Randy Travis To Release First Song Since 2013 This Week
Randy Travis is gearing up to release Where That Came From, his first newly-recorded song since before his 2013 stroke.
“It’s been a while since my last new recording,” wrote 64-year-old Travis alongside footage of himself in a recording studio. “But I’m excited to share that this Friday, May 3, I will be releasing my first brand new studio recording in more than a decade, Where That Came From.
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“You’ll hear much more about the special team of folks who came together to help make this magical moment in my career possible in the coming week.
“In the meantime, just know that when it comes to me singing songs for you, there’s always more where that came from,” added Travis. “Thank you for singing along all these years.”
Travis experienced a major stroke in 2013. “The whole third midsection of Randy’s left brain was affected, which is speaking, writing and reading,” his wife, Mary, said in 2019.
H issued a 2019 memoir, Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith and Braving the Storms of Life, as well as a 2020 documentary, More Life, and a few previously-recorded songs, including Fool’s Love Affair, One in a Row, and Lead Me Home.
Last year, it was revealed that Travis would release an album of songs from his vault in the future. “It has already been mixed,” said wife Mary. “Everything’s ready to go by Kyle Lehning, Randy’s producer….a whole other album of Randy Travis music.”
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