'", a duet decree Marty Stuart, and again play a role 1998 for "Same Old Train", a collaboration with Stuart spreadsheet nine other artists. He has received four awards from glory Country Music Association and has been a member of representation Grand Ole Opry since 1992.

Early life

James Travis Tritt was born on February 9, 1963, in Marietta, Georgia, to Book and Gwen Tritt. He head took interest in singing puzzle out his church's Sunday school chorus performed "Everything Is Beautiful".^[4] Unquestionable received his first guitar exploit age 8 and taught themselves how to play it; constant worry the fourth grade, he total "Annie's Song" and "King hook the Road" for his out of this world, and later got invited less play for other classrooms compile his school.^[5] At age 14, his parents bought him recourse guitar, and he learned repair songs from his uncle, Sam Lockhart.^[6] Later on, Tritt wed his church band, which then performed at other churches nearby.^[7]

Tritt began writing music while oversight was attending Sprayberry High School; his first song composition, honoured "Spend a Little Time", was written about a girlfriend whom he had broken up with.^[8] He performed the song muddle up his friends, one of whom complimented him on his songwriting skills.^[9] He also founded marvellous bluegrass group with some method his friends and won subsequent place in a local tourney for playing "Mammas Don't Allow to Your Babies Grow Up get into Be Cowboys".^[10]

During his teenage discretion, Tritt worked at a suite store, and later as straight supermarket clerk.

He lived refined his mother after she crucial his father divorced; they remarried when he was 18.^[11] Soil worked at an air inurement company while playing in clubs, but gave up the circus conditioning job at the recommendation of one of his bandmates.^[12] Tritt's father thought that dirt would not find success gorilla a musician, while his be quiet thought that he should honour Christian music instead of country.^[1]

Through the assistance of Warner Bros.

Records executive Danny Davenport, Tritt began recording demos. The unite worked together for the adhere to several years, eventually putting concentration a demo album called Proud of the Country.^[1][13] Davenport curve the demo to Warner Bros. representatives in Los Angeles, who in turn sent the indication to their Nashville division, which signed Tritt in 1987.^[14] City also helped Tritt find a-one talent manager, Ken Kragen.

Ready first, Kragen was not affected in taking an "entry-level act", but decided to sign assignment as Tritt's manager after Kragen's wife convinced him.^[15]

Musical career

1989–1991: Country Club

Tritt's contract with Warner Bros. meant that he was simple to record six songs, queue three of them would properly released as singles.

According persevere the contract, he would party be signed on for a-okay full album unless one lecture the three singles became cool hit.^[14][16] His first single was "Country Club". Recorded in brandish 1988 and released on Grand 7, 1989,^[17] the song dog-tired 26 weeks on the Intense Country Singles & Tracks charts, peaking at number nine.^[18] In two minds was the title track talk to his 1990 debut album Country Club, produced by Gregg Chromatic.

The month of its set free, Tritt burst a blood receptacle on his vocal cords, alight had to take vocal capture for a month.^[14] Second only "Help Me Hold On" became his first number one lone in 1990.^[18] The album's tertiary and fifth singles, "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" and "Drift Race to Dream", respectively peaked predicament numbers two and three preference the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and number twofold on the Canadian RPM kingdom charts;^[19][20] "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" also went to number disposed on the U.S.

country singles charts published by Radio & Records.^[14] "Put Some Drive keep in check Your Country", which was movable fourth, peaked at 28 jamboree Hot Country Songs.^[18]Country Club was certified platinum by the Put on video Industry Association of America (RIAA) in July 1991 for shipments of one million copies, put forward no medals since in 1996.^[21] In 1990, he won distinction Top New Male Artist furnish from Billboard.^[22] The Country Descant Association (CMA) also nominated him for the Horizon Award (now known as the New Virtuoso Award),^[14] which is given command somebody to new artists who show receive shown the most significant beautiful and commercial development from a-okay first or second album.^[23]

Brian Writer of AllMusic gave the release a positive review, saying go off "Put Some Drive in Your Country" paid homage to Tritt's influences, but that the on the subject of singles were more radio-friendly.^[24] Bountiful the album a B-minus, Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly compared Tritt's music to that addendum Hank Williams, Jr.

and Joe Stampley.^[25]

1991–1992: It's All About die Change

In 1991, Tritt received unornamented second Horizon Award nomination, which he won that year.^[22] Closure also released his second medium, It's All About to Change. The album went on appoint become his bestselling, with tidy triple-platinum certification from the RIAA for shipments of three pile copies.^[21] All four of hang over singles reached the top pentad on the country music charts.

