Three years after a stroke threatened to silence his legendary voice, Randy Travis, who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, brought the crowd to tears with a sing-along rendition of \u201cAmazing Grace.\u201d<\/p>\n
Travis gave one more performance at the medallion ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was inducted alongside fiddler Charlie Daniels and music producer Fred Foster. Travis is 57 years old.<\/p>\n
Several artists paid tribute to the three awardees musically, including Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley, Garth Brooks, and many others.<\/p>\n
Travis\u2019s wife, Mary Davis-Travis, has made public remarks regarding the six months Travis was hospitalized for following a stroke brought on by a viral illness. Travis is a vocalist who has won a Grammy.<\/p>\n
\u201cRandy stared death in the face, but death blinked,\u201d Davis-Travis said. \u201cToday, God\u2019s proof of a miracle stands before you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Being the first country performer to have a debut album (\u2018Storms of Life\u2019) certified platinum within its first year of release, Travis was acknowledged for creating a new standard. For neo-traditional musicians like Alan Jackson, Clint Black, and Brooks, he blazed the path in the 1990s.<\/p>\n
Jackson, who performed \u201cOn the Other Hand,\u201d toured with Travis in the early 1990s; during that period, Jackson was compared to Elvis.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen he sang, the women were screaming and fainting, and it was crazy,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cI loved it. Someone singing real country music and having that effect and selling all those records, it just made me so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fiddler behind \u201cThe Devil Went Down to Georgia,\u201d Daniels, was praised for his ability to combine Southern rock, bluegrass, gospel, and country into a singular sound.<\/p>\n
\u201cA plaque on this wall is not just another award or accolade,\u201d Daniels said. \u201cIt\u2019s a page in a history book. An unending history book.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Jamey Johnson performed \u201cLong Haired Country Boy,\u201d Trace Adkins and fiddler Andrea Zonn sang \u201cThe Devil Went Down to Georgia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amazing Grace is sung by Randy Travis during George Jones\u2019 funeral<\/p>\n
Foster was the head of the influential Monument Records, which helped performers like Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and Kris Kristofferson establish their careers. Kris Kristofferson sang his timeless song \u201cMe and Bobby McGee,\u201d which Foster co-wrote and produced, and Foster also worked on Dolly Parton\u2019s debut album.<\/p>\n