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**Added January 7, 2005:
Source: TravisTritt.COM
Travis On ESPN 2!
The episode of "The New American Sportsman" featuring Travis Tritt will air Sunday, January 16th @ 11:00 AM on ESPN2. South Carolina Quail This week country music legend, Travis Tritt, joins us for a classic wagon-drawn quail hunt on Brays Island Plantation in Sheldon, SC. Travel back in time for this southern hunting adventure as we take a peak into the roots of Tritt's personal and professional inspirations. This is a simpler side of Travis Tritt pickin' by the bon fire, singin' at the moon and shooting over some of the best dog work ever seen.
**Added December 15, 2004:
Source: Sun-Sentinel.com
Travis Tritt tops the lineup for 2005 South Florida Fair
By Ivette M. Yee
Staff Writer
Posted December 10 2004
Country outlaw Travis Tritt will bring his twang and mix of bluesy rock to the 2005 South Florida Fair in January.
Tritt tops the fair's concert lineup, which has been expanded to include three more weeknight shows at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre on the fairgrounds, west of West Palm Beach. The fair runs Jan. 14-30.
Additional weeknight shows could equal more visitors during the week, fair officials said.
Last year, the fair attracted about 646,000 visitors during its 17-day run, but rainy weather shrunk anticipated turnout.
"Concerts at the amphitheatre have been very popular in the past, and we've made a real effort this year to bring those concerts back to drive more attendance," John Picano, fair spokesman said.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, the fair staged an extensive list of entertainment at the amphitheatre, but changes in the entertainment industry and music venues made it difficult to book acts in recent years, Picano said.
Headliner Tritt should attract a solid audience to his performance on Jan. 27, one music industry watcher said. Ticket prices for the show are $15 to $30 and include one-day admission to the fair.
"Travis Tritt cuts across so many different musical lines, from country to bluegrass. He's worked with everyone from George Jones to Ray Charles and has done what he wanted to with his music. That's why they call him the country outlaw," Woody Graber, a Sound Advice Amphitheatre spokesman said. "When you go to see a Travis Tritt concert, you know you're getting a good show."
The 2005 concert lineup also features Nashville singer Phil Vassar, Country crooner Julie Roberts and the band Sawyer Brown performing at the amphitheater. Mexican folksingers Los Tucanes de Tijuanas, the Santana Tribute Band with Galo Rivera and more will play at the Winn Dixie Taste of Florida stage.
Fair concert tickets are available beginning Wednesday at the South Florida Fair Box office or online at www.southfloridafair.com.
Advanced discount admission tickets offer a 30 percent savings and are available online now and also can be purchased at participating outlets, including Publix, Washington Mutual, Wachovia and The Mall at Wellington Green.
Ivette M. Yee can be reached at imyee@sun-sentinel.com or 561-243-6538.
Source: WhoWon.COM
Kentucky Speedway solidifies promotional ties with Belterra Casino Resort and Spa
by Tim Bray
SPARTA, Ky. -- Belterra Casino Resort & Spa will maintain its status as the Official Hotel and Casino of Kentucky Speedway through 2007 under the terms of a marketing partnership announced today.
The resort property will receive category exclusivity with the speedway as well as a luxury suite, track signage, tickets and other advertising and promotional considerations. Belterra also will continue to extend promotional offers to speedway guests through event ticket advertising. Full financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed.
Were both excited and grateful to continue our long-standing strategic partnership with Belterra Casino Resort & Spa, Kentucky Speedway Executive Vice President and General Manager Mark F. Cassis said. With nearly $500 million of development already in place between the two facilities, we will continue to work with Belterra to develop year-round programs that will enhance support for our race events and provide continued recognition for the many amenities available to Belterra guests.
Belterra Casino Resort & Spa is operated by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., and located in Vevay, Ind., approximately 10 miles from Kentucky Speedway. A recently completed $35-million renovation expanded the property to include more than 600 deluxe rooms and suites and 33,000 square feet of meeting and conference space. Belterra Casino Resort & Spa also features 38,000 square feet of gaming space, a shopping pavilion, exercise facility, full-service spa and salon, 18-hole championship Tom Fazio golf course, and several dining options including Jeff Rubys Steakhouse, Starbucks Coffee and Ben and Jerrys Ice Cream.
Kentucky Speedway will pack 11 races and country music artists Travis Tritt, The Charlie Daniels Band, Billy Ray Cyrus, SHeDAISY and The Kentucky Headhunters into five weekends of entertainment in 2005. The new season begins May 14 and ends September 10.
The race schedule features main events with the NASCAR Busch Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, ARCA RE/MAX Series and NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division Southeast Series. Four races will be broadcast to national television audiences over networks such as ABC, ESPN, FX and SPEED Channel.
The Kentucky Headhunters lead off the speedway concert line-up on May 14 and will be followed by superstar Travis Tritt on June 18, Billy Ray Cyrus on July 9, SHeDAISY on August 14 and The Charlie Daniels Band on September 10. All entertainers will perform on the WUBE-FM B-105 Country Music Stage located on the Turn 1 Concourse.
Season ticket packages are on sale now and begin at $200. New and renewing members will be able to attend Outback Steakhouse Tailgate Parties during the June, July and August weekends and enjoy access to a VIP concert area. Members also will receive one general admission pole event voucher and cold pit pass with each season ticket purchased, the opportunity to purchase pole event tickets at half price, and a preferred parking pass that can be exchanged for free access to general camping areas. Season seat locations can be renewed each year.
Packages can be reserved and renewed online at www.kentuckyspeedway.com, by phone at 859-578-2300 or at the speedway ticket office located at 2216 Dixie Hwy., Ste. 200, in Ft. Mitchell, Ky. A mail in order form also is available on the tickets pages of the official track Web site.
Single event ticket sales will begin January 10, 2005.
Source: Albany DH Online
Sweet Home announces acts
SWEET HOME The first round of acts have been announced for the 2005 Oregon Jamboree country music festival.
The festival is scheduled for July 29, 30 and 31 at the Sweet Home Festival park on the campus of Sweet Home High School.
Travis Tritt and Lonestar will headline Friday's show. Neal McCoy will close out the festival on Sunday. Little Big Town and Cross Canadian Ragweed also are slated to appear during the weekend.
Tritt, a Georgian, is known for hits such as "I'm Gonna Be Somebody," "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)," "T-R-O-U-B-L-E," "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof," and dozens more. He won the Country Music Association's "Horizon Award" in 1991 and was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry the following year.
The Texas band Lonestar built on its reputation for emotion-packed lyrics with songs such as "Amazed," "My Front Porch Looking In" and "I'm Already There." Band members say they draw their inspiration from everyday moments that matter greatly but often get overlooked.
In all, the Oregon Jamboree will feature 14 concerts over three days. Organizers said more announcements are expected soon.
The Oregon Jamboree is the largest country music and camping festival in the Pacific Northwest. RV and tent camping are available, along with food booths, beer and wine gardens, and special displays.
The jamboree is produced by the nonprofit Sweet Home Economic Development Group, and all proceeds benefit economic development projects in the Sweet Home area.
For tickets and information, call (541) 367-8800 or toll-free (888) 613-6812 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. General admission tickets also are available at all Safeway Ticketswest outlets and online at www.oregonjamboree.com.