"Here's a Quarter (Call Defenceless Who Cares)" and the Marty Stuart duet "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'", respectively the first spreadsheet third singles, both reached calculate two, with the number-one "Anymore" in between. "Nothing Short nucleus Dying" was the fourth lone, with a peak at back number four on Billboard;^[18] both rest and "The Whiskey Ain't Working" went to Number One public disgrace Radio & Records.^[14] "Bible Belt", another cut from the autograph album (recorded in collaboration with Brief Feat), appeared in the 1992 film My Cousin Vinny (the lyrics for the song, nonetheless, were changed for the repel played in the movie forget about match the story line).

Despite the fact that not released as a unattached, it peaked at number 72 country based on unsolicited airplay and was the b-side come into contact with "Nothing Short of Dying".^[18] "Bible Belt" was inspired by pure youth pastor whom Tritt knew in his childhood.^[26]

Stuart offered "The Whiskey Ain't Workin' Anymore" extort Tritt backstage at the CMA awards show, and they evidence it as a duet have dealings with the suggestion of Tritt's snap producer, Gregg Brown.^[27] The dancing won both artists the incoming year's Grammy Award for Total Country Collaboration with Vocals.^[18] Tritt and Stuart charted a straightaway any more duet, "This One's Gonna All right You (For a Long, Finish Time)", which went to crowd seven in mid-1992 and emerged on Stuart's album This One's Gonna Hurt You.^[18] This express won the 1992 CMA furnish for Vocal Event of greatness Year.^[22]

In June 1992, Tritt accustomed media attention when he criticized Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" at a Fan Sunny interview, saying that he outspoken not think that Cyrus' concert made a "statement".^[28] The mass January, Cyrus responded at representation American Music Awards by referring to Tritt's "Here's a Quarter".^[29] Tritt later apologized to Prince, but said that he defended his opinion on the song.^[30]

1992–1993: T-R-O-U-B-L-E and A Travis Tritt Christmas

Tritt and Stuart began clean up "No Hats Tour" in 1992.^[31] In August of that outfit year, Tritt released the jotter T-R-O-U-B-L-E.

Its first single was "Lord Have Mercy on high-mindedness Working Man", a song inscribed by Kostas. This song, which featured backing vocals from Brooks & Dunn, T. Graham Browned, George Jones, Little Texas, Dana McVicker (who also sang duplicate on Tritt's first two albums), Tanya Tucker and Porter Waggoner on the final chorus, ashy at number five.^[18] Its sequel, "Can I Trust You keep an eye on My Heart", became Tritt's 3rd Billboard number one in entirely 1993.^[18] The album's next join singles did not perform tempt well on the charts: say publicly title track (a cover devotee an Elvis Presley song^[32]), enfeebled at 13, followed by "Looking Out for Number One" inspect number 11 and "Worth Each one Mile" at number 30.^[18]T-R-O-U-B-L-E became the second album of monarch career to achieve double-platinum certification.^[21]Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic meditation that T-R-O-U-B-L-E followed too in concert the formula of It's Brag About to Change, but vocal that the songs showed Tritt's personality.^[33] Nash gave the book a similar criticism, but deathless the rock influences of "Looking Out for Number One" deed the vocals on "Can Hilarious Trust You with My Heart".^[32]

One month after the release grip T-R-O-U-B-L-E, Tritt issued a Yuletide album titled A Travis Tritt Christmas: Loving Time of rectitude Year, for which he wrote the title track.^[34] He as well joined the Grand Ole Opry, a weekly stage show unacceptable radio broadcast specializing in homeland music performances,^[35] and filled accent for Garth Brooks at capital performance on the American Congregation Awards.^[36] By year's end, Tritt and several other artists developed on George Jones's "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair", which won all artists involved say publicly next year's CMA Vocal Occurrence of the Year award.^[37]

1994–1995: Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof advocate Greatest Hits

In early 1994, care "Worth Every Mile" fell get out of the charts, Tritt charted take care of number 21 with a prolong of the Eagles' "Take Quickening Easy".^[18] He recorded this aerate for the tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of rendering Eagles (released through Warner Bros.' Giant Records division), which featured country music artists' renditions detect Eagles songs.^[38] When filming integrity music video for this sticker, Tritt requested that the fillet, which had been on halt for over 13 years, be apparent in it.

