My Honky Tonk History

Travis Tritt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 17, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0002MHEPA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,345 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Southern Country Rock, September 10, 2004

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V. Pierce "martyfan" (Tennessee, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Honky Tonk History (Audio CD)

Travis has one of the best voices in Country Music. Unfortunately, country has gone pop. This record returns to Travis' southern rock roots. There is a little too much let's drink and party on the record but it is such a pleasure to hear him I have to overlook that. The only thing missing from this record is a duet with his old pal Marty Stuart. I would love to hear them together again. Travis is best when doing bluesy ballads and hard southern rock. I'm so sick of pop country that anything from Travis is greatly welcome.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Honky tonk through and through!, December 11, 2004

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DanD - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Honky Tonk History (Audio CD)

The album opens with a light, popish piano riff...and then a shotgun blast and screaming electric guitars, and the unforgettable line: "Played a Telecaster/Til my fingers bled Bud Lite". If that ain't honky tonk, I don't know what is.

Travis Tritt is a modern-day outlaw. Though this album doesn't at all showcase his superb songwriting skills, it does highlight is voice and rebellious attitude. The rhythms, the lyrics, the style--it's all here, for your listening pleasure.

While there's a lot of fun and games on this album, it does get serious in spots. The song "We've Had It All" (written by Tritt and friend and frequent collaborator Marty Stuart) is genuinely romantic, while the powerful "Circus Leaving Town" harks back to the days of George Jones and Conway Twitty. "I See Me" is a tender, surprisingly un-cliched look at fatherhood, and "What Say You," the hit duet with John Mellencamp, not only preaches political noncomfority and acceptance, but puts a staunch Democrat and a staunch Republican in the same recording booth. I see a message there, somewhere.

MY HONKY TONK HISTORY is a stellar effort from Travis Tritt. Always an over-the-top performer, with a combination of rebellious attitude and genuine sensitivity, Tritt has managed to make yet another memorable album. Hopefully, this one will reinvigorate his career, and keep him going for many more years. Lord knows, he has the talent.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars He's having fun again!, August 18, 2004

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Bellas Country Music Editor (Alvin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Honky Tonk History (Audio CD)

While I have enjoyed most of Travis Tritt's CD's thru the years, this one is one of the best. He sounds like he is having fun with the music again. There is some controversy over the song "The Girls Gone Wild", some people think it is too close to the videos of a similar name. I, for one, don't think so, it's a music artist enjoying what he is doing.

No matter where you go on this CD, you get the feeling that any of the songs could be playing in a honky tonk on any given night. From the opening notes on the first track to the closing notes on the last track, it's a Travis that sounds like he is getting back to what made him a star in the first place. He shows how he has matured in the ballads and that he still knows how to have fun in the rockin' upbeat songs.

One ballad that stands out is the one that Travis and Marty Stuart wrote together "We've Had It All". You can feel the emotions in the song that seems to have been written for their wives. Another song that leaves an impression on you is "I See Me", you can just see a father remembering the things he has done and his son doing the same things.

All in all, I recommend this to all the Travis Tritt fans out there, old and new. If you haven't been a fan of his before, you should be when you finish listening to this CD.