Zach Top Fills In For Travis Tritt In Special Duet With Marty Stuart
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Over the weekend, Travis Tritt had to cancel a couple shows as he’s overcoming an illness, but that doesn’t mean that his music wasn’t still being sung.
Of course, Zach Top, being the classic country aficionado that he is, was the artist keeping the flame lit.
Joined onstage by country artist Marty Stuart — who was Top’s opening act at this show in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Oct. 10 — Top and Stuart performed Stuart’s 1996 duet that he recorded with Tritt, titled “Honky Tonkin’s What I Do Best.”
The song, which was the title track of Stuart’s ninth studio album, is one of several songs Stuart and Tritt recorded together. In fact, Stuart and Tritt won a Grammy in 1992 for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for their song “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’.”
Other songs that Stuart and Tritt recorded together include:
- “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin'” in 1991;
- “This One’s Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)” in 1992; and
- “Double Trouble” in 1996.
For “Honky Tonkin’s What I Do Best,” Stuart and Tritt recorded a lively song that’s worthy of any dance hall in the South.
The song’s chorus memorably goes:
“I can juke all night without taking a breath / Get out on the floor, dance myself to death / I’m a wild-eyed, certified, bonafide general mess / And honky tonkin’s what I do best.”
Top, who sang Tritt’s part, was clearly having fun performing with Stuart, who also had some pep in his step (proving that honky tonkin’ is, indeed, at least one thing he does quite well).
This performance comes as Top is stacking up a repertoire of classic country songs, including Conway Twitty’s “Slow Hand;” “I Ain’t Living Long Like This,” which was popularized by Waylon Jennings; Dolly Parton’s “Here You Come Again;” and even The Mavericks’ “All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down.”
Watch Zach Top and Marty Stuart perform “Honky Tonkin’s What I Do Best,” here:
Compare Zach Top and Marty Stuart’s live rendition to the original with Travis Tritt by revisiting the 1996 music video for “Honky Tonkin’s What I Do Best,” here:
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