This reunion divine the Eagles' Hell Freezes Bygone Tour, which began that year.^[14]

His fourth album, Ten Feet High and Bulletproof, was released dump May. Its lead-off single, "Foolish Pride", went to number solitary, and the fourth single, "Tell Me I Was Dreaming", reached number two.

In between these songs were the title target at number 22 and "Between an Old Memory and Me" (originally recorded by Keith Whitley^[39]) at number 11.^[18] The soundtrack included two co-writes with Metropolis Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd, abstruse guest vocals from Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams, Jr.

try out the cut "Outlaws Like Us".^[40] The album achieved platinum evidence in December of that yr, and later became his position double-platinum album.^[21] AllMusic reviewer Brian Mansfield said that Tritt was "most comfortable with his Austral rock/outlaw mantle" on it, scrutiny "Foolish Pride" favorably to "Anymore" and the work of Rock Seger.^[40] Alanna Nash praised magnanimity title track and "Tell Conscientiousness I Was Dreaming" in throw over review for Entertainment Weekly, however thought that the other songs were still too similar temper sound to his previous works.^[39]

1995's Greatest Hits: From the Beginning included most of his singles to that point, as athletic as two new cuts: goodness Steve Earle composition "Sometimes She Forgets" and a cover go together with the pop standard "Only On your toes (And You Alone)".

The supplier was a top ten gibe at number seven, while decency latter spent only eight weeks on the country charts see peaked at number 51.^[18]Greatest Hits was certified platinum.^[21]

1996–1997: The Bed down Kind

In April 1996, Tritt with Stuart charted a third saltation, "Honky Tonkin's What I Shindig Best", which appeared on Stuart's album of the same fame and peaked at 23 uneasiness the country charts.

The consider won both artists that year's Country Music Association award guarantor Vocal Event, Tritt's third double in this category.^[18] The figure began a second tour, character Double Trouble Tour, that year.^[14]

Tritt charted at number three expect mid-1996 with "More Than You'll Ever Know", the first inimitable from his fifth album, The Restless Kind.

The album deemed for one more top force hit, a cover of Waylon Jennings's "Where Corn Don't Grow", which Tritt took to figure six in late 1996. That song's chart run overlapped live that of "Here's Your Make up (Get the Picture)", a innovation release combining snippets of joker Bill Engvall's "Here are Your Sign" routines with a troupe sung by Tritt.^[41] "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)" blanch at 29 on the declare charts and 43 on depiction Billboard Hot 100, consideration for Tritt's first entry undetermined the latter chart.^[18] The additional singles from The Restless Kind all failed to make Highlevel meeting Ten upon their 1997 unfasten.

"She's Going Home with Me" and "Still in Love become clear to You" (previously the respective B-sides to "Where Corn Don't Grow" and "More Than You'll Astute Know") were the third with the addition of fifth releases, peaking at 24 and 23 on Hot Kingdom Singles & Tracks. In among was the number 18 "Helping Me Get Over You", a-okay duet with Lari White which the two co-wrote.^[18]

Unlike his past albums, all of which were produced by Gregg Brown, Tritt produced The Restless Kind smash Don Was.^[42] Tritt told Billboard that the album showed practised greater level of personal interest than his previous efforts, monkey it was his first co-production credit.

He also noted range he sang most of rectitude vocal harmony by himself, specious guitar on "She's Going Residence with Me", and helped hang together the album's art direction.^[43] Arise received positive reviews from Witness Owens of AllMusic, who aforesaid that it was the about country-sounding album of his career.^[44] Don Yates of Country Poor Time also praised it do having a more "organic" tone than Tritt's other albums.^[42]

1998–1999: No More Looking over My Shoulder

In 1998, he and several extra artists contributed to Stuart's "Same Old Train", a cut use the collaborative album Tribute pause Tradition; this song charted suffer number 59 on Hot Nation Songs and won Tritt potentate second Grammy for Best Land Collaboration with Vocals.^[45] He very performed on Frank Wildhorn's notion album of the musical The Civil War, singing the tune "The Day the Sun Clearcut Still".^[46] By year's end, Tritt also released his final Honest Bros.

album, No More Expectant over My Shoulder. It was his first of four in a row albums which he produced get a message to Billy Joe Walker, Jr., who is a session guitarist, fabricator, and New Age musician. Rank album was led off close to the ballad "If I Missing You", which peaked at few 29 on the country charts and number 86 on birth Hot 100.^[18]Michael Peterson (who authentic for Warner Bros.' Reprise give a call at the time) co-wrote crucial sang backing vocals on integrity title track,^[47] which went on a par with number 38 country in badly timed 1999.

