Calm After...

Personnel: Travis Tritt (vocals, acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar, background vocals); Michael Thompson, James Harrah (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Rusty Anderson (electric guitar); Caroline Campbell, Cameron Stone (violin); Gabe Witcher, Charlie Daniels (fiddle); Joel Pargman (viola); Michael Atwood (cello); Jimmie Wood (harmonica); Michael Finnegan (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Matt Rollings (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Jim Cox (Hammond b-3 organ); Kenny Aronoff , Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Luis Conte (percussion); Sharlotte Gibson, Storm L. Gardner, Sherree Brown, Siedah Garrett, Tabitha Fair (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Chuck Ainlay; Jim Scott ; Michael Shipley.
Liner Note Author: Travis Tritt.
Recording information: Crawford Media Services, Atlanta, GA; Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Record Plant Studios, Hollywood, CA; Warmfront Studios, Nashville, TN.
Photographers: Richard McLaren; Judith Ann.
Travis Tritt released an album called The Storm on Category 5 Records in 2007 and, not long afterward, the label sank under the murk of scandal, leaving Tritt with no choice but to launch a prolonged legal battle. He eventually won and secured the rights to the Randy Jackson-produced The Storm, which he then retitled The Calm After... (the joke is clear) and added two new songs -- covers both, the first being a duet with his daughter Tyler Reese on the Don Henley/Patty Smyth song "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough," the second being the Faces' "Stay with Me" -- for good measure. These additions don't greatly change what is essentially an excellent excursion in soul-injected modern country, one that demonstrates Tritt's considerable range as a vocalist. As The Storm, it got unjustly buried. Hopefully, as The Calm After... this album will finally find the audience it deserves. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine