In 2013, Randy Travis had a stroke that doctors said would end his career. It almost ended his life. For years, he couldn’t speak in full sentences. The man who’d built a voice the whole genre learned from could barely say his wife’s name. Mary Davis stayed. There’s footage from 2016 where Randy walked onto a stage at the Country Music Hall of Fame induction. He couldn’t sing. Couldn’t really talk. But when “Amazing Grace” started playing, he found one word. Amazing. Just that. One word, in a voice that used to fill stadiums. Mary was beside him, holding his hand. She said later that he practiced that single word for weeks. “He wanted to give me something,” she said. “And he did.”
Watch the video at the end of this article. Introduction In 2013, Randy Travis suffered...