Source: Fake News from BoiseWeekly.com
New Country Album Promotes Blue Bashing
Timed for release immediately followed the expected GOP election, Travis Tritt and Toby Keith have teamed up for a release of a new album which ridicules post-election unity and with lyrics endorsing "jumping in your truck, on the hood is your buck, spreading a little red through the states of blue." Other songs on the album include "Liberals Suck, But My Mama Don't", "Let's Bring Back the Camps" and "Commies Ain't Dead, They've Just Turned Blue." The two award-winning country music artists are planning a 30 Red State tour with a final concert on the lawn of the White House in Washington D.C. where they plan to burn all three Dixie Chicks on crosses.
**Added November 12, 2004:
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11/17/04 | 07:00 pm ET | CMT | 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music |
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11/20/04 | 08:00 am ET | A&E | The Long Kill (1999) |
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11/21/04 | 01:00 am ET | CMT | CMT Greatest Outlaws: The Dirty Dozen |
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**Added November 4, 2004:
TRAVIS ON DIRECT TV AND CABLE!!
TRAVIS TRITT CONCERT HITS CABLE & SATELLITE TV
November Brings Acclaimed Country Entertainer To 46 Million Homes Celebrated singer/songwriter and musician Travis Tritt has long been regarded as one of country music's best live entertainers, and he's ready to prove it to millions in the month of November. Cable television's Music Choice and satellite provider DirecTV will be airing one of Tritt's megawatt stage shows throughout the month. The show, taped September 11 of this year in Hot Springs, AR, will be distributed in 46 million households. Music Choice, available on local cable systems nationwide reaching 34 million households, will air the concert from November 1 through November 14. Final dates and times will be announced shortly by Music Choice. DirecTV, available in 12 million homes, will begin broadcasting the special on November 5, airing each Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the month. The concert will be carried on channel 103, repeating every three hours for total of 104 airings. DirecTV is also seen on all Jet Blue flights. The concert broadcast marks the second recent live offering by Tritt, as his recently released Live & Kickin' DVD also gives fans the chance to experience his concert magic in the comfort of their own homes. And his latest album release, My Honky Tonk History, is already shaping up as the most critically praised of his already well-regarded career. The Detroit Free Press recently advised its readers to "...look for My Honky Tonk History on the best-of lists at the end of 2004," while the Baltimore Sun cheered, "[Tritt] hits the bull's-eye with History."
**Added Octer 31, 2004:
Source: DirecTV
TRAVIS TRITT IN CONCERT
Legendary Southern rock, blues and country music master Travis Tritt lights up the stage in this brand-new performance! Shot September 11, 2004 at the Harley Davidson Arkansas State H.O.G. Rally, this concert is packed with Travis' classic hits like "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" and "Foolish Pride", and includes new songs from his latest release, My Honky Tonk History.
Brought to you by DIRECTV and MUSIC CHOICE.
Visit www.travistritt.com for more information.
Don't miss this DIRECTV FREEVIEW event every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in November on channel 125.
Free to all TOTAL CHOICE customers.
Schedule, programming, terms and conditions subject to change.
**Added October 10, 2004:
TRAVIS TRITT DONATES $40,000 TO RED CROSS FOR ALABAMA HURRICANE RELIEF
Friday night (Oct. 1, 2004), Travis Tritt made good on his promise to help storm-ravaged Alabama when he donated $40,000 to the Red Cross for hurricane relief. The singer presented a personal check at the Riverview Plaza Hotel prior to his 10 p.m. concert at the Mobile Bay Festival. Tritt will also meet with local hurricane "heroes" nominated by residents and selected by the mayor's office and radio station WKSJ.
Travis Tritt is currently on tour in support of his newest album "My Honky
Tonk History."
According to Katie Cook on CMT's Insider, Travis & John Mellencamp's video for "What Say You" is set to debut during next week's Top 20 Countdown, so be on the lookout for that.
**Added October 2, 2004:
Television Schedule for Travis (Thanks to the girls at the Outlaws board)
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Oct 3 | 12:00 am ET | CMT | 40 Greatest Done Me Wrong Songs |
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Oct 5 | 06:00 pm ET | CMT | CMT 100 Greatest Love Songs |
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Oct 10 | 06:00 pm ET | GAC | Grand Ole Opry Live |
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Oct 12 | 08:00 pm ET | GAC | Grand Ole Opry Live |
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**Added September 14, 2004:
Mellencamp, Tritt Unite
Democratic rocker, Republican country singer harmonize for tolerance
Democrat John Mellencamp and Republican Travis Tritt stood on a Nashville street corner Monday to make a bi-partisan plea for political civility.
The rock star and country singer were filming the video for their current duet, "What Say You," from Tritt's CD My Honky Tonk History. The two star as street musicians standing in front of a fictional Ruby's Cafe, and the Chris Lenz-directed video will be interspersed with montages of Middle America. The video will be released in the coming weeks, and Mellencamp and Tritt plan to perform together on a number of television shows.
"It's a very positive message," Mellencamp says of the single, penned by songwriters Frank Myers and Michael Bradford. "It's that we should be able to say what is on our minds and have an intelligent exchange of opinion -- whether you're left, right, middle or whatever -- without suffering repercussions. For some reason, in this country right now, that's not happening. If you don't believe one way, you are 'anti-American,' you're 'not supporting the troops.' I just think it's wrong."
The song, based on a phrase used by conservative talk show host Bill O'Reilly, features the lyrics, "I don't have all the answers/But I share my point of view/What say you?"
Tritt, who recently played an event during the Republican National Convention, had several reasons for working with Mellencamp, a participant in the anti-Bush Vote for Change tour. "I've admired his music for so many years," Tritt says. "I also admire his integrity. Very much like me, he has resisted all outside pressures to change his music or let anybody tell him what his music should be. And the fact that I thought our voices would work well together even though we have different political viewpoints really illustrates what this song is about."
BEVERLY KEEL
(Posted Sep 14, 2004)
**Added September 1, 2004:
ALBANY -- On Monday night, country star Travis Tritt was cranking out his hits for delegates at the Republican National Convention.
On Tuesday night, he brought his rip-snorting country show to the Palace Theatre, and promptly won over about 1,700 decidedly raucous fans who by the end of the night were hanging their undergarments on Tritt's guitar as he blasted through such encores as "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" and "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys."
His NYC show was sponsored by General Motors, which probably explains why Tritt is kicking off his shows with "Put Some Drive in Your Country," but you've got to wonder whether the staunch family values advocates of the Republican Party were paying any attention to the bearded Nashville hit maker as he ripped up the roadhouse romp of "The Whiskey Ain't Workin' Any More" and the leering "The Girl's Gone Wild."
At the Palace, Tritt had no problem getting his message across loud and clear. "I came to Albany, New York, to party tonight. That's why I'm here," he announced following his ode to self-determination, "I'm Gonna Be Somebody."
Tritt plays the Harley-Davidson brand of country music. Leather-clad country music to match his pants. Country music that cuts straight through to the heart of Southern boogie. After all, he did serve up an encore of Lynyrd Skynyrd's classic "Sweet Home Alabama" near the tail end of his more than two-hour show.
He reveled in his hard-headedness with "Can't Tell Me Nothin'." He was as boastful as any gangsta rapper with "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof." And it's difficult to imagine a more perfect kiss-off anthem than "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)."
Backed by a muscular but nondescript six-piece band, Tritt proved to be a real crowd pleaser, whether he was pumping up old hits like "Country Club," country power ballads like "Tell Me I Was Dreaming" or duck-walking across the stage to the Jerry Lee Lewis-like boogie woogie of "T-R-O-U-B-L-E."
