Randy Travis
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Born | Randy Bruce Traywick May 4, 1959 |
Other names | Randy Ray |
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Years active | 1979–present |
Spouses | Lib Hatcher
(m. 1991; div. 2010)Mary Davis (m. 2015) |
Awards | List of awards |
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Website | randytravis.com |
Randy Bruce Traywick (born May 4, 1959), known professionally as Randy Travis, is an American country music and gospel music singer and songwriter, as well as a film and television actor. Active since 1979, he has recorded over 20 studio albums and charted over 50 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including sixteen that reached the number-one position.
Travis's commercial success began in the mid-1980s with the release of his album
Travis is noted as a key figure in the neotraditional country movement, a return to more traditional sounds within the genre following the country pop crossovers of the early 1980s. He is considered an influence on later generations of country singers, and is noted for his baritone singing voice. Nearly all of his albums were produced or co-produced by Kyle Lehning, with frequent co-writing credits from Travis, Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz, and Skip Ewing. Since surviving a near-fatal stroke in 2013, which severely limited his singing and speaking ability, he has released archival recordings and made limited public appearances. James Dupré has toured singing his songs with Travis's road band.
Travis also holds several film and television acting roles, including the television movies Wind in the Wire and A Holiday to Remember, episodes of the television series Matlock, and the Patrick Swayze movie Black Dog.
Biography
Randy Bruce Traywick was born May 4, 1959, in
Randy dropped out of school in the ninth grade.[8] As a teenager, he committed a number of criminal offenses. These included reckless driving after he crashed Ricky's car in a cornfield, breaking into a church to hold a party, driving under the influence, resisting arrest, and stealing knives and watches from a local store.[8] On his seventeenth birthday, Randy was arrested for public intoxication and faced imprisonment.[9] Despite his charges, Don Cusic noted in the 1990 book Randy Travis: The King of the New Country Traditionalists that his parents still supported him, as they would pay his bail and support him in court whenever he was arrested.[9]
In 1977, the Traywicks entered a talent competition held in Charlotte, North Carolina, after hearing an advertisement for it on the radio. The grand prize for the contest was $100 cash and a recording session.[10] The contest consisted of eight semi-final audition rounds held every Tuesday at Country City USA, a nightclub co-owned by Randy's then-future wife, Mary Elizabeth "Lib" Hatcher.[10][11] At the performance, Randy played rhythm guitar and sang, while Ricky played lead guitar. However, Ricky had to drop out of the competition partway through because he had to serve time at a youth detention center, leaving Randy to continue as a solo act. Randy ended up winning the competition.[12] After doing so, he began to hold a conversation with Hatcher about his then-impending arrest charges for hot-wiring a neighbor's truck.[13] Hatcher and disc jockey John Harper, who also worked at the club, chose to represent Randy in court, which led to him serving probation and coming under the custody of the Hatchers in lieu of a jail sentence.[13][14] Additionally, Hatcher employed Randy as a singer at Country City USA.[13] During this time, Hatcher advised him on his singing and performance. Harold would attend Randy's performances in this timespan, but was later banned from the club after altercations with patrons.[15]
Music career
Hatcher booked a number of country music singers to perform at her club as a means of making connections with country music executives in Nashville, Tennessee.[16] One such singer, Joe Stampley, agreed to produce a session for Traywick in Nashville. Hatcher paid $10,000 for the recording session and promotion, which was done through a small independent label based out of Shreveport, Louisiana, called Paula Records. The session accounted for the singles "She's My Woman" and "I'll Take Any Willing Woman". Traywick and Hatcher distributed copies of the single to radio stations throughout the Southern United States in 1979, which resulted in the former making number 91 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.[17] After the failure of these singles, Hatcher and Traywick continued submitting demo recordings to executives but were unable to garner interest at first.