T-r-o-u-b-l-e (CD - 1992)

Personnel includes: Travis Tritt (vocals); Billy Joe Walker, Jr. (acoustic, electric & slide guitars); Larry Byrom (acoustic & electric slide guitars); Gray Rossington, Wendell Cox, Reggie Young, Jack Holder (electric guitar); Terry Crisp (steel guitar, dobro); David Davidson, Connie Heard (violin); Kristin Wilkinson (viola); John Chtchings (cello); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Jimmy Joe Ruggiere (harmonica); Billy Livsey (piano, organ, harmonium); Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano); Mike Brignardello (bass); Steve Turner (drums); Sam Bacco (percussion).

Recorded at The Castle, Franklin, Tennessee and The Sound Shop and OmniSound, Nashville, Tennessee.

In the early 1990s, Travis Tritt helped save Nashville from banal hat acts and empty-headed stadium stompers. He did it by carrying the rough-hewn lessons learned from Waylon, Willie, Merle, et al into a new era. His third album, T-R-O-U-B-L-E completes a trio of releases that changed the course of country with their mix of radio-friendly ballads (see the country No. 1 "Can I Trust You With My Heart") and raucous honky-tonk hellraisers (the title track is a classic Tritt anthem). Despite the long stream of hit singles and albums that Tritt enjoyed subsequent to T-R-O-U-B-L-E, neither he nor his peers ever quite matched the album's undeniable impact. minimize