He was at his best, however, when he stuck closest to tradition with the old-school-styled country ballad "Circus Leaving Town," awash in pedal steel guitar licks as Tritt perched on the edge of a stool and strummed along.
And proving that music can indeed build bridges, the Republican Tritt also slipped on a mandolin and turned in a fine rendition of left-wing radical Steve Earle's "Copperhead Road."
Unknown opening act Paul Thorn took the stage solo with an acoustic guitar and delivered a quintessential warm-up act performance. Combining trailer park humor with a wide variety of love songs (love lost, love screwed up, love on the rebound), he easily won over the crowd, and they followed him out to his merchandise booth when he leaped off the stage and headed up the aisles to the lobby.
TRAVIS TRITT
with Paul Thorn
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
Where: The Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany
NEW YORK -- The convention was still under way, and the Republicans were hooting with their official passes dangling from their necks. But here, in the Hammerstein Ballroom a couple of blocks from the convention hall, this wasn't presidential politics.
This was country singer Travis Tritt, clad in leather pants and bathed in red klieg lights.
"It's electric!" Washington lobbyist Kevin Fay shouted over the band. "Electric!"
This crowd didn't hear former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's speech Monday night; instead, they yeehawed through Tritt's honky-tonk show until they were hoarse.
Republican unfaithful? Hardly. But some folks at this convention will spend as little time as possible inside Madison Square Garden. Instead, they'll be enjoying another perk:
Making the party circuit.
To some people, convention-week parties are the political answer to Dewey Beach.
For Republicans, as it was for the Democrats at their convention in Boston, this week is not just about celebrating a presidential candidate. It's about fellowship and bonding and strawberry rhubarb coolers with vodka, like the ones being served at the General Motors party honoring seven U.S. senators with the Tritt concert.
It's about networking and socializing and basking in the fun that comes with getting into corporate parties that exclude other people. Of course, with exclusivity comes rejection, and for many, the evening is skewered, hors d'oeuvres-like, by a kind of social pressure. With dozens of parties and not everyone getting into them, some Republicans are left with a giant question looming over their fun:
How high does this party rank?
Many revelers considered the GM party plenty hot, with multi- million-dollar concept cars adorning the space and tray after tray of filet mignon and seared tuna satay passing like traffic in the speed lane. But, as always, some were in search of something better, sometimes swapping party invitations in an effort to trade-up. One man clutched a silver congressional pen, the kind given to members of Congress, bragging that it doubled as a pass to the elite "warehouse party" thrown every night this week at the Tunnel nightclub. Others were ready to hop to the cigar party at the Havana Room, or the "Wild West Saloon" theme party with the Charlie Daniels Band at Crobar, or the shopping party at Bergdorf Goodman. As the evening wore on, party defensiveness set in.
"Tonight, this is the best party," insisted George Braun, an agriculture lobbyist from Washington. "It's better than the others." He ought to know a good one; he scored an invite to a Sunday night bash featuring Bush's 22-year-old daughters, Jenna and Barbara.
A sighting of the Bush twins may be the ultimate score at this convention. But celebrities like Tritt were undaunted.
"Needless to say," the singer roared to the crowd of several hundred, many of whom skipped the speeches to attend, "I am proud to be amongst you people. I am one of you!"
Tritt, the singer known for catchy tunes, country-fried patriotism and a mullet hairdo, was one of the entertainers critical of the Dixie Chicks when the band's lead singer criticized President Bush over going to war in Iraq. On this night, Tritt's hair was a little more sculpted, but the tone was still red, white and blue; he even took aim at Osama bin Laden in one song.
As the music blasted, lobbyists, delegates and congressional staffers clustered around silver elephant topiaries. Appetites called for red meat -- in politics and canapes.
"Portobello mushroom fry?" a waitress asked a cluster of schmoozing men.
"If it wasn't alive once, I don't want to eat it," said Christopher Stephen, a lawyer with the Northern Virginia-based National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
He and his buddies contemplated the best outcome of the evening:
"My girlfriend flies up from Atlanta to see me," said Stephen, 29.
His buddy Chris Payne chortled. "Best case?" the 26-year- old Prudential lobbyist said. "My fiance doesn't."
Some joked that the week's parties should end with a group visit to the Betty Ford Center. But not everyone was looking to dance on a table Paris Hilton-style. Brian Downs, 24, an Oklahoma delegate, stayed on message even while bopping with drink in hand.
"The best part of the week is being a part of the political process," he said as Tritt howled about "girls gone wild, reality TV-style." (None in this ballroom did. )
For General Motors, which hosted an equally lavish string of parties during the Democratic National Convention in July, the evening was a nod to seven Republican senators. Though recent campaign finance reforms have banned corporations, labor unions and individuals from donating unlimited "soft money" to the political parties, corporations can still throw bashes for lawmakers as long as the galas are held in their "honor."
GM spokeswoman Kimberly Hippler declined to say how much the party cost. But it's clear that the automaker spent lavishly, as lobbyists romped under the ceiling fresco of angels in an evening that also doubled as GM/GMAC promotion.
"We really see a political convention as very similar to other marketing endeavors where we feature our lineup," said Hippler, who likened the evening to an auto show.
Splashy cars gleamed around the ballroom. A concept Cadillac that took $5 million to build actually came to the party with its own baby sitter. GM hired contractor Chris Powers to make sure the Cadillac Sixteen didn't suffer a scratch, which would explain why his body tensed when a guy with a big metal belt buckle peered under the hood.
The event's party planner put the crowd count at about 1,200, though GM says the figure was more than double that number. There was certainly enough food for at least 3,000.
Much went uneaten. At the open bar, waiters were offering shot glasses full of cold soups, but with few takers, they started offering to spike it with Jack Daniel's.
The caterers -- mostly actors and artists -- were warned earlier in the evening by their supervisors not to voice any political views and to just make sure everyone had fun. That didn't stop bartender Bradley Lau from grousing that Democrats tipped better.
"That guy's had 16 drinks!" he said, pointing to one tipsy guest. "Didn't tip me once."
For partygoers, though, there was little to complain about. So what if Vice President Dick Cheney never showed up, as the early buzz had it. Bryce Sandler, a staffer for Michigan Rep. Joe Knollenberg, whipped out a stack of business cards at night's end and raved about the contacts he'd made on his first convention party circuit.
"I talked to this guy, he's the head of government relations for Outback Steakhouse, and I said, 'I love your Bloomin' Onion,' so he gives me a coupon. Free Bloomin' Onion!" Sandler said. He also chatted up a guy from the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America and a lobbyist from the bathroom-fixture manufacturer American Standard, who razzed him for not having an American-made toilet, sink and bathtub.
As 1 o'clock rolled around, revelers started thinking about the next good thing.
By 1:45 a.m., as revelers straggled down 34th Street, waiters stuffed the red star-covered tablecloths into trash bags. A guy hauled an elephant topiary out the front door, snapping its leg on the way to the truck. Earlier Monday, seven tractor-trailers navigated the heavily secured zone to drop off supplies, but the pickup was far quieter. The street was empty.
So, the party was over. But not for long. The venue was set to fill again last night. A giant Texas flag already festooned one room for another Republican bash -- a good one.
Rumor had it, the Bush twins were coming.