[18] In 1981, Traywick and Hatcher chose to move to Nashville to put themselves closer to the center of the country music industry. Despite this, they would still travel back to Charlotte on weekends to tend to business at Country City USA, which by that point had relocated to a larger building.[19] They supported themselves by renting out part of their Nashville house to songwriter Keith Stegall, who used it as an office.[20] Stegall then introduced the two to song publisher and disc jockey Charlie Monk at a golf game, which led to him performing songs for Monk. Stegall also submitted Traywick's demos to various Nashville producers to garner interest in a recording contract. Traywick recorded one session with producer John Ragsdale for the intent of signing him to Curb Records, but the label ultimately chose not to sign him.[21]
In 1982, Hatcher got a job managing a nightclub called the Nashville Palace through the recommendation of singer Ray Pillow. She initially hired Traywick to wash dishes, but soon began to have him perform there as well. By this point, the two had begun crediting the singer as Randy Ray, as they thought the name was easier to pronounce than "Traywick".[22] Hatcher also rented her in-house office space out to other industry executives, including staff of Radio & Records magazine; meanwhile, Randy Ray continued to work on his songwriting under Stegall's mentorship.[23] By the end of the year, Hatcher and Nashville Palace owner John Hobbs financed an independent album titled Randy Ray Live at the Nashville Palace, which consisted of ten songs recorded by him at the Palace. Stegall served as producer on this project.[24] He also auditioned on You Can Be a Star, a talent show on the former Nashville Network (TNN), in early 1983 and placed second behind Lang Scott (then-future husband of Linda Davis).[25] Ralph Emery also invited him to perform several times on the TNN talk show Nashville Now, which he hosted.[26]
Despite the exposure from Nashville Now, he still failed to secure a recording contract throughout 1984.
1985–1986: Storms of Life
Travis signed with Warner Nashville in early 1985. His first contract with them resulted in the recording of four songs. These were "Prairie Rose", "On the Other Hand", "Carrying Fire", and "Reasons I Cheat". "Prairie Rose" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1985 film Rustlers' Rhapsody.[29] Keith Whitley had also recorded "On the Other Hand" for his 1985 debut album L.A. to Miami.[30] These four songs were all recorded in the same session, with Stegall and Kyle Lehning co-producing. At the time, Lehning was best known for producing Dan Seals and had also worked with Stegall on his own singles for Epic Records. Although Lehning did not want to work with Travis at first, he chose to do so after Monk and Sharp encouraged him.[29] After recording these songs, Travis appeared on Nashville Now again on May 17, 1985, where he performed with Johnny Russell and Lorrie Morgan.[31] Warner also included him among the performers at their talent showcase at the Fan Fair (now CMA Music Festival) in downtown Nashville in mid-1985.[32] Warner released "On the Other Hand" in August 1985, and the song charted at number 67 on Hot Country Songs before falling off.[33] The follow-up "1982" peaked at number six on the country charts in early 1986,[1] thus becoming Travis's first hit single.[34] Following the success of "1982", Travis was booked as an opening act for Barbara Mandrell and T. G. Sheppard, leading to both Travis and Hatcher quitting the Palace.[35] The song's success also led to him performing on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time in March 1986.[36] He also received an award for Top New Male Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music (ACM).[37] This was followed by further opening act gigs throughout early 1986, which resulted in gigs from California to Georgia. For this capacity, Travis and Hatcher bought a former bread truck which they converted to a tour bus, in addition to hiring a five-piece band to perform with him. One of the band members was then-future Shenandoah member Rocky Thacker.[38]
After "1982" became Travis's first top-ten hit, Warner executives chose to re-release "On the Other Hand". Nick Hunter, who promoted singles to country radio for Warner, noted that the song was popular in sales and listener demand despite its initially low chart peak. Although some radio disc jockeys considered the song "too country", it received very high requests from listeners and continued to sell strongly.[39] Upon re-release, "On the Other Hand" went on to become his first number-one single, reaching the top of the Billboard country charts in July 1986.[40] "On the Other Hand" and "1982" were both included on Travis's debut album for Warner, Storms of Life.[14] The album was released on June 2, 1986, and sold over 100,000 copies in its first sales week in addition to reaching number one on Top Country Albums.[41] Six years after its release, the album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), honoring U.S. sales of three million copies.[42] One of the tracks, Travis's own composition "Send My Body", had previously appeared on the Randy Ray album in 1982.[43] Lehning and Stegall co-produced the album; they also contributed on keyboard and guitar respectively. Other musicians on the project included drummers Eddie Bayers, Larrie Londin, and James Stroud; guitarist Larry Byrom; Dobro player Jerry Douglas; bassist David Hungate; and backing vocals from Lehning, Baillie & the Boys, Paul Davis, and Paul Overstreet.[44] The album produced another number-one in "Diggin' Up Bones" in late 1986, and a number two single in "No Place Like Home" in early 1987. Overstreet wrote "On the Other Hand" with Don Schlitz, "Diggin' Up Bones" with Nat Stuckey, and "No Place Like Home" by himself.[1] The latter was also Travis's first single to be promoted through a music video.[45]
In late 1986, Travis was asked to host the
Storms of Life also received critical favor. Mark A. Humphrey of AllMusic wrote that Travis had "astonishing Lefty Frizzell-style pipes, excellent material, and sympathetic production".[53] An uncredited review in Billboard also described Travis's voice with favor, additionally stating that " He has the material—introspective lyrics and gorgeous melodies—and the understated, classic country production here to make the most of his gifts."[54] Writing for the Chicago Tribune, Jack Hurst also compared Travis's voice favorably to both Frizzell and Merle Haggard, while also praising the lyrics of the singles in particular.[55]
1987–1988: Always & Forever
In early 1987, Travis released the single "
Always & Forever included Lehning as producer, with many of the same vocal and instrumental contributors as its predecessor such as Baillie & the Boys, Douglas, and Overstreet.[60] Lehning worked with Travis, Hatcher, and Sharp to pick from several hundred songs before determining which ones would appear on the album.[61] One track on the album was Dennis Linde's composition "What'll You Do About Me", which was previously released by Steve Earle in 1984;[62] the song would later be released by the Forester Sisters in 1992,[63] and Doug Supernaw in 1995.[64] During the promotion of the album, Travis began to notice strain on his vocal cords, which was treated through consultations at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.[65] Always & Forever spent 43 weeks at the top of the Billboard Top Country Albums charts, breaking the previous longevity record of 28 weeks set by Alabama's Mountain Music earlier in the decade.[57]
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Overall, Always & Forever and its singles accounted for a number of award wins and nominations for Travis. "Forever and Ever, Amen" won both Song and Single of the Year at the following year's ACM awards (honoring the year 1987), where Travis also won Top Male Vocalist. He was also nominated for Entertainer of the Year, while "Forever and Ever, Amen" received a Music Video of the Year nomination and Always & Forever was nominated for Album of the Year.[37] At the 1987 CMA Awards, Travis won Male Vocalist of the Year and was nominated for Entertainer of the Year while "Forever and Ever, Amen" won Single of the Year and was nominated for Music Video of the Year and Always & Forever won Album of the Year.[47] Additionally, Always & Forever accounted for Travis's first Grammy Award win, for Best Male Country Vocal Performance at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in March 1988.[52] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, writing for AllMusic, thought the album "rivaled its predecessor in its quality" while also stating that it had "lean" production and "nuanced" vocals.[68]
1988–1990: Old 8×10 and No Holdin' Back
