Full name: James Travis Tritt
Birth date: Feb. 9, 1963
Birthplace: Marietta, Ga.
Hair: brown
Eyes: blue
Height: 5 ft. 10 in.
Spouse: Teresa Nelson. They were introduced by
Travis' friend and sometime tour partner, Marty Stuart.
Parents: James Tritt, bus driver and former
farmer, and Gwen Tritt, bookkeeper and homemaker
First singing performances: in children's choir at First Assembly Church
of God
Previous jobs: air-conditioning sales, furniture
delivery, construction
Residence: Hiram, Ga.
Joined Grand Ole Opry: February 1992
Country Music Association Awards: 1994 Album;
1992 Vocal Event (with Marty Stuart); 1991 Horizon
Grammys: 1992 Best Vocal Collaboration (with Marty Stuart)
Hobbies: fishing, riding Harley Davidson
motorcycles, scuba diving
Favorite charity: Disabled American Veterans
Acting roles: TV movie Rio Diablo (1993);
feature film The Cowboy Way (1994); episode of Tales From the Crypt (1995)
Billboard Top 10 country singles:
"Country Club" (No. 9, 1989); "Help Me Hold On" (No. 1,
1990); "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" (No. 2, 1990); "Drift Off to
Dream" (No. 3, 1991); "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)"
(No. 2, 1991); "Anymore" (No. 1, 1991); "The Whiskey Ain't
Workin"' (with Marty Stuart, No. 2, 1992); "Nothing Short of
Dying" (No. 4, 1992); "This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long
Time)" (with Marty Stuart, No. 7, 1992); "Lord Have Mercy on the
Working Man" (No. 5, 1992); "Can I Trust You With My Heart" (No.
1, 1993); "Foolish Pride" (No. 1, 1994); "Tell Me I Was
Dreaming" (No. 2, 1995); "Sometimes She Forgets" (No. 7, 1995);
"More Than You'll Ever Know" (No. 3, 1996) "Where Corn Don't
Grow" (1997)
Albums: Country Club (1990); It's All About To
Change (1991); T-R-O-U-B-L-E (1992); A Travis Tritt Christmas (1992); Ten Feet
Tall and Bulletproof (1994); Greatest Hits: From the Beginning (1995); The
Restless Kind (1996)