**Added August 31, 2004:
Travis TV Dates for Sept & Oct:
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8/30/2004 | 04:00 pm ET | GAC | Country Music Across America |
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8/30/2004 | 07:00 pm ET | TRIO | Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To Johnny Cash |
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8/31/2004 | 09:00 am ET | TRIO | Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To Johnny Cash |
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8/31/2004 | 02:00 pm ET | TRIO | Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To Johnny Cash |
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8/31/2004 | 08:00 pm ET | CMT | CMT Most Shocking: Imposters - The Life of a Celebrity Impersonator |
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| 8/31/2004 | 11:00 pm ET | CMT | CMT Most Shocking: Imposters - The Life of a Celebrity Impersonator |
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9/1/2004 | 06:00 pm ET | GAC | Country Music Across America |
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| 9/1/2004 | 08:00 pm ET | CMT | Country's Hottest Hookups |
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9/1/2004 | 11:00 pm ET | CMT | Country's Hottest Hookups |
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9/3/2004 | 07:00 pm ET | GAC | Country Music Across America |
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9/4/2004 | 01:00 pm ET | GAC | Country Music Across America |
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9/5/2004 | 03:00 pm ET | GAC | Country Music Across America |
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9/5/2004 | 10:00 pm ET | GAC | Country Music Across America |
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9/6/2004 | 04:00 pm ET | GAC | Country Music Across America |
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Source: PRNewsWire.com
Travis Tritt Releases Ninth Studio Album
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Multi-platinum country singer,
songwriter, performer and musician Travis Tritt releases the most
uncompromising album of his career, and he's set up the 12-song project with
an equally aggressive schedule of media appearances.
My Honky Tonk History, produced by Tritt and Billy Joe Walker, Jr., is the
most explosive album of the acclaimed performer's career. Having spent his
entire career defying those who would pigeonhole him, earning respect as an
accomplished talent in genres ranging from bluegrass to soul, Tritt is
confounding predictions again with his most singularly southern rock and
country release yet, his ninth album and third for Columbia Records Nashville.
After a chart-climbing first single, "The Girl's Gone Wild," Tritt
releases the timely follow-up, "What Say You," a politically-slanted duet with
John Mellencamp. Grammy Award winning instrumentalist Bela Fleck plays
mandolin on the song.
Other media on the docket include an Aug. 24 performance on "Late Night
with Craig Kilborn," a spot on entertainment news magazine "Extra," and an
interview for an upcoming ESPN documentary about the late NASCAR legend Dale
Earnhardt. Travis will also perform at the Republican National Convention on
August 30th.
Travis is also the only country artist invited to perform at the
prestigious Ray Charles benefit concert in Los Angeles on September 29. Other
notable performers include James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Stevie Wonder and
host Bill Cosby. The All-Star Tribute Gala announces the unveiling of the
future Ray Charles Performing Arts Center, to be built on the Morehouse
College campus in Atlanta, Ga.
With the 1990 release of his debut album Country Club, Travis Tritt
quickly established himself as one of country music's most popular, acclaimed
and diverse artists. Despite attempts to peg him as a country-rocker, he has
repeatedly shown an aptitude for defying convention. Whether it's picking up a
banjo with the likes of the late Bill Monroe or Earl Scruggs, or breathing R&B
fire with Patti Labelle or Ray Charles, Tritt has earned his acceptance as a
musician's musician.
"Travis Tritt's History is full of memorable songs." - USA Today (3 out
of 4 stars)
"'History' just might go down as his best work to date." - MSNBC.com
Source: Victoria Advocate
MUSIC REVIEW: Travis Tritt is on target
August 19, 2004
By DERRIK J. LANG, Associated Press
(AP) - Country music rebel Travis Tritt's "My Honky Tonk History" begins with the sound of a gunshot, which is appropriate because this long-haired sun-of-a-gun hits the bull's-eye with "History."
The lyrics are standard redneck fare, often entering too-much-information territory. "I love the smell of cigarettes and whiskey on a woman's breath," Tritt growls during the opening track. Yee-haw! These no-holds-barred revelations make the supercharged CD an honest and genuine affair.
Unlike many contemporary gelled pretty-boy country stars, Tritt's an outlaw. But he's got allies. John Mellencamp joins Tritt for a raspy and catchy duet on "What Say You." Gretchen Wilson seamlessly screams in the background on "Too Far to Turn Around," a song she co-wrote.
"History" has a rough country-rock edge that will appeal to both listeners who wear trucker hats because they're hip and listeners who wear trucker hats because they're truckers. The pace is as frenetic as a bar room brawl, moving from a cheesy spring break tale about a woman going wild reality TV-style ("The Girl's Gone Wild") to an infectious lawyer-bashing anthem ("It's All About the Money").
Tritt's ninth studio CD isn't all guns and punches. "Circus Leaving Town" is a quintessential twangy ballad suitable for crying in beer - or cotton candy. Tritt becomes a sad clown wailing about the complicated end of a relationship. The steel guitar stings in just the right places.
Throughout "History," Tritt balances between being a whole lot of country and a good share of rock 'n' roll. "History" just might go down as his best work to date.
"My Honky Tonk History" is released by Columbia.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
My Honky Tonk History
(Columbia ***)
The first single from Travis Tritt's new album is the flimsy country-rocker "The Girl's Gone Wild." It's summer, though, the season for the frivolous, so we'll cut him a break. Besides, the rest of My Honky Tonk History offers much meatier fare, reflecting the stature of a singer who has matured into a star of satisfying substance.
Tritt continues to alternate between rowdy good ol' boy and reflective balladeer, but he does so with an ever-growing command and an ear for good material.
Numbers such as "Honky-Tonk History" and "What Say You" (with John Mellencamp) rock with bravado but not bluster, and "Monkey Around" is a kick-tail roadhouse romp. The singer likewise avoids gloss on the slow stuff. "I See Me" is a tender, ambivalent meditation on a young son, and "Circus Leaving Town" and "Small Doses" employ the classic sounds of steel-drenched country to great effect.
- Nick Cristiano
Source: Indystar.com
"My Honky Tonk History," Sony/Columbia Records. Reviewed by Greg Crawford, Detroit Free Press
So you're a country music newbie and you're ready to learn a little honky-tonk history? Travis Tritt has some incredible lessons to teach you.
Sure, the Georgia-born bad boy has Southern rock, blues and gospel in his blood, but when he pours his big, soulful voice into a hard-core country ballad, the results are nothing short of spine-tingling.
"My Honky Tonk History" delivers three fine examples: "We've Had it All," a George Jones-worthy tune Tritt wrote with Marty Stuart; "Small Doses," a heartache-and-whiskey lament that could do wonders for Jim Beam revenues; and the aching "Circus Leaving Town," an old-time country weeper about the perils of life on the road that was written and originally recorded by the little-known Philip Claypool.
Elsewhere, Tritt smokes on a cover of Delbert McClinton's bluesy "Monkey Around" and belts out some rebel-flag rock with label mate Gretchen Wilson on "Too Far to Turn Around." Less pleasing are the politically ambiguous "What Say You" (a duet with John Mellencamp) and first single "The Girl's Gone Wild" (a silly but, alas, successful bid for airplay). Think of them as minor missteps, and look for "My Honky Tonk History" on best-of lists at the end of 2004.
Source: The Union Leader NH
Bernadette Malone: Oddness of conservatives in New York
By BERNADETTE MALONE
NEW YORK feels odd this weekend, the eve of the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden. But having lived in Manhattan for a little over a year now, I can state the weirdness is not brought about by all the extra precautions against terrorist attacks. New Yorkers are used to that now. It happens every few months when crowds gather for New Years Eve and the Fourth of July, or when a new plot is exposed. And its not because anti-Bush anarchists some with very violent records are descending on the city, according to the New York Daily News. On any normal day, you cant go a few blocks in New York City without running into an anti-greed/anti-war/anti-synthetic materials protest.