Travis continued to tour throughout the United States in 1988, including a spot on the Marlboro Country Music Tour in Madison Square Garden, which also featured Alabama, the Judds, and George Strait.[69] That same year he released his third Warner album Old 8×10.[14] The album was originally slated to be released on July 12, but was moved up to June 30 to make it eligible for CMA Awards.[70] Nine years after its release, it was certified double-platinum.[42] The first three singles off the album all went to number one between 1988 and early 1989. These were "Honky Tonk Moon", "Deeper Than the Holler" (another Overstreet-Schlitz collaboration), and "Is It Still Over?"[1] The fourth and final single, "Promises" (which Travis wrote with John Lindley), was much less successful with a number 17 peak on Hot Country Songs.[1] Music journalists Tom Roland and Colin Larkin both attributed the song's failure to it featuring just vocals and acoustic guitar.[71][11] Old 8×10 became his third consecutive album to reach the number one position on Top Country Albums.[72] It also accounted for Travis's second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance win.[52] "I Told You So" received a Single of the Year nomination from the Academy of Country Music, while Travis himself was nominated as both Entertainer of the Year and Top Male Vocalist in 1988 and 1989.[37] Also in 1988, the Country Music Association awarded him as Male Vocalist of the Year a second time, along with an Entertainer of the Year nomination, as well as Single and Song of the Year nominations for "I Told You So".[47] The foundation also nominated Old 8×10 for Album of the Year alongside additional Male Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year nominations.[47] Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Brian Mansfield stated that it "lacks the monster hits of his debut but wears just as well."[73] In 1997, Old 8×10 received its highest certification of double-platinum.[42]
Travis ended 1989 with two studio albums. First was a Christmas album titled
1990–1992: Heroes & Friends, High Lonesome, and greatest-hits albums
Travis's first album to be released in the 1990s was
Travis's next studio album was 1991's
Later the same year, Warner released a pair of
1992–1995: Wind in the Wire and This Is Me
Travis took a hiatus from touring in 1992 and 1993, citing exhaustion as the reason for doing so.[92] He and Hatcher chose to spend time at a property in Maui they had acquired. According to Travis, the touring hiatus caused some fans and news reporters to believe he had retired,[93] so he asked his publicists to put out press releases indicating he was "merely taking a break".[94] During the hiatus, he released an album of Western music titled Wind in the Wire, a tie-in to a television movie of the same name in which he starred.[14] The album was produced by session guitarist Steve Gibson, making it his first since the Randy Ray album not to be produced by Kyle Lehning.[95] It was commercially unsuccessful, with none of its singles reaching top 40 on the Billboard charts.[14] However, lead single "Cowboy Boogie" reached number 10 on the Canadian country music charts then published by RPM.[96] Travis and one of his managers later attributed the album's commercial failure to its Western swing sound proving unpopular with radio.[93]
In late 1993, Travis began working on a follow-up album with Lehning when he was contacted by a representative for the then-under construction
Bob Saporiti, then an executive at Warner Bros. Nashville, noted that the failure of Wind in the Wire and length of time since High Lonesome had created "angst" among label executives, but added that they considered This Is Me "back to the basics".[93] To promote the album, Travis hosted an episode of the TNN talk show Music City Tonight; the network also re-aired the Country Radio Seminar concert.[93] Jurek praised the lyrical contributions of Trey Bruce, Larry Gatlin, and Kieran Kane and considered "Whisper My Name" to be "among the greatest songs Travis has ever recorded".[100] Nash thought that the lyrics of the singles were among Travis's strongest, also stating that the album had "zippier instrumental touches" than his 1980s albums.[101] Additionally, Larkin stated that the album was "as strong as ever".[11] By mid-1994, This Is Me was certified gold by the RIAA.[42] Despite spending most of 1995 without a charted single,[1] Travis continued to tour throughout the year alongside Sammy Kershaw and George Jones.[102]
1996–1997: Full Circle
Travis's final album for Warner was Full Circle in 1996.[14] Travis told Billboard prior to its release that he and Lehning spent over a year selecting songs for the album because they wanted to be sure they were fully satisfied with its content.[103] Its lead single was "Are We in Trouble Now", a song written by Mark Knopfler. Both this song and follow-up "Would I" failed to reach the top 20 on the country charts, while neither "Price to Pay" nor a cover of Roger Miller's "King of the Road" (which also appeared on the soundtrack of the 1997 movie Traveller[104]) made top 40.[1] Richmond Times-Dispatch writer Gordon Ely noted the failure of the album's lead single and questioned whether the album and Travis in general could still be successful in the long term, due to an influx of younger artists in the intervening years.[105] Ely considered the album "strong as ever", with a focus on Lehning's production and Travis's voice, as well as the lyrics of "Price to Pay".[105] Country Standard Time writer Don Yates found the influence of honky-tonk in certain songs and praised the lyrics and vocal delivery of "Are We in Trouble Now", but criticized "Would I" as "gimmicky" and closing track "Ants on a Log" as "trite".[106] AllMusic writer Thom Owens said of Full Circle, "his mid-'90s albums suffered from a tendency to sound a bit too similar too each other. Full Circle solves that problem by simultaneously reaching back into his hardcore honky-tonk roots and moving toward more contemporary material".[107]
