Happy 54th birthday to the man, the myth, the legend . . . Travis Tritt. The double-Grammy winner was born in Marietta, Ga., on Feb. 9, 1963. In honor of Travisā b-day, weāre throwing it back to a video breakdown of āHereās a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares).ā
Todayās installment features the video to Travisā 1991 Billboard No. 2 hit, āHereās a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares),ā complete with timely notes to help you further appreciate the nuances of Travisā irresistible manliness.
Letās get started.
āHereās a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)ā
0:04
This is our first clear look at Travis, with his beautiful mane of hair bobbing in the breeze as he exits his bus. Notice Travisās casual bus attire: Harley-Davidson wolf t-shirt, skintight jeans and a belt with triple conchos. Classy. Youāll also notice Travis has something in his left hand.
Yeah, itās a quarter . . . because he canāt fit it in the pocket of his skintight jeans.
0:13
A slight continuity problem as Travisā truck keys magically appear in hand. Thereās no way he got those out of his pocket. Nonetheless, we move on.
0:16
We get a close-up of Travisā love interest, who, for some reason, āwants to come backā to him.
SIDEBAR The actress playing the love interest, Leighanne Wallace, later married Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys.
0:24
Unmoved by his former loverās plea, Travis flips her a quarter, because in 1991, thatās how much it cost to use a pay phone.
Nowadays, the song would be titled, āHereās a Cell Phone (Call Someone Who Cares).ā
0:30
Now we cut to a live performance shot of Travis singing āHereās a Quarter.ā Travis has decided to sport a puffy pirate shirt and black vest for this showcase, and man, does he pull it off in style.
0:51
We get our first glimpse of Travisā girl having a āsordid affair.ā
Itās hurts, Travis, it hurts.
She also cats around at 1:04, 1:28, 1:31, 1:37, 1:57 and 2:21.
1:08
Cut to Travis in a diner reading a newspaper. The headline: āDonald Gives Ivanna a QUARTER of a Billion.ā The āDonald,ā of course, is Donald Trump.
This eerie precursor to the present day is our first hint that Travis may, in fact, be Nostradamus.
1:16
Travis breaks the fourth wall by making eye contact with the camera. Heās allowed to do this because heās a badass.
1:24
Cut to a yard sale with Travis donning a Hawaiian shirt, white pants and sunglasses. Being a cuckold never looked so comfortable.
1:32
Weāre back to Travisā live performance of the song, and now heās flipping a quarter behind his back and catching it. Impressive on all accounts.
2:09
Back at the yard sale, Travisās ex drives by in a convertible. It was ā91, so convertibles were super-cool. Weāre lucky it wasnāt a three-wheeled ATV. Travis lowers his shades to show her exactly whatās she lost, seemingly saying, āThis guy, right here.ā
2:43
Still at the yard sale, a kid with an ice cream cone gives the trampy woman a quarter for a stuffed bunny. This pleases Travis, very much, as evidenced by what we imagine to be a very guttural laugh.
2:47
Through the magic of 1991 cinematography, a quarterāwhich, I forgot to mention, was flying mid-air throughout the video after Travis flipped it at the :26 markālands in the pay phone slot.
Bullās-eye, baby.
2:50
Travis gets in his truck and leaves. End scene. End awesomeness.