No, the strangeness in the air in New York City can only be attributed to one factor: flaming, out-of-the-closet, in-your-face festivities for conservative Republicans, hosted by conservative Republicans, at hot spots all over New York places usually reserved for the liberal elite like Gwyneth Paltrow.
Five, six, seven, eight parties a night. And Im invited? I, the lone right-winger of Greenwich Village, whose idea of a wild night out is hunkering down with one or two other like-minded subversives in a hole-in-the-wall pub, perfecting the Libertarian manifesto, am invited to big glamorous parties on the island of Manhattan? The idea is almost indigestible.
Id mention where these spectacular fetes are being held, and who is hosting them, but Im afraid if I did the enemy would sabotage them. (The enemy has nowhere else to gather since a judge just ruled Central Park was off-limits to protesters because theyd destroy the $18 million Great Lawn. Funny how militant environmentalists always ruin the lawn.)
I worry the sight of conservatives openly celebrating a conservative President on the island of Manhattan is likely to enrage the enemy further. In a way, I feel like were asking for trouble. Like the Orangemen, with their annual parade through Catholic towns in Northern Ireland, commemorating the victory of the Protestant King William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
But thats a yearly occurrence, and this is truly a first in New York City in modern times. Maybe conservative Republicans held sway in New York City during the era of the robber barons or something, but for a 31-year-old who grew up under Ed Koch and David Dinkins before fleeing, the sight of hoards of smiling, clean-cut, polite people cavorting and celebrating in the streets of Manhattan creates unbearable cognitive dissonance in my head.
Where is the sound of bongo drums? The scent of incense mixed with reefer? The sight of curse-words and nasty Bush innuendo on banners and T-shirts? (Smug note: Former Democrat Mayor Ed Koch, who is smiling, clean-cut, and polite, has seen the light, at age 79, and is endorsing George W. Bush.)
The first revelers arrived in town last weekend. The Bohemian occupants of my apartment building rather, commune have never seen such a sight as the cast of characters who ascended the stairs to my third-floor walk-up with beer, wine and mirth: Republican National Committee staffers wearing button-down shirts and pleated khakis. Pro-life activists sporting giant buttons protesting federally funded embryonic stem cell research. Right-wing journalists buddying up with them for a scoop.
The gathering got so rowdy and went so late I took the crowd outside to one of the all-night open air cafes on my street. There, two doors down from the Anti-Imperialist, Unoppressive Bargain Bookstore, we hooted and hollered about the ban on gay marriage in the Republican platform..amongst hostile tables full of real-life Village People.
Musicians who agree with us are coming into the city to perform for us musicians like Charlie Daniels and Travis Tritt. The gorgeous actress Angie Harmon is co-hosting an event. Is this what life in the Hamptons is like? We wouldnt know; conservatives arent invited to the Hamptons.
Savor it, I know. If I survive the international terrorists and domestic anarchists this week, it will be back to nights spent bickering with the neighborhood food co-op and the Marxist pamphleteer on the corner.
Bernadette Malone is a former editorial page director of The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News.
Source: NWItimes.com
Price 'correction' could tame big-name shows
This story ran on nwitimes.com on Sunday, August 29, 2004 12:02 AM CDT
Charles Blum, President, Star Plaza Theater
Charles Blum has a hunch it wasn't a knee injury that caused Britney Spears to cancel her summer concert tour. And Christina Aguilera's tour wasn't sidelined, he suspects, by strained vocal cords.
The real culprit, he says, was lousy ticket sales.
After demanding sky-high prices for popular concert tickets, the music industry is undergoing a price "correction," said Blum, president of Star Plaza Theater in Merrillville.
"The business model that has been in place no longer works," he said. "That model was: Charge what you want, people will come."
By contrast, Star Plaza's sales have been on the rise, in part by charging 20 percent to 40 percent less than downtown Chicago venues and offering free parking, Blum said.
"Since our pricing is so reasonable, people have the financial ability to come back and see two, three or four shows during the course of the year," he said.
Blum manages to control costs by not scheduling many shows during the competitive summer season: Star Plaza has only has two concerts in August. Blum also doesn't pursue many high-priced, A-list stars like Spears and Aguilera.
"I like to say Star Plaza goes after low-hanging fruit" such as comedian Steve Harvey and country singer Travis Tritt, Blum said. "The perception may be that they are not superstar artists, but they are sell-out artists," he said.
Randy James, Medill News Service
Source: Detroit News Entertainment Insider
Planning ahead:
Saturday, September 4 - Travis Tritt, country. Jerome-Duncan Ford Theatre at Freedom Hill, Sterling Heights. (586) 268-7820.
Source: Herald & Review
Friday, August 20, 2004 12:00 AM CDT
Friendship bears fruit for Travis Tritt: Singer to share State Fair stage with mentor
By TAMELA MEREDITH PARTRIDGE - For the Herald & Review
When Travis Tritt released his 1989 debut single, "Country Club," he quickly earned the respect of one of Nash;ville's most influential country club members.
"Charlie Daniels was the first person to sort of take me under his wing when I came into this business 15 years ago," said Tritt, who will perform with Daniels at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield tonight. "Charlie hired me sight unseen to open shows for him when all I had out was that first single.
"We've written songs together and been tremendous friends ever since."
Tritt's friendships have also born fruit in his latest album, which includes songs written with or performed with several country music greats.
Tritt's ninth studio album, "My Honky-Tonk History," was released Tuesday. Tritt co-produced the 12-song project with Billy Joe Walker Jr. and co-wrote the song "We've Had It All" with friend and country singer Marty Stuart.
The album also includes a duet with John Mellencamp, "What Say You," and Gretchen Wilson's background vocals and co-writing talents on "Gone Too Far to Turn Around."
"I had a lot of really good help on this album," Tritt said. "It has some beautiful ballads and straight-ahead country songs. But for the most part, I think it's the most up tempo, summertime, feel-good album I've done in my career."
Tritt was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1992 and has topped the charts with such No. 1 hits as "Help Me Hold On," "Anymore," "Can I Trust You With My Heart," "Foolish Pride" and "Best of Intentions."
"I love a great lyric that tells a story or makes you feel like the singer has been reading your mail," said the Georgia-born singer, songwriter and guitarist. "I'll divulge things in my songs about my personal life that I'll never talk about in interviews."
The first single from "My Honky-Tonk History" is the steadily climbing hit, "The Girl's Gone Wild."
"That song makes me want to get in my vehicle, roll the windows down, turn up the speaker volume to 10 and drive a little faster than I should," Tritt said.
"It draws a good, strong picture of being out on the beach and seeing girls - ages 16 to 60 and older - having fun with all their other girlfriends and how much fun it is watching them have a good time."
On the big screen, Tritt landed an acting role in the upcoming Tim Sullivan horror film "2001 Maniacs."
"I play this evil gas station attendant who goes around warning all these teenagers about the impending doom they're about to get into," said Tritt, whose prior film credits include "Outlaw Justice," "Blues Brothers 2000" and "The Cowboy Way."
"When you hear actors talking about bad guy roles being the most fun to play, that's absolutely a fact. It saves me a whole lot of money on therapy too. I get all those feelings and emotions out and get by with a whole lot of things I'd never be able to get by with in reality."