In mid-1997, Travis announced that he had departed from Warner Bros. due to disagreements over the promotion of Full Circle, as well as concerns that the country music industry was beginning to move toward back country pop influences.[108] Travis also observed at the time that Warner executives were not letting him, Lehning, and Hatcher have as much liberty on selecting singles as they had on previous albums.[109] At the time of his departure from Warner, Travis was offered contracts by both Asylum Records and the then-new DreamWorks Records.[108] Lehning had just become president of Asylum's Nashville division at the time, but Travis chose not to follow him to that label as he did not think Lehning's position was long-term.[110]
1997–1999: DreamWorks Records
By August 1997, Travis had become the first artist signed to the Nashville branch of DreamWorks Records.[111] The new label's president was musician and producer James Stroud, whom Travis knew because he had played drums on some of his earlier singles such as "Forever and Ever, Amen".[112] Because Lehning's duties as president of Asylum left him temporarily unavailable as a producer, Stroud and Byron Gallimore (best known for his work with Tim McGraw) would produce Travis's music for DreamWorks.[110] Travis's late-1997 single "Out of My Bones" was the first release for DreamWorks Nashville.[113] Co-written by Gary Burr and Sharon Vaughn, it peaked at number two on the country charts in early 1998.[1] It appeared on his first DreamWorks album You and You Alone, issued in April.[14] The project also accounted for the top-ten hits "The Hole" and "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" and the top-20 "Stranger in My Mirror". Both "The Hole" and "Stranger in My Mirror" were co-written by Skip Ewing.[1] "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" was previously recorded by Mark Collie on his 1995 album Tennessee Plates.[114] Jeffrey B. Remz of Country Standard Time criticized the heavy drums on "I Did My Part", but otherwise praised the use of acoustic instruments and the strength of Travis's voice.[115] Lincoln Journal Star writer L. Kent Wolgamott noted the presence of fiddle and steel guitar in the production while also calling Travis's voice "expressive".[116]
In 1999, Travis was one of several artists on the collaborative song "Same Old Train", featured on the tribute album Tribute to Tradition. Other acts appearing on the song included Clint Black, Dwight Yoakam, Pam Tillis, and Marty Stuart, the last of whom also wrote and produced it.[117] The track won a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for all artists involved.[52] Travis's second and final DreamWorks album A Man Ain't Made of Stone also came out in 1999.[14] The title track was a top-20 country hit by year's end, but the other singles—"Where Can I Surrender", "A Little Left of Center", and "I'll Be Right Here Loving You"—all failed to reach top 40.[1] Gallimore and Stroud recorded the album largely in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Travis and Hatcher had a house at the time.[118] Following the failure of the album's singles, Travis exited DreamWorks Records in October 2000.[119] Shortly after his departure, Travis told Country Standard Time that he chose to leave DreamWorks because he felt the label was not properly distributing the album to stores. He also thought that Stroud's production style put too much emphasis on the instrumentation instead of his singing voice.[120]
2000–2003: Switch to gospel and "Three Wooden Crosses"
While he was still on Warner, Travis had begun working with Lehning on a
Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, Travis co-wrote and released a promotional patriotic single titled "America Will Always Stand".[126] Proceeds from sales of the single were donated to the American Red Cross.[127] He continued to record on Word Records as a gospel artist and put out his next album for the label, Rise and Shine, in late 2002. The album's lead single was "Three Wooden Crosses". According to Travis, Kim Williams and Doug Johnson had provided the song to Michael Peterson, who at the time was recording songs with Lehning. Peterson suggested Lehning take the song to Travis, for whom he thought it was better suited.[128] By early 2003, "Three Wooden Crosses" became Travis's sixteenth and final number-one on Billboard Hot Country Songs. It also accounted for his highest solo peak on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 31. The project accounted for only one other single in "Pray for the Fish", which fell below top 40 on the country charts.[1] Robert L. Doerschuk of AllMusic called the album "a strong performance, presented with flawless studio clarity and persuasive, understated feeling."[129] Remz noted the consistency of Lehning's production and Travis's voice, as well as the presence of original songs co-written by Travis.[130] In October 2003, Rise and Shine was certified gold.[42] At the 2004 Grammy Awards, Rise and Shine won a Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album, while "Three Wooden Crosses" was nominated for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.[52] In 2004, "Pray for the Fish" won a Dove Award for Country Recorded Song of the Year.[124]
2003–2007: Continued gospel albums
His next gospel album was 2003's Worship & Faith. Unlike the previous projects, it included 20 acoustic covers of existing praise songs and hymns.[131] Among the tracks included were "In the Garden", "How Great Thou Art", "Peace in the Valley", and "I'll Fly Away". Jurek called the album "direct, unfiltered, hard-line gospel at its best, by a master" in a review for AllMusic.[132] Worship & Faith also became a gold album,[42] and accounted for his second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album.[52] A year later he released Passing Through.[14] This album accounted for his last solo chart singles to date, "Four Walls" and "Angels".[128] The latter was Travis's 50th entry on the chart.[1] Co-writers on the album included Jamie O'Hara, Dennis Linde, Sharon Vaughn, and Travis.[133] "Four Walls" was previously cut by Keith Harling,[134] while the album track "That Was Us" was previously recorded by both Tracy Lawrence and Chad Brock, whose version was a single in 2003.[135][133][136] Erlewine wrote of Passing Through, "It's inspirational music in the purest sense—it doesn't preach, it instructs and inspires through its carefully observed tales."[133]
His next gospel album was
2008–2011: Return to Warner and Carrie Underwood version of "I Told You So"
In 2008, he released his next studio album
Travis continued to record for Warner at the time. To honor the 25th anniversary of Storms of Life, he released
2013–present: Collaborations and Precious Memories
Travis recorded and released very little content after 2013 after suffering a
In September 2019, Travis announced his return to touring. The tour features James Dupré as lead vocalist singing with Travis's backing band.[158] Travis and his wife selected Dupré after seeing him perform on The Voice. During these shows, Travis makes selected appearances throughout, which include singing the final "Amen" at the end of "Forever and Ever, Amen".[159] Announced as a twelve-city tour, the first performances with Dupré cut back to three concerts shortly before the tour began in October "due to unexpected production and technical issues related to the elaborate content of the show," with the intent to reschedule the canceled shows after the technical problems were resolved.[160][161] As of 2023, Dupré still tours in this capacity alongside Travis.[162]
On February 28, 2020, Travis released Precious Memories (Worship & Faith) through Bill Gaither's Music label, which contained 12 songs that were recorded in 2003 at the Calvary Assembly of God Church in Orlando, Florida.[163] In July 2020, Travis released a new single titled "Fool's Love Affair", consisting of a demo recording he had done in the early 1980s.[164] This was followed in August 2023 by an announcement of a forthcoming album slated for release in 2024, consisting also of archival recordings.[155]
Musical style
Travis is noted as a key figure in the neotraditional country movement, a shift in mainstream country music sound toward a more traditional style after the country pop crossovers of the early 1980s. Brian Mansfield wrote in AllMusic that "At a time when most were still pursuing the pop-oriented sound of the Urban Cowboy craze, Travis's strong, honest vocal style and relatable songs of everyday life helped launch the New Traditionalist movement".[14] In the Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music, Colin Larkin wrote that Travis "was the first modern performer to demonstrate that country music could appeal to a wider public, and perhaps Garth Brooks owes him a debt."[11] Alanna Nash similarly stated that Travis was a "standard bearer" for the genre's shift toward neotraditional country through later acts such as Brooks and Clint Black, whom she stated "immediately began to surpass Travis at the awards shows and in record stores."[90] Regarding his physical appearance, Gary Graff stated that "his hunkish, weight-pumping good looks have established a physical sexuality that had been missing from many of country's male stars."[79]
