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was born February 9, 1963 in Marietta, Georgia. He loved music as a boy, taught himself to play the guitar at 8 and started writing songs at 14. But he didn't think he could make a living at music and took a series of jobs. By the age of 22, Tritt had been divorced twice. Single again, he committed himself entirely to developing a full time music career. In 1982, Tritt recorded a demo tape at a private studio which was owned by Danny Davenport, who happened to be an executive at Warner Brothers. Davenport heard the vocalist's songs and was impressed, deciding to take Tritt under his wing. For the next several years, the pair recorded demo tapes while Tritt played the honky tonk circuit. Partway through in 1989, Warner Brothers' Nashville division signed Tritt, and his debut album, Country Club, appeared in the stores in the spring 1990. Five singles were released from the album, including Tritt's first number one hit with "Help Me Hold On"' His second album, It's All About to Change, produced three top-3 hits: "Anymore," "Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" and "The Whiskey Ain't Workin,'" for which Tritt won two Grammys. He was also accepted into membership of the Grand Ole Opry in 1992, when he was only 29, making him one of the youngest country music superstars in the U.S.



Tritt followed with T-R-O-U-B-L-E (1992) and Ten Feet Tall & Bulletproof (1994) which went platinum, spawned the number one single "Foolish Pride," and marked Tritt's highest position, number 20, on the pop charts. Tritt came out with his Greatest Hits compilation in 1995 and it went platinum within six months of its November release. Restless Kind was released in 1996, followed two years later by No More Looking Over My Shoulder; Down the Road I Go dropped in the fall 2000. Tritt continues to maintain a following in the new millennium, coming out with a live concert album in 2007 and a new studio effort called The Storm in the same year. "The sound of outlaw music has set me free," Travis Tritt has proclaimed. His fans couldn't be happier for the veteran talent.