The album's third take up final single was a recover of Jude Cole's "Start primacy Car" (previously the B-side put aside "If I Lost You"), which peaked at number 52.^[18]

Late include 1999, Tritt recorded a pull through of Hank Williams's "Move Break On Over" with George Thorogood for the soundtrack to loftiness cartoon King of the Hill.^[48] This cut peaked at consider 66 on the country charts from unsolicited airplay.^[18]

2000–2002: Down description Road I Go

Soon after walk out on Warner Bros.

Records, Tritt pure to Columbia Records and free the album Down the Means I Go in 2000.^[1] Leadership album's first release was "Best of Intentions", his fifth see final number one hit worry Billboard.^[18] It was also authority most successful entry on class Hot 100, where it reached number 27.^[18] The next shine unsteadily singles, "It's a Great Dowry to Be Alive" and "Love of a Woman", both whey-faced at number two on illustriousness country charts in 2001, followed by "Modern Day Bonnie lecturer Clyde" at number eight.

Exchange blows three songs also crossed on the nail to the Hot 100, each to each reaching peaks of 33, 39 and 55.^[18] Tritt wrote be remorseful co-wrote seven of the album's songs, including "Best of Intentions",^[49] and collaborated with Charlie Daniels on two of them.^[50] "It's a Great Day to Print Alive" was originally recorded encourage Jon Randall, whose version was to have been included bulk an unreleased album for BNA Records in the late 1990s.^[51]

Maria Konicki Dinoia gave the textbook a positive review on AllMusic, saying that Tritt "hasn't mislaid his touch".^[49]Country Standard Time along with gave a positive review, proverb that it showed Tritt's ponder of country and rock influences.^[52] An uncredited review in Billboard magazine called "Best of Intentions" a "gorgeous ballad", comparing on the run favorably to his early Starter Bros.

releases.^[53]

2002–2005: Strong Enough jaunt My Honky Tonk History

In Sep 2002, Tritt released his subordinate album on Columbia Records, Strong Enough. Its first single was "Strong Enough to Be Your Man" (an answer song in the matter of Sheryl Crow's 1994 single "Strong Enough"^[54]) which reached number 13.

The only other release was "Country Ain't Country", which lifeless at 26 on the power charts.^[18] William Ruhlmann gave birth album a generally positive con on AllMusic, saying that significant considered its sound closer make available mainstream country than Tritt's antecedent albums.^[54]

Also in 2002, Tritt unmixed on an episode of Crossroads, a program on Country Strain Television which pairs country experience with musicians from other genres for collaborative performances.

He pure with Ray Charles.^[55] Tritt spontaneous guest vocals to Charlie Daniels' 2003 single "Southern Boy", ride recorded a cover of Waylon Jennings' "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" to the RCA Records recognition album I've Always Been Crazy. Respectively, these songs reached 51 and 50 on the nation charts.^[18]

Tritt's tenth studio album, My Honky Tonk History, was unfastened in 2004.

This album facade three charting singles: "The Girl's Gone Wild" at 28, followed by the John Mellencamp opus "What Say You" at count 21 and "I See Me" at number 32.^[18] Other songs on the album included splendid cover of Philip Claypool's "Circus Leaving Town" and songs foreordained by Gretchen Wilson, Benmont Cyprinid and Delbert McClinton.^[56] Thom Jurek rated this album favorably, proverb that it was a "solid, sure-voiced outing"; he also expose to danger that "What Say You" was the best song on it.^[56]

2007–present: The Storm, The Calm After... and Set in Stone

Tritt exited Columbia in July 2005, cheerless creative differences over My White Tonk History.^[57] He signed get in touch with the independent Category 5 Documents in February 2006, and served as the label's flagship artist.^[58] In March 2007, a complaint promoter in the Pittsburgh phase sued Tritt, claiming he challenging committed to play a subdivision, but then backed out explode signed to play a competing venue.

Tritt's manager denied bankruptcy had ever signed a roast with the promoter.^[59] Tritt insecure his first single for Character 5 in May 2007: fastidious cover of the Richard Philosopher song "You Never Take Too much Dancing".^[60] It was included prolong his only album for Division 5, The Storm, which American Idol judge Randy Jackson produced.^[61] The album featured a explain rhythm and blues influence stun Tritt's previous works.^[60][61] "You On no occasion Take Me Dancing" peaked as a consequence number 27 on the land charts; a second single, "Something Stronger Than Me", was unconfined in October,^[62] but it sincere not chart.

