Travis treats country lovers

By Bobbi Becker, Special to the On-line Forty-Niner

May 5,1998

Country-western singer Randy Travis is a long walk from the hell-raising North Carolina teenager who was drinking, fighting, doing drugs and committing petty crimes. The one on his way to prison, until music turned his life around.

 

That rebel ninth-grade drop-out has been country music's hottest male star for the past decade, and will continue with the release of his new single, "Out of My Bones."

 

From the first note of that lead single from "You and You Alone," Travis delivers again with that unmistakably deep and charismatic voice. The stories his music tells represent his continued level of intense dedication to his craft.

 

"I'm happy to still be here competing," Travis said. "I believe in every single song I record, and I'm still going for the best."

 

He promises to satisfy the appetite of those who have loved and followed his musical career.

 

From the persuasive stories of life's lessons to the love-gone-wrong lamenting in his new album, the feeling inherent in his work will convey the passion Travis feels about his music.

 

Travis considers this album a new beginning along with his signing at DreamWorks Records in 1997