Taped at the beautiful Tivoli Theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee, this 2002 concert is terrific; Travis Tritt is a man who's paid his dues the hard way, and though he's had a lot of success, has yet to be fully acknowledged by the country music establishment for his talent as a singer/songwriter and dynamic performer, but the fans in this concert attest to his devoted following however, with a sold-out crowd responding with cheers and applause. I've been a Tritt fan since the early '90s, and have always liked the honesty and earthiness he brings to his music.
Travis is a dynamo on stage in the up-tempo numbers with a back-up band of brilliant musicians, and for a change of pace, the central part of the show has him sitting alone with his guitar, singing "Anymore", "Country Ain't Country", and though I usually prefer Travis in his raucous and rockin' mode, my favorite song in the concert is Charlie Daniels' "Long Haired Country Boy", which Travis sings with a lot of heart and soul, and with a great acoustic guitar intro.
The band: Scott Simpson, leader and bass / Wendell Cox, guitar / Paul Kramer, fiddle / Steve Sturm, steel / David Northrup, drums, and Jarred Decker, keyboard. All are superb, and a joy to listen to.
The sound is very good for live concert footage, and total time is 90 minutes.
Song list:
1: "Put Some Drive in Your Country" (Travis Tritt)
2: "Time to Get Crazy" (Tritt/Nicholson)
3: "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" (Harris/Colucci) # 2, 1990
4: "Where Corn Don't Grow" (Murrah/Springer) # 5, 1996
5: "Old Habits" (Hank Williams, Jr.)
6: "Can't Tell Me Nothin'" (Bogard/Giles)
7: "Livin' on Borrowed Time" (Tritt/DiPiero/Robbins)
8: "Anymore" (Tritt/Colucci) # 1, 1991
9: "Country Ain't Country" (Beathard/Boaz/Chamberlain)
10: "Long Haired Country Boy" (Charlie Daniels)
11: "The Love of a Woman" (Kevin Brandt) # 2, 2002
12: "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" (Travis Tritt) # 2, 1991
13: "Ten Feet Tall and Bullet Proof" (Travis Tritt)
14: "Country Club" (Jones/Lord) # 9, 1989
15: "Strong Enough to be Your Man" (Travis Tritt)
16: "It's a Great Day to be Alive" (Darrell Scott) # 2, 2001
17: "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" (Jerry Chestnut)
18: "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" (Aldridge/LeBlanc)
19: "Homesick" (Cobb/Buie)
This was a great show, but not quite what I had expected from Mr. Tritt. It was much more mellow and laid back than I had expected it to be. Being a fan of his music since the early 1990's, I expected it to be loud and rowdy. The show was live but not what I would call kickin'. It was, as an earlier reviewer said, more like Travis Tritt unplugged.
His voice, the sound quality, the filming, and the picture quality were all great. The facility in Chattanooga Tennessee, that they chose to film in, was beautiful.
This is something that I would watch over again, so it is well worth the purchase price that Amazon is asking for it. I give it four and a half stars.
I have always liked most Travis cds but, here, I discover his full talent, INCREDIBLE ! If you want a fabulous country music concert buy this one.TOP LEVEL DVD ! The power of Travis voice is incredible, Travis has some key songs sung with his guitar only and you will discover then his incredible talent, I would have never believed any artist can sing alone like that creating such an emotion, such a strong feeling ! he plays and sings WITH HIS HEART AND DELIVERS A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE TO HIS AUDIENCE. to add to the dream, the band is perfect, the sound is perfect and so is the image captured that magic night.
NOW I have a problem, I will have to go back one day to US to see him perform live before I die...
Buy it while you can !
All the best Thierry
Travis Tritt is one of the best country artists of today. His voice sounds great on this DVD and the performance and picture quality is excellent. However, this DVD kind of leaves something to be desired. The main problem is the set list that Travis plays; I don't know about everyone else, but I wanted to see him rockin' on that stage. But he doesn't really start playing any rockin' songs until the last 3 or 4. So almost the whole concert is the slower softer songs, which are good, but I just don't think it's a good idea to play that many in a row. They kind of started to put me to sleep after awhile.
Don't mean to sound negative, I was just hoping to hear Travis rock much more than he did on this DVD.
Travis Tritt is still the sexiest country entertainer out there with a voice that makes me melt. Seeing him is the best!