If you go
WHO: Travis Tritt, with the Charlie Daniels Band.
WHERE: Grandstand, Illinois State Fair, Springfield.
WHEN: 8 p.m. today.
TICKETS: $25, $22.50, $20 at 1-800-827-8927.
ON THE WEB: www.travistritt.com.
Source: ToledoBlade.com
Article published Sunday, August 22, 2004
Former 'bad boy' Travis Tritt changes his life, but not his music
By BRIAN DUGGER
BLADE STAFF WRITER
In 1992, Travis Tritt found his little slice of heaven - a cabin in the mountains of Georgia. That little cabin became an occasional retreat, a place to go to walk along the lake or maybe write a few songs.
A couple years later, he'd bring his soon-to-be-wife, Theresa, to dream about the future.
"I started taking her there, and we'd talk about kids, about what a great place this would be to bring them to," Tritt says from his main home, a 75-acre farm near Atlanta.
Nine years of marriage and three children later, the giddiness is evident in his voice as he talks about taking Theresa; his daughter, Tyler, 6; and sons, Tristan, 5, and Tarian, 8 months, to the cabin a couple of weeks ago.
"Every other time we'd bring them, they'd be too small to do anything," Tritt says. "We hadn't seen the place in about 18 months, but this time it was a red-letter day for me, man. I got them up on kneeboards, out on an inner tube, even taught them to skip rocks."
Could it be? Travis Tritt, the former bad boy of country music whose past included "drugs, alcohol, all the excesses that being a successful musician and celebrity bring," is now 41 years old and spends time skipping stones and going to dance recitals?
Yep.
"A few years ago, career was my number one priority. I still like to be in the studio and record, definitely love to perform live, but those things have taken a back seat to my family," he says. "Everyone grows up eventually. Everyone is going to have that time where they sow their wild oats, find out what life's all about. Someone asked me the other day if I regret anything. I look back over my life, and I made mistakes, but I don't regret anything. It's part of growing up.
I've changed my personal life, but I haven't changed my taste in music."
His taste in music will be on display in the area twice this summer. He will be playing at the Allen County Fair on Saturday, then at the Sandusky State Theatre on Sept. 24.
Travis Tritt is all about southern-rocking country, and that style has never been more evident than in his current album, "My Honky Tonk History," which was released Tuesday.
"Most of the time when I finish an album, I'll sit down and listen, but often I'll wish I had a barn-burner song like 'T-R-O-U-B-L-E.'
"That's usually the hardest thing for me to find. But the first three or four songs I got were all uptempo. I started seeing the direction this thing was going, so I said let's let the river run," he says.
What that decision meant was that Tritt, a prolific songwriter, put all but one of the songs that he had written back on the shelf. The only song on the album that he penned is "We've Had It All."
"What I'd done wasn't fitting the flow of the album. This turned out to be the most uptempo, country-rock sound of my career."
It's also an album notable for the people who collaborated with Tritt in making it.
The second track, "Too Far to Turn Around," was co-written by Gretchen Wilson. Long before Wilson became an international hit, she was a struggling songwriter and demo singer who had done some work with Tritt's producer, Billy Joe Walker, Jr. The first time Tritt heard "Too Far to Turn Around," it was on a demo with a male voice.
Wilson's publishing house sent over a copy with her voice on it.
"She has this incredible bluesy voice. I said we have to bring her in on this album," Tritt says, so Wilson's vocals provide the background on the track.
"She was talking to Billy Joe, telling him how close she was to leaving. Within a few days, she gets signed to a record deal, I'm recording her song, and she finds out that I want her to come in and sing on the album. It reminds me of when I was a young artist.
"Someone told me that a musical career is a rocket ride. If you hit, it's going to be like a rocket. It's amazing how fast things can change."
Track four, "What Say You," is a duet with John Mellencamp. It's a song about listening to opposing views, and the pairing couldn't fulfill the message more perfectly. Tritt is an ardent supporter of President Bush and will be appearing at the Republican National Convention in New York City later this month. Mellencamp has joined a long list of artists who are putting on concerts to raise money in support of John Kerry.
"I've done so many duets, most with country artists. I wanted to do something outside of country. When we studied a list of names, John's came up, and I thought it was perfect. Our voices melded well, and we're about as far apart politically as you could get. I sent the song to him, and he saw the same thing."
For Tritt, this is album No. 11. The first 10 have sold more than 20 million copies and spawned a string of hits, including "Country Club," "T-R-O-U-B-L-E," "Here's a Quarter," "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde," "It's a Great Day to Be Alive," and "Best of Intentions."
"If I don't love a song, I don't record it. It has to move me. I've stuck by that philosophy my whole career," he says.
Tritt is atypical in Nashville in that he usually takes at least two years between albums. Many of today's artists go two or three songs deep on an album, then put out another one to maximize sales.
"I'm not a one-album-a-year type of a guy. We try to record quality, not quantity. I go in with the intention of getting four singles off an album. I've always recorded albums with the approach that every song can be a single," Tritt says. "It's not about the money to me or the need to have my name in front of people constantly. I've actually found that if you take time away, peopl etend to miss you, and it creates a buzz when you come back."
At his upcoming shows, Tritt plans to show off the songs on the new album but he'll also pull out the oldies.
"The good news about being a 15-year vet is that you have a ton of hits to go back to. No one does a more energetic show that reaches a broader demographic than we do," Tritt says. "I have more fun on stage than I do any other place in my career. Every day I'm on the road, I look forward to getting on stage for those two hours. I get the same goose bumps and excitement level backstage when the lights go down and I hear the roar of the crowd as I did 20 years ago."
Travis Tritt will be playing at the Allen County Fair, 2750 State Rt. 309, Lima, with Chris LeDoux on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 or $25 and can be purchased at the fair, by phone at 419-228-7141, or online at www.allencountyfair.org. He will be at the Sandusky State Theatre, 107 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, at 8 p.m. on Sept. 24. Tickets are $45 or $48 and can be ordered by phone at 419-626-1950.
Contact Brian Dugger at: bdugger@theblade.com or 419-724-6183.
Source: CMT.com
Mon. August 23.2004 11:46 AM EDT
Tritt to Release Mellencamp Duet to Radio
Travis Tritt will release his duet with John Mellencamp, "What Say You," to country radio. Tritt says, "The pairing of the two of us describes what the song is talking about: Two people from different sides of the political spectrum and yet able to have a dialogue. It worked on so many levels. He loved the song and felt exactly the same way. Perfect song at the perfect time." It's the second single from Tritt's new album, My Honky Tonk History.
Source: Yahoo.com
Special Interests to Woo Powerful at RNC
Sat Aug 28, 4:07 PM ET
By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - It's party time for trade associations, companies and interest groups at the GOP convention in New York, and each is trying to outdo the next in gimmicks to lure movers and shakers.
The dozens of special-interest parties include a trapshooting tournament and "Wild West" bash sponsored by the American Gas Association, a Travis Tritt concert courtesy of General Motors, ice cream socials with Mastercard and Verizon and an NFL Hall of Fame breakfast.
"It's the place to be seen and to see people," said James Albertine, a Washington lobbyist and immediate past president of the American League of Lobbyists attending the GOP gathering. "It's not a vacation, for lobbyists at least. It's work."