Writing for AllMusic, Mansfield found influences of Merle Haggard and George Jones in Travis's singing voice,[14] and Mark A. Humphrey compared his voice to Lefty Frizzell on the same site.[53] Nash called his voice a "glass-rattling baritone".[90] Cusic found influences of Waylon Jennings and Ernest Tubb in tracks from Storms of Life, highlighting conventionally country lyrical themes of "lost love" in "1982" and infidelity in "Reasons I Cheat".[43] Critics have also noted Lehning's long-time role as Travis's producer, with Jurek stating in a review of High Lonesome that the "production is unobtrusive and clean, setting Travis in perfect balance with a band that feels live."[89] In a review for Country Standard Time, Karlie Justus referred to Travis as having a "trademark baritone" and "steel [guitar]-laced, storytelling catalog."[152] Robert L. Doerschuk said that Travis has a "familiar unforced, relaxed style".[129] Reviewing You and You Alone, Jeffrey B. Remz wrote that "He generally remains tried and true to his roots dishing out ballads with his usual great vocal phrasing...Travis doesn't rush through the songs, delivering them in a passionate, understated singing style"[115] Of his shift to gospel music at the beginning of the 21st century, Erlewine wrote that such albums were "fruitful, producing a series of good, heartfelt records, yet they also had a nice side effect of putting commercialism way on the back burner, as the gospel albums were made without the charts in mind".[146]
Travis has been cited as an influence on later generations of singers. Travis and Hatcher booked Daryle Singletary as an opening act and member of their touring band after hearing his vocals on the demo of "An Old Pair of Shoes", and he would often join Travis in this capacity to sing "It's Just a Matter of Time". After Singletary signed a recording contract with Giant Records in 1995, Travis co-produced Singletary's self-titled debut album.[165] Nash referred to Singletary as a "protégé" of Travis's with a "sonorous baritone".[166] Another singer who cites Travis as an influence is Josh Turner, who told Travis that "Diggin' Up Bones" was the first song he performed in public. The two collaborated in 2006 on the show CMT Cross Country.[167] Travis contributed a guest vocal to Turner's cover of "Forever and Ever, Amen" on his 2020 covers album Country State of Mind.[168] Turner and Chris Janson both cited "Diggin' Up Bones" as an influence when interviewed for a 2017 tribute concert.[169] Justus also noted Turner as a successor to Travis in a review of Anniversary Celebration, where she also thought the themes of musical aspiration in "A Few Ole Country Boys", originally a duet with George Jones, were a "full circle moment" when Travis sang the same song with Jamey Johnson.[152]
Acting
Travis made his acting debut in 1988, making an uncredited cameo in the Emilio Estevez movie Young Guns. Although most of his part was cut from the final movie, he sang the title track to the movie's soundtrack.[65] He began acting on television in the early 1990s when he was cast as a house painter in an episode of Matlock.[80] A year later he starred in the television movie Wind in the Wire which aired on ABC. Travis's 1993 album of the same name was a soundtrack to this film.[170] Travis's acting roles would continue into the mid-1990s with such films as Frank and Jesse and Maverick.[171] In late 1995, he and Rue McClanahan starred in the CBS television movie A Holiday to Remember. Before the movie's release, Travis stated that the appearance on Matlock earlier in the decade was what inspired him to take on more acting roles, and that A Holiday to Remember was one of his first roles not related to the Western genre.[172] Coinciding with the release of You and You Alone, Travis starred alongside Patrick Swayze in the film Black Dog, playing the role of a country music singer.[173] In turn, Swayze contributed backing vocals to the track "I Did My Part" on You and You Alone.[116] In February 2024, Travis appeared as a special guest on an episode of the game show The Price Is Right.[174]
Personal life
