There’s a whole century’s worth of reasons why emotions will be running high at NBC's Opry 100: A Live Celebration, hosted by Blake Shelton, but perhaps especially as country icon Randy Travis makes a special appearance more than a decade after surviving a life-threatening stroke.
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Ahead of the three-hour live 100th anniversary event on March 19, Travis, 65, surprised country fans at the Grand Ole Opry, almost exactly 39 years to the day after he made his debut at the Nashville institution. Joined by country artist Clay Walker on stage, Travis announced that an upcoming biopic, titled Forever and Ever, Amen!, is in the works to tell the inspiring story of his life. The film will be executive produced by him and his wife Mary Travis.
In 2025, Travis will also travel to more than 40 cities for his More Life Tour with his original band and special guest vocalist James Dupré. "The More Life Tour celebrates something so much more than a musical moment in time — it’s a gift to me to spend time with my fans, and my band, as James Dupré perfectly presents the songs that best define my career," he said in a statement.
Travis' recovery journey has been remarkable, as is his legacy in country music. Read on to learn more about his extraordinary career, his health, and more.
Randy Travis' country music career began over 40 years ago
Fans from the 1980s onward know Randy Travis as the man behind the microphone for some of the biggest country hits of the decade — and well beyond. Charting in 1985 with his first hit single (“1982”), Travis would become known as one of the leaders of the emerging “neotraditional” country style, which revived the genre’s most simple and traditional elements in an admiring homage to artists from earlier generations.
Travis’ initial radio success opened the floodgates for an ensuing deluge of what critics and fans today regard as stone-cold country classics. Beginning with his smash 1986 re-release of “On the Other Hand” and continuing through hit after hit (“Forever and Ever, Amen,” ‘Too Gone Too Long,” “Diggin' Up Bones,” “Deeper Than The Holler,” “Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart,” and many more), Travis became one of the brightest stars in all of country music.
Travis was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1986 at the age of 27 and entered the Country Music Hall of Fame three decades later in 2016. Along the way, he's notched one of country’s most successful solo careers, scoring seven Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard No. 1 hits, more than 25 million records sold, and his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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