Singer Travis Tritt scales back touring

ATLANTA — Travis Tritt is proudly part of the Country Class of 1989 with Clint Black, fellow Georgian

Alan Jackson and of course, Garth Brooks.

“It was one of the most prosperous times in country music history,” Tritt said in a recent phone interview. “I was extremely blessed by the timing.”

Tritt, a Marietta, Ga., native who has lived on a 75-acre property in Hiram, Ga., since 1992, became one of the most popular country acts of the 1990s and early 2000s, and the hits came hot and heavy: “I’m Gonna Be Somebody,” “Country Club,” “Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares),” “T-R-O-U-B-L-E,” “It’s a Great Day To Be Alive.”

Even after he stopped charting,

Tritt has been able to ride his rich catalog into steady touring for 35 years, performing an estimated 4,000 concerts in that time. But when he turned 60 in 2023, he said he began cutting back his schedule.

“I reduced my annual concert dates from 130 to 75 last year,” Tritt said. “This year, I’ve already done 12 solo acoustic dates and we’ll do 50 more band dates the rest of the year.”

Tritt, married since 1997 with three children, has set aside more time to fish, hunt and vacation with his family.

As for the current state of country music, Tritt said he stopped paying attention in the 2000s. “Country started losing its identity,” he said. “I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing. I understand country music has to change but some of the influences now I can’t relate to. It doesn’t sound like country to me.”

Traditionalist that he is, Tritt sticks to what he knows. “I can still go out and do my music exactly the way I’ve always wanted to and people still flock to the shows,” he said.