For much of his career, Travis was managed by Elizabeth "Lib" Hatcher, a former nightclub owner. The two of them lived together for several years at early points in their career.[175] The couple secretly married on May 31, 1991 and bought a house on Maui soon afterward.[176] Because of the secrecy of their marriage and the relocation to Maui, Travis later noted that many fans theorized he was gay and had contracted HIV/AIDS.[176] In early 1991, the tabloid National Enquirer ran an article alleging that Travis was gay. In response, Travis considered suing the publication until a lawyer convinced him otherwise.[176][177] Journalist Michael Corcoran noted that their marriage was seen as controversial at first, due both to its initial secrecy and the fact that Hatcher was 18 years older than Travis.[176] Travis and Hatcher divorced in October 2010, citing incompatibility. Despite this, Hatcher continued to serve as his manager at the time.[178] After a period of engagement, he married Mary Davis on March 21, 2015.[179][180] The two of them live together on Chrysalis Ranch, a ranch they own outside Tioga, Texas.[179][181]
Travis underwent a number of public intoxication incidents in the early 2010s. He was arrested in February 2012, when he was found in a parked car outside of a church in Sanger, Texas, with an open bottle of wine and smelling of alcohol.[182] On August 7, 2012, state troopers in Grayson County, Texas, responded to a call that an unclothed man was lying in the road. Troopers reported that they arrived to find Travis unclothed and smelling of alcohol.[183] The Texas Highway Patrol said that Travis crashed his car in a construction zone, and that when they attempted to apprehend him, Travis threatened the lives of the troopers. Travis was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence and making terroristic threats against a public servant. He posted bail in the amount of $21,500.[184] Earlier in the same evening, just prior to the DUI arrest, Travis allegedly walked into a Tiger Mart convenience store naked, demanding cigarettes from the cashier, who in turn called the authorities. According to the store clerk, Travis left the store upon realizing he did not have any money to pay for the cigarettes.[185] Travis filed a lawsuit to block police dashcam video of the incident from being released. After a five year legal battle, a judge ruled that the video did not violate his right to privacy, and the video was released to the public in December 2017.[186] On January 31, 2013, Travis pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence in the August 7 incident and received two years' probation, a $2,000 fine, and a 180-day suspended jail sentence.[187]
In July 2013, Travis experienced difficulty breathing while working out at his home gym.
While the stroke removed most of Travis's ability to sing, he has made sporadic onstage appearances to perform in limited capacity. In 2015, Travis made a guest appearance at the Academy of Country Music awards ceremony, one of his first public appearances after his stroke, where Lee Brice paid tribute to him by singing "Forever and Ever, Amen".[180] Travis sang "Amazing Grace" in March 2016 at an induction ceremony into the Country Music Hall of Fame, where Davis accompanied him.[154][179] Despite this, Travis's speech remained limited when he was interviewed by The Tennessean in 2017, and he remained largely confined to a wheelchair.[154] He appeared onstage with singer Michael Ray during a cover performance of "Forever and Ever, Amen" in June 2017, to which Travis contributed the final "Amen."[192] He did the same during his 60th birthday party, hosted by the Grand Ole Opry on May 4, 2019.[193]
Awards
Travis has won seven Grammy Awards, six CMA Awards, and eleven ACM awards.[52][37][47]
Discography
- Studio albums
- Storms of Life (1986)
- Always & Forever (1987)
- Old 8×10 (1988)
- No Holdin' Back (1989)
- An Old Time Christmas (1989)
- Heroes & Friends (1990)
- High Lonesome (1991)
- Wind in the Wire (1993)
- This Is Me (1994)
- Full Circle (1996)
- You and You Alone (1998)
- A Man Ain't Made of Stone (1999)
- Inspirational Journey (2000)
- Rise and Shine (2002)
- Worship & Faith (2003)
- Passing Through (2004)
- Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise (2005)
- Songs of the Season (2007)
- Around the Bend (2008)
- Anniversary Celebration (2011)
- Influence Vol. 1: The Man I Am (2013)
- Influence Vol. 2: The Man I Am (2014)
- Precious Memories (Worship & Faith) (2020)
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- Works cited
- ISBN 0-312-04412-7.
- Travis, Randy; Abraham, Ken (2019). Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life. Nelson Books. ISBN 978-1-4002-1483-9.
- Roland, Tom (1991). The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-7553-2.
- ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
External links
- Randy Travis at AllMusic
- Randy Travis at IMDb