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List Price: $7.99 | | Label: Sony
Salesrank: 5244
Released: October 3, 2000 |
| Our Price: $4.59 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Down the Road I Go Track Listing:
1. Down the Road I Go
2. Livin' on Borrowed Time
3. Best of Intentions
4. It's a Great Day to Be Alive
5. Love of a Woman
6. Never Get Away From Me (For Waylon and Jessi)
7. Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde
8. I Wish I Was Wrong
9. If the Fall Don't Kill You
10. Just Too Tired to Fight It
11. Southbound Train
Editorial Review:
Despite the bluesy bark of Travis Tritt's soulful vocals, his artistry lacks the bite of his outlaw heroes. His first album for Columbia (after a decade with Warner Bros.) finds him once again mixing country tradition with rock dynamics. "Livin' on Borrowed Time" sounds enough like Hank Williams Jr. that it could pass as Bocephus Lite, while the title cut recycles every ramblin'-man cliché from the Allman/Skynyrd school. On "Never Get Away from Me," he offers sound-alike homage to Waylon Jennings (and wife Jessi Colter). For all of Tritt's good-ol'-boy bluster, the bittersweet balladry of "Best of Intentions" and the bluegrass uplift of "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" suggest that he's really a softy at heart, and more than an echo of his influences. --Don McLeese
Down the Road I Go Reviews:
Greatest Entertainer In The Whole Wide World 
2008-06-20 - I was very fortunate to meet Travis at Casino Rama, June 29/06 Travis is an amazing humane being and a tender soul and Travis reaches peoples hearts and souls, he makes you feel like you are a close friend of his and he is a very hummorus person.
I never wanted to meet anyone but Travis Tritt and I will keep this in my heart and all the other memories he has left me with.
This will go down as a part of my history and my achieved goal in this life time
Thank you from the bottom of my heart Travis
Barbara from Canada
Down the Road I Go review
2005-09-05 - This cd is awesome. Travis Tritt sounds amazing and every track has that down home, soulful vibe we all love about his music.
Travis Tritt turned this rocker to country.
2004-12-22 - This is the kind of album that makes hard rockers like me start listening to Honky-tonk and liking it. I, like other reviewers enjoyed the "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde." video. I mentioned it to my friend, who lives country music. I also happened to mention that one of my favorite country songs happens to be "Here's A Quarter Call Someone Who Cares!". She mentioned that it too was from Travis Tritt. She married a guy that looks just like Travis. She told me that the whole album is one of the best country albums she's ever heard.
I think I have to aggree with her. Every song is strong. I think that Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde is one of the greatest country songs I've ever heard.
Down The Road I Go - The reality of a loner that lives on the road not wanting to "Find grass stains on the bottom of my feet!" He talks of how the girl needs to nail him to the ground because be's born to run.
Livin' On Borrowed Time - Living on the edge, no money to do anything, just surviving paycheck to paycheck.
Best of Intentions - A great balad love song. Tells of how a woman loves him even though he can't "build you a castle". No matter how bad things get, or how badly he does, he's always had the best of intentions. Great hit. Great sound.
It's a Great Day To Be Alive - Just happy with the way things are and living life for what it is.
Love Of A Woman - How the love of a woman is the best thing for a man. How women know them better then they know themselves. How no matter how hard, or wild they are their women are in control.
Never get away from me - Not letting go of the woman that you love. Despite rejection from family. How love can cross barriers and bridge disputes.
Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde - Story of a guy who gets a heck of a lot more then he bargained for picking up a red-headed knock-out. She robs stores, and lands him in trouble. Classic. Billy Bob Thorton stars in this. Travis plays the tow truck driver who shakes his head at the guy for what happened. Classic. Great video.
I wish I was wrong - Wishing that he's seen the truth before it ran him over like a truck. Love is blind and not realizing it.
If The Fall Don't Kill You - Several stories of infidelity. How true love can be distarous is you are not careful.
Just Too Tired To Fight It - Finding the end of loves road and just not really wanting to fight it. Tired of fighting the memories of a love lost and gone.
Southbound Train - The final track is the fastest. It's written with Charlie Daniels and it shows. It's the story of a woman who leaves Bangor Maine for the sun and heat of the south and her new life. Her family didn't want it but she left anyway. She's a "knockdown queenie in a bakini". She drives the guys crazy. Her new life was started by the clickity clack of the southbound train.
This is the type of album that hard rockers can listen to and start to enjoy country. This isn't Haggard, Jennings, or Nelson. He's very successfully put a very hard edge to country and bridged a gap that was popularized by Charlie Daniels.
I recommend this album to any rock fan that wants to broaden their horizons and branch out into country.
Tritt is terrific!
2004-06-23 - Travis Tritt's 2000 album, DOWN THE ROAD I GO, spawned several hits: "Modern Day Bonny and Clyde," about a pair of outlaws (the video featured Billy Bob Thornton); "It's a Great Day to Be Alive," about a former outlaw who looks back on his ruff n rowdy past with a smile; "Love of a Woman," a stand-by-your-man anthem about how men cannot live without their women; and the best of all, Tritt's own "Best of Intentions," about a man who's sorry for not fullfilling his dreams.
But there are other gems on here, such as the rowdy title track and "Livin On Borrowed Time." You've also got "Never Get Away From Me," a simple but enjoyable tribute to Waylon and Jessi. Or "I Wish I Was Wrong," which tests Tritt's superb vocals. The final track, "Southbound Train," is a romping tune of a woman heading to Florida to kick back and cut loose.
DOWN THE ROAD I GO is one of Travis Tritt's best efforts. Though his songwriting doesn't get as much credit on this album as in past records, it is still there--marking Tritt as one of contemporary country's best singer/songwriters. With a powerhouse voice and undeniable outlaw status, Travis Tritt is a legend in the making.
platinum once again
2004-02-22 - THIS IS ONE OF TRAVIS TRITTS' BEST ALBUMS, EVERY SONG IS WELL DONE. AFTER TWO YEARS OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT THIS FORMER AWARD WINNING ARTIST PUT ALL 4 OF THE SINGLES OFF DOWN THE ROAD I GO IN THE TOP 5 BILLBOARD COUNTRY CHARTS."MODERN DAY BONNIE AND CLYDE" AND "ITS A GREAT DAY TO BE ALIVE" ARE THE STANDOUT CUTS,AND IF YOU LIKE BALLADS THE #1 HIT "BEST OF INTENTIONS" IS A MUST HEAR.I GIVE THIS ALBUM FIVE STARS.
