re: Non-pretentious, "down to earth" Hollywood celebrities

It is weird how two people can draw completely different opinions of a celebrity. Back in 92, when Tritt was really in his prime as a songwriter and "star" in country music, I hung with him for a day and a half and even slept on his couch.

I was a bartender at a restaurant in Marietta, Ga and my closing manager one night told me to hang around after all the servers and kitchen staff had left because Travis was coming by around midnight. They were good friends from Sprayberry HS days. Well, Travis and his Warner Bros. manager (Rick) showed up and we fired up a fryer, cooked about 100 wings and drank beer for an hour or so. Left there and drove down to the cheesy Tounge and Groove dance club in Buckhead and partied until about 4am. Dave(manager) and I were way to blasted to drive home so Travis just told Rick to drive us back to his house in Hiram,Ga and said one of them would drive us back in the morning. Only thing I really recall was that he had a big guitar shaped pool and stumbling to a couch. The Rick dude drove us back to Marietta mid-morning.

Funny thing is that Travis came back to the restaurant at around 4pm that day to eat at the bar and he was wearing the same outfit he had on the night before. A satiny blue shirt with puffed out cuffs, black jeans and a enormously tacky belt buckle.

I guess it's just the circumstance you "meet" someone like that. He was rather cocky so I could see him being a dick in the scenario you mentioned.


P.S.- for the guy who said Alec Baldwin, I had a brief encounter with him and Kim Basinger around 95 in Athens. Got off work(restaurant) late and walked to the Beechwood Shopping center ATM and see a dark sedan pull up behind me as I am getting money. Walking away from the ATM, I see Baldwin step out of the drivers side and I said "Alec Baldwin?". He smiled and extended his hand and said "surprised?" Told him that yes.....I was. Didn't expect to turn around and see a famous actor. He said "well come over here and meet another" and we walked the 10 or so steps back to his car and he introduced me to Basinger. She said they were in town visiting her family. Really nice people....at least that night.