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Carrie Underwood moved the audience to tears with her Randy Travis tribute on Wednesday night at the Grand Ole Opry House.
The star-studded three-hour concert special “Opry 100: A Live Celebration,” which aired live from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House on NBC, featured Underwood’s performance.
Underwood began her tribute to Travis by sharing a story about how, as a young child, she listened to her sister’s Randy Travis cassette tape, which she vowed never to give back to her.Â
Little did Underwood know that Travis would invite her to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2008.
Travis had a near-fatal stroke five years later, which mainly prevented him from singing.Want to take a vacation? Take on the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
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Underwood sang her two favorite Travis songs, “Three Wooden Crosses” and “Forever and Ever Amen,” on the Opry stage.
After the final song, Underwood exited the stage and greeted Travis, who was sitting in the front row.
Travis smiled brightly as he sang the song’s last line, “amen,” while she held the microphone out.
The song’s power and Travis’s assistance brought the entire house to tears.
Randy Travis appears at the Opry twice in March.
Travis made a special announcement and commemorated the anniversary of his Opry debut in 1986 earlier this month on March 5 at the Opry as part of the Opry 100 series.
After 12 years of recuperation, Travis announced that he would be embarking on a tour with Clay Walker, the country music artist who will portray him in an upcoming biopic.
“With his original band and special guest vocalist @JamesDupre, Randy Travis is excited to announce over 30 new shows nationwide for The More Life Tour,” he posted on social media.
“More life is the greatest gift.”
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Travis is mostly wheelchair-bound due to a stroke he had in 2013 as a result of congestive heart failure.
During his recuperation, he developed aphasia, a disorder that impairs communication, and he still struggles to sing and speak.
In 2024, Travis released a new song, “Where That Came From,” with AI’s help, even though he still mainly depends on his wife to help him communicate during interviews.
James Dupre, whose vocals also influenced Travis’ 2024 song, will accompany Travis on tour.
Audrey Gibbs works for The Tennessean as a music journalist. Her contact information is agibbs@tennessean.com.
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