The convention offers lobbyists valuable face time with policy-makers from the statehouses, Congress and the Bush administration and a chance to line up new clients. For companies, it is also an opportunity to promote their brand names and specific products.
Nextel, for example, beat out the competition to become the event's official cellular provider. General Motors is providing the convention with more than 200 cars, eight buses and pickup trucks, including vehicles promoting its hybrid-fuel technology.
A local committee helping the Republican National Committee (news - web sites) throw the convention raised at least $60 million and is still soliciting donations. While the national parties can no longer collect corporate, union and unlimited donations known as soft money, convention "host committees" can.
The New York host committee refused to disclose how much each donor gave until after the convention. More than five-dozen companies ranging from the Allied-Domecq liquor empire to the Waste Management garbage hauler donated enough to earn a "thank you" on a convention Web site.
Several businesses and trade associations are using the convention to get a little closer to particular lawmakers, throwing events in their honor around New York.
PepsiCo is holding a reception honoring Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, using a "Temple of Dendur" theme in the museum's Sackler Wing as the backdrop. Frist and fellow Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander (news - web sites) will be honored at a reception at Sotheby's sponsored by Nissan and the American Gas Association.
General Motors is sponsoring a brunch at the Tavern on the Green for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. The MassMutual Financial Group, Liberty Mutual, Fidelity Investments and Raytheon are holding a clambake for Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his state convention delegation that includes music by "Saturday Night Live" alumnus Joe Piscopo and his 17-piece band.
"Guests will have the opportunity to preview the most exclusive and prestigious jewels in the world. Try them on, indulge yourself," says the invitation to a "Jewels of Cartier" event that lobbyists are helping throw in honor of Texas Rep. Henry Bonilla (news, bio, voting record) at the Cartier Mansion.
The chairman of the Senate energy committee, New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici (news, bio, voting record), will be feted at a reception financed by the America Petroleum Institute, Anardako Petroleum, BP, Chevron, Texaco, Shell and other petroleum industry giants.
A who's-who of the railroad industry, including the Association of American Railroads, Union Pacific, Burlington Northern and CSX are financing a luncheon and tour of a Johnny and June Carter Cash exhibit at Sotheby's for Frist's predecessor as Senate Republican leader, Trent Lott of Mississippi, who serves on the Senate transportation committee.
Top Washington business lobbies and other interest groups also have busy calendars in New York. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (news - web sites), National Rifle Association and National Federation of Independent Business are all offering hospitality to lawmakers and other convention guests.
**Added July 24, 2004:
Travis is currently in the Hot Spot on CMT.com. There you can hear his new album, "My Honky Tonk History", on Sony Records, due for release August 17. You can also hear the album by going to the Music section of my site. Songs are credited to CMT.com, but we recorded on my computer using Cool Edit 2000.
**Added July 18, 2004:
Uploaded a wav of Travis singing Bob Segar's "Night Moves", from Acoustic Country back in 1994. You can find that in the Media section.
*IMPORTANT INFO REGARDING PHOTO ALBUM - July 7, 2004:
To my knowledge the photo albums (hosted at Photobucket.com) are back up and running, so feel free to hop over and check them out.
**Added July 7, 2004:
Source: SonyNashville.COM
travistrittmusic.com
Travis Tritt's new single, "The Girl's Gone Wild," has struck a chord with women across America. Heiress Paris Hilton and partner-in-crime Nicole Richie tapped the song for their hit reality show on Fox "Simple Life 2." A portion of the song will be used over a scene where Paris and Nicole help a 13-year-old girl shop for her first date. The episode airs on July 7. Check your local listing.
*IMPORTANT INFO REGARDING PHOTO ALBUM - June 29, 2004:
I'm sorry to report that Photobucket had some problems, and therefore a lot of albums are down, including mine. So if you are trying to access my photo album, please be patient. I will add an updated message on here when it's back up, so please check back. So for those using my avatars on the message board, they are currently unavailable and will show a box with a red X in them. Here is the message from Alex (Photobucket.com):
Very Sorry ;(
Somedays I want to throw in the towel, but you all know me by now. The same raid card that was giving us problems last week, did it again. I am contacting our vendors now and are requesting full replacement of the hardward. Keep you updated. Again, this is not what I planned on! ~Alex (Administrator)
Update - I have brought down a master fileserver and am doing filesystem checks because it was throwing nasty errors and I'd hate to lose data. Dell is getting us a new card right now, I think it could a little bit so unfortunately, some albums will remain down. Look for updates and please don't email me saying you can't get into your album.
**Added June 29, 2004:
Source: Travis Tritt Cyber Message Board
TRAVIS TRITT'S WIFE IDENTIFIES WITH "GIRLS" SINGLE
Travis Tritt says that one of the reasons he recorded "The Girl's Gone Wild," is because his wife, Theresa, liked it so much. "The first time I heard it, just a guitar vocal the writer had laid down, I heard it with my wife, in the car... and she takes a trip every year, just her and her girlfriends, where they'll go down to the beach someplace, usually Florida, and they'll just spend a week for a girl's trip," he explains. "So, she immediately latched onto every line in the song (because) that's exactly what they do. And it's funny, as I've gone around and talked to women in just the past few months, I find that's not just something for girls that are teenagers just getting out of high school, there's still women in their 60s that go to somewhere, without the guys and just have a good time. So, the song has a wide appeal in that respect. So I liked the song when I first heard it, but I was bowled over by my wife's reaction to the song. She really dug it and I knew if you can make that kind of connection, you got something going on there."
**Added June 24, 2004:
Okay, I finally added a chatroom to the site, so feel free to surf on over to the Extra section and click on Chat. Be sure to check back for chat sessions. I will post them in a section on the chat page.
**Added June 15, 2004:
Source: Superlative Super Street Team
To clear up some confusion from the original email
<<< In stores on August 17th will be the new Travis Tritt CD titled, My Honky Tonk History. One of the tracks on this CD, "We've Had It All" is a song that Marty and Travis penned in early 2002.>>>
The song "We've Had It All" is a song written by Marty & Travis (performed by Travis), it is not performed as a duet.
**Added June 12, 2004:
Source: SonyNashville.COM
TRAVIS TRITT:
Travis Tritt is gearing up for the August 17 release of his ninth album, his third for Columbia Records, My Honky Tonk History. Tritt invited a few extraordinary friends to help craft his album. Highlights include a duet with John Mellencamp - "What Say You," "Gone Too Far To Turn Around" - a song co-written by Sony label mate Gretchen Wilson, who lends background vocals on the track, and a song co-written with the extraordinary Marty Stuart - "We've Had It All." Tritt's first single from the album, "The Girl's Gone Wild," features the kind of engine-screaming up-tempo fire that has marked earlier Tritt hits like "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" and "Put Some Drive In Your Country."
**Added June 11, 2004:
Source: TravisTritt.COM
TRAVIS TRITT REMARKS ON THE LIFE OF FELLOW MUSICIAN AND FRIEND RAY CHARLES
"I was deeply saddened by the passing of Ray Charles," Travis Tritt said. "Obviously the influence he had on me and my music from as far back as I can remember was monumental. I always take pride in the fact that I share the same home state of Georgia as Ray.
"I am a huge fan and avid student of his singing style. My life long dream was to have an opportunity to meet and record with Ray. The opportunity came last year when I taped and recorded a CMT Crossroads special with him, and I count that as a high point in my life. As an added bonus, I not only had the chance to witness his overwhelming talent first hand while sharing the stage with him, but I also found a new and true friend. He called me back in his dressing room after the special, pulled me in real close and said: 'Im going to give you my number and I want you to call'... and he meant it. We kept in touch and he flew in to catch one of my shows.
