TRAVIS TRITT

                                                              "Get A Little Rowdy" 

                                                              Copperhill Records

"Help Me Hold On,” "Anymore,” "Can I Trust You with My Heart,” "Foolish Pride,” and "Best of Intentions,” are the very well-recognized #1 charting songs on the resume of country superstar Travis Tritt. That’s not even to mention smash hits such as “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive,” “Modern Day Bonnie & Clyde,” “T-R-O-U-B-L-E,” and his amazing cover of the Eagles “Take It Easy.”

Travis has absolutely solidified his status as a pioneer of the new generation over his 30+ year career, and on May 26, 2023, he revisits the songs that earned him his first-ever record deal on his album Proud of the Country.

Known for his outlaw influenced sound, the boot stomping honky-tonk rhythm of focus track “Get A Little Rowdy” appropriately embodies the spirit of Merle Haggard’s “Working Man Blues” as he slides the listener into a Friday night dance hall, igniting our speakers as he sings of how playing honky-tonks has brought him a lot of heartaches and cost him a few girlfriends and a wife.

However, Tritt quickly flips the script when he declares that he’s gonna keep playing his country songs until the bars shut down because there ain’t nothin’ better than getting rowdy with an all-night crowd.

In a true showing of his earliest intuition as a songwriter and performer, Travis injects this song with plenty of audience participation moments in a craftiness that tells us how much he’s known from the start of his career the importance of live shows and leaving a strong, lasting connection with the fans.

“I get a little rowdy in my songs, clap your hands and sing along

“It might pick you up if you’ve been feeling blue”

“Let’s all just have a good time forget your problems for a while”

The jam session after the first chorus perfectly allows the instrumentation its momentary room to shine while it places the 1-2 beat of the fast, two-stepping melody into the spotlight as it laces through the blue-collar kissed good-time anthem.

By diving back to the very beginnings of his career, even before he was known worldwide, Travis Tritt gives us a very intriguing look at where he comes from and how it all began. His ability to craft a song that paints vivid pictures - something that would become one of his strong suits - is certainly on display as the listener is transported to the half-filled, smokey barrooms where he cut his teeth on unsuspecting crowds who didn’t even realize then that they were witnessing one of country music’s next big stars, but who would later be saying that they were there back when.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)