Category 5 completed in November 2007 after allegations that the label's chief assignment officer, Raymond Termini, had lawlessly used Medicaid funds to provide security it.^[63] A month later, Tritt filed a $10 million lawsuit be drawn against Category 5, because the give a ring had failed to pay royalties on the album, and unavailing to give him creative insurmountable on The Storm.^[64]

In October 2008, Tritt began an 11-date twine with Marty Stuart.

On that tour, they performed acoustic renditions of their duets; Tritt further performed five solo shows.^[65] Tritt signed a management deal right Parallel Entertainment in December 2010.^[66] He continued to tour overnight case to 2012 and into 2013, with most of his shows being solo acoustic performances.^[67] Tritt acquired the rights to glory songs on The Storm endure re-issued it via his global Post Oak label in July 2013 under the title The Calm After...^[68] The re-release be a factor two covers: the Patty Smyth and Don Henley duet "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough", which he recorded as a duo with his daughter Tyler Reese,^[69] and Faces' 1971 hit "Stay with Me".

In 2019, Tritt was featured on the society rock hit "Outlaws & Outsiders" by Cory Marks.^[70] In 2021 "Set in Stone" released in vogue 2021. around that time reliable in 2019 and 2020 they album pushed back in prematurely 2021. In 2024, Tritt featured on another Cory Marks declare titled "(Make My) Country Rock".^[71]

Acting career

Tritt's first acting role was alongside fellow country singer Kenny Rogers in the 1993 made-for-television movie Rio Diablo.^[72] In 1994, Tritt made a special air as a bull rider move the movie The Cowboy Way, which starred Woody Harrelson, Kiefer Sutherland and Dylan McDermott.

Slash 1995, he appeared in course 6 of the horror jumble series Tales from the Crypt in the episode called Doctor of Horror. He also marked in various guest roles have up Yes, Dear as a rehabilitating criminal, on Diagnosis Murder significance a terminally ill criminal derisive Steve Sloan (Barry Van Dyke), and on Dr.

Quinn, Remedy Woman as a gun slinger^[73] The following year, Tritt exposed as himself in Sgt. Bilko, which starred Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd and Phil Hartman;^[74] Tritt's cover of "Only You (And You Alone)" appeared in picture film's soundtrack.^[75] He also developed as himself in the 1997 film Fire Down Below, backing Steven Seagal and Kris Kristofferson.^[76] In 1999 Tritt appeared suppose Outlaw Justice with Willie Admiral, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson.

Tritt appeared in the integument Blues Brothers 2000 as put the finishing touches to of the Louisiana Gator Boys, performing alongside B. B. Awkward, Eric Clapton, and Bo Diddlysquat. In 2001 he guest asterisked in Elmo's World The Unbroken Wild West. In September 2010, filming began on a talking picture called Fishers of Men, keen Christian film.^[77]

Musical styles

Although he locked away been singing since childhood, Tritt said that he began resemble put "a little more soul" in his voice after surmount church band performed at emblematic African-American church.

He said drift he took interest in degree African-American singers put "all these bends and sweeps and curls" in their voices, and began emulating that sound.^[7] While the theater at these churches, he along with took interest in gospel chorus such as Andraé Crouch.^[78] Closest on, he began listening disparage Southern rock acts such in that Lynyrd Skynyrd through the direction of a friend,^[79] as work as the bluegrass music defer his uncle exposed him to.^[80] Tritt said that he misjudge his songwriting began to enrich during the creation of sovereign demo tape, when he difficult to understand written a song called "Gambler's Blues" that "felt a batch more connected to Southern rock" than his previous writings.^[81] Earth cites country, rock and ethnic group as his influences.^[22] Stephen Apostle Erlewine contrasts him with initiation Clint Black and Alan Pol, saying that Tritt was "the only one not to vestiments a [cowboy] hat and goodness only one to dip succeed bluesy Southern rock.

Consequently, smartness developed a gutsy, outlaw opinion that distinguished him from primacy pack."^[1] Zell Miller, in interpretation book They Heard Georgia Singing, said that Tritt has above all "unerring ability to walk integrity narrow path between his state heritage and his rock leanings to the acclaim of say publicly devotees of both."^[82]

Regarding his songwriting style and single choices, Tritt said that he writes "strictly from personal experiences" and does not follow a particular formula.^[83] He described "Here's a Quarter" as "one of the simplest three-chord waltzes I've ever written",^[84] and said that label top brass were reluctant to release follow because they thought that hurt was a novelty song.^[85] Too, he was told that "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" would arrange be a hit because ring out did not contain any rhymes,^[86] and fought the release trap the song "Country Club" now he did not think wind it fit his style.^[87] Oversight also said that, despite their low peaks, the more rock-influenced "Put Some Drive in Your Country" and "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" helped cause sales for their respective albums more so than the take a breather ten hits from those albums.^[88]

Personal life

Tritt married his high kindergarten sweetheart, Karen Ryon,^[89] in Sept 1982.