"I will always cherish the memory of his friendship and his hospitality to me."
Travis also said about Rays tremendous impact on country music, "as soon as I heard Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music when I was a kid, the first thing I wanted to do was go home, rush home, and see if I could sing like him. I remember hearing Ray do those things like 'Born to Lose' and 'I Cant Stop Loving You' and I found that while I couldnt get in his world I could sing that style of music. I could sing with that soul. As far as Im concerned, he did more to open doors in the 1960s for a whole new audience of country music listeners than anybody since him or before. If they dont find a place for Ray Charles in the Country Music Hall of Fame theyre crazy."
**Added June 4, 2004:
Source: TravisTritt.COM
TRAVIS TO SIT ON G-8 PANEL
On June 8, Travis will sit on a panel with dignitaries of the world at the international Group of Eight (G8) Summit in Sea Island, GA. Invited by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, this Georgia native will participate in the George Entertainment panel discussion with heads of state from the United States of America, the French Republic, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, the Republic of Italy and Canada. During the three-day summit, thousands of government officials and diplomats will gather and discuss global issues including terrorism, HIV/AIDS, and third world economic development.
Source: TravisTritt.COM
TRAVIS KICKS OF THE SUMMER WITH A VARIETY OF TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Tuesday, June 22nd 11:05 PM Central/12:05 AM Eastern
Reaching out to millions of US households, Travis is set to perform his first single, The Girls Gone Wild from his upcoming album, My Honky Tonk History on the late night program Jimmy Kimmel Live on June 22nd. This will mark the national television premiere of Travis performing his racous track.
Thursday, June 24th CNBC 9-10 p.m. ET
Travis will go head to head with comedian Dennis Miller on his primetime CNBC talk show on Thursday, June 24th. Hitting the current topics of the day, week and hour, the show is sure to be informative, opinionated and entertaining.
Friday night, June 25th on PBS--check your local listing for times
Travis will then sit with acclaimed television anchor Tavis Smiley. Tavis show has welcome dignitaries such as Sen, John Kerry, Bill Cosby and Prince. .
**Added: June 2, 2004:
Source: Superlative Street Team Staff
Looking for a new Marty & Travis song?
In stores on August 17th will be the new Travis Tritt CD titled, My Honky Tonk History. One of the tracks on this CD, "We've Had It All" is a song that Marty and Travis penned in early 2002.
**Updated May 16, 2004:
Added soundbytes of Travis from Full Access: On Tour With Travis Tritt (1994), Inside Fame (2003), On The Record with Ralph Emery (1996), and the Disney: Coming Home Special (1995), as well as other television appearances. You can check these out by going to the MEDIA section, then to the Soundbytes.
**Updated April 20, 2004:
Added a site map to the menu, so you can click on that to find your way around the site. Also, added a Credits & Thank you section, located on the site map page.
**Added April 17, 2004:
Added wav files of Travis' performance on the Grand Ole Opry. Songs include "Modern Day Bonnie & Clyde", "Ten Feet Tall & Bulletproof", and a new song, "Circus Leaving Town", from his upcoming "Honky Tonk History", set to hit stores in mid-summer. Check out the MEDIA page for these files. Also, added two desktop themes to the EXTRA section. One of Travis and one of the Tritt Family. Both files contain wallpaper, screensaver, icons, cursors, sounds, and font files.
**Added April 14, 2004:
Added soundwavs of I Walk The Line, Phantom Of The Opry, I Finally Passed The Bar, Change In The Weather, Amie, & True Love Never Dies from various albums Travis has appeared on. Go to the MEDIA page to hear the soundbites. Also, added a listing of Travis' Country Club band, located on the BIO page (located under the TRAVIS section).
**Added April 11, 2004:
TRAVIS ON THE GRAND OL OPRY APRIL 17th
Watch Travis along with Wynonna, Trace Adkins, Vince Gill on GAC's Opry Live, April 17th at 8PM and 11PM Eastern
**Added March 25, 2004:
TRAVIS TRITT AND WALLY DALLENBACK TO HOST NEW WEEKLY RADIO PROGRAM
Travis and racing analyst Wally Dallenback will host a rocking, five-hour weekend radio show that will combine their mutual love of racing with their love of Country music. Roadhouse Weekend is a music-intensive show, offering listener call-ins, rocking, uptempo Country music, and artist interviews. The show will frequently originate from Travis' tour date locations and from race sites.
Being billed as the party before the party, Roadhouse Weekend will air from 7-midnight on Friday or Saturday nights. This is a syndicated radio program that will air coast to coast but only on radio stations that have subscribed to the show.
Roadhouse Weekend is slated to debut in mid-April. Check your local radio stations to see if Roadhouse Weekend will air in your city.
**Updated March 22, 2004:
Source: TravisTritt.com
NEW SINGLE FROM TRAVIS' UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASED TO RADIO IN APRIL
The new single from Travis' upcoming album on Columbia Records is titled "The Girl's Gone Wild" and will be released to radio stations everywhere in April.
The album is titled My Honky Tonk History and is scheduled for release mid-Summer.
**Updated March 21, 2004:
Added a wav file of Travis & Trace Adkins singing "Jailhouse Rock" from CBS' "Yes Dear" from February 23. You can find that file on the MEDIA page.
**Added January 25, 2004:
Happy birthday to me! Woo Hooo!! Okay, enough of that, on to the news:
Source: TravisTritt.COM
Travis Tritt and Trace Adkins will guest star on CBS' "Yes, Dear" on Monday, February 23 on CBS. The guys will play criminals Hank and Curtis, who are assigned to shadow Greg (Anthony Clark) and Jimmy (Mike O'Malley) at the film studio as part of a program designed to integrate soon-to-be-released prisoners back into a working environment. However, Greg and Jimmy discover that they are not as rehabilitated as everyone seems to think when Hank and Curtis rob a convenience store on their watch.
**Updated: January 9, 2004:
Added a new layout, so I hope you like it.
**Added November 23, 2003:
TRAVIS TRITT'S TRIO COMPLETE WITH NEW FAMILY ADDITION
Nashville, TN. Nov. 21, 2003 - On the red carpet at this year's CMA Awards show Travis Tritt's gorgeous wife, Theresa, looked especially radiant. Yes, she was wearing a stylish designer dress but the fact that she was nearly nine months pregnant gave her an illuminating glow. The Tritt's had made preparations with hospitals along the route home to Georgia should the baby decide to make a CMA night appearance of his own. Luckily, the stork waited and landed yesterday in Georgia.
Tarian Nathaniel Tritt made his red carpet arrival on Nov. 20 at 1:26am. The newborn weighed in at 6 lbs. 12oz and is 18 inches long. Mother and newborn were welcomed home from a Marietta area hospital today. The baby boy makes up the third part of the trio of Tritt children along with brother, Tristan and sister, Tyler.
Country superstar, Tritt states, "We named the baby Tarian because it means 'physically strong and ambitious'. Since this pregnancy came as a surprise, we chose the middle name of Nathaniel because it means 'gift from God'. Theresa just rolls her eyes when I point out how cool I think it is that his initials are TNT. We are both thrilled that our new family member has arrived and is healthy and happy."
Proud papa, Travis is relieved of diaper changing duties for now as he recovers from major surgery intended to repair the rotator cuff in his right shoulder.
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