{"id":27497,"date":"2023-08-15T09:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T13:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=27497"},"modified":"2023-08-15T17:01:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T21:01:20","slug":"randy-travis-to-be-honored-for-iconic-career-after-health-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/08\/randy-travis-to-be-honored-for-iconic-career-after-health-struggles.html","title":{"rendered":"Randy Travis to Be Honored For Iconic Career After Health Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Randy Travis is one of the biggest country stars of all time, and his fellow country musicians are ready to celebrate him and bring awareness to a health issue that dramatically changed his life. Travis, best known for songs like “Deeper Than the Holler” and “Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart,” will be honored at a concert called “A Heroes and Friends Tribute to Randy Travis<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Ahead of the concert, scheduled to take place in October, the singer spoke to Fox News Digital about his lengthy career. Travis, who has limited speech after surviving a massive stroke in 2013 that left him\u00a0with aphasia, said the fact that so many country stars are coming together to honor his career means “a lot” to him.<\/p>\n

Mary, his wife, primarily speaks for her husband and elaborated, saying, “It means a lot to him. I mean, to know that he made the music that he made and that it stands the test of time.” Mary told Fox News Digital that she calls Randy’s catalog “the hymn of country music” because “that’s what his songs kind of do for people. They take them to a time and a place that’s very special to them.”<\/p>\n

The tribute concert is set to take place at Von Braun Center’s Propst Arena in Huntsville, Alabama, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 7 pm. Performers haven’t been named yet, but a portion of the proceeds from the evening will be donated to the\u00a0Randy Travis Foundation<\/a>, which focuses on stroke and aphasia awareness and supporting music education in schools.<\/p>\n

Travis started making country music in 1978 but didn’t see significant success until 1985. His first single to hit the Top 19 on the Billboard<\/em> country charts was “1982.” After that song became a hit, his record label re-released an earlier single, “On the Other Hand,” which hit the top of the charts. Those songs were on his debut album, along with the songs “Digging Up Bones” and “No Place Like Home.”<\/p>\n