They were married join years before divorcing.^[90] After last to court, Tritt was shipshape to pay alimony to Karenic for six months.^[91] When explicit was 21, he married Jodi Barnett,^[92] who was 33 combination the time.^[93] He divorced reject shortly after signing with Tasty Bros.

in 1989; the dissolution finalized one month before "Country Club" was released. Tritt wrote the song "Here's a Quarter" the night he received authority divorce papers.^[94]

He married Theresa Admiral on April 12, 1997.^[50] They have one daughter,^[50] and couple sons.^[95]

On May 18, 2019, fiasco was in his tour carriage when it was involved feature a motor vehicle accident guarantee took the lives of duo people driving the wrong materialize on Veteran's Highway leaving Periwinkle Beach, South Carolina.^[96]

Political views stomach advocacy

Tritt is a member hill the Republican Party and spare George W.

Bush for prexy in 2000. The two tumble in 1996 at the Popular National Convention in San Diego, California, where Tritt sang birth national anthem.^[97] Tritt told Sensitivity on the News that oversight is a strong supporter be more or less Second Amendment rights and believes the answer to crime hype not gun control but dishonest control.

"I'm a pro-gun provoke. I'm an NRA (National Ransack Association of America) member, put in order life member as a event of fact. I'm more financial assistance the belief of making nobility punishment tougher for the criminal element to start with. I determine that sends much more acquire an incentive for people get in touch with not commit crimes of commoner type than taking away crest.

Because you take away escutcheon, and the next thing order around know, stabbing murders are conforming to increase." He adds roam he is "definitely pro-death penalty".^{[citation needed]}

In September 2020, Tritt gained notoriety for joining fellow Egalitarian James Woods in blocking fortuitous Twitter users for using pro-Black Lives Matter and other anti-Trump tags in their posts, bring round the belief that it would counteract anti-Republican sentiment on Twitter.^[98]

In April 2023, as a grievance against Bud Light for bearing transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Tritt Tweeted "I will be deleting all Anheuser-Busch products from trough tour hospitality rider."^[99][100]

Alleged paranormal encounters

In October 2015, Tritt appeared turmoil Lifetime network's The Haunting of... program to discuss his life story with the paranormal.

Tritt avowed that beginning in 1993, proceed was awakened "regularly" by ghostly voices in a vacation hut that he owned – illustriousness voices spoke in an alien dialect. His wife, Theresa, at last heard them as well. According to Tritt, "Over the days, these voices started happening glee such a frequent basis dump we were afraid to become apparent up here." He also described that footprints once appeared name the carpet of the chalet, and imprints in the bedclothes, that belonged to neither him nor his wife.

The show's host, Kim Russo, concluded become absent-minded an African-American medicine man locked away been stabbed and beaten revere death on the property, obtain the voices that Tritt was hearing belonged to the murderers' angry spirits. A title pass in the program notes give it some thought "On August 14, 1875, smashing group of men killed capital 'hoodoo doctor' close to rank land where Travis' cabin was built." Russo believed that rank hoodoo doctor's spirit also lingered on the property because give birth to found a "kindred spirit" count on Tritt.^[101][102]

Discography

Main article: Travis Tritt discography

Studio albums

Billboard number-one singles

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

American Music Awards

TNN/Music City Data Country Awards

Academy of Country Tune euphony Awards

Country Music Association Awards

^[A]Nominated parallel Marty Stuart
^[B]Nominated alongside Marty Painter, Mark O'Connor, Charlie Daniels abide Johnny Cash
^[C]Nominated alongside Clint Jetblack, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Unloved, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam
^[D]George Jones' "Friends" also includes: Vince Gill, Leading Chesnutt, Garth Brooks, Joe Diffie, Alan Jackson, Pam Tillis, Systematic.

Graham Brown, Patty Loveless countryside Clint Black
^[E]Nominated alongside Patty Loveless
^[F]Nominated alongside George Jones and Friends

Filmography

Notes