Travis Tritt is shorter than expected in person. However, his height has nothing to do with the energy, terrific vocals, fancy guitar licks and just plain fun he presents in concert. He unleashed his two-hour stage show at Trump Marina this past Saturday, Nov. 10.
Tritt told us early on that he would not short-change the paying customers with an hour and ten-minute show. He lived up to that promise with a 26 song set that included his hilarious “duet” with Willie Nelson on “Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” Tritt held his finger to his nose to help him channel the nasal sound of Nelson’s vocal style.
Surprisingly, Tritt did only a couple songs from his terrific new country rock/R&B album The Storm. Those songs were the sexy “Rub Off on Me,” and Tritt’s current single, “You Never Take Me Dancing.”
Travis Tritt is not the current flavor of the month in Nashville like the pseudo country pop singer Kenny Chesney. However, you can take a lot of those bland current singers and shove ‘em. Tritt is the real deal as an outlaw country rocker and he proved that with such Tritt hits as “Here’s A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares),” “T-R-O-U-B-L-E,” “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’,” and “Put Some Drive In Your Country.” However, his versatility also shows on his way with a ballad on songs like “I Don’t Love You Anymore,” “Between An Old Memory and Me,” and "Sometimes She Forgets.” Other songs that enhanced the evening were “Great Day to Be Alive” and “Sweet Home Alabama.”