How Carrie Underwood Honored Randy Travis
By Movieguide® Contributor
Carrie Underwood’s tribute to Randy Travis had the Grand Ole Opry crowd in happy tears on Wednesday.
At the “Opry 100: A Live Celebration” event, Underwood began a tribute to Travis by talking about her childhood — her sister had a Travis cassette tape, which Underwood stole and never gave back.
Travis inducted Underwood into the Grand Ole Opry Hall of Fame 17 years ago.
In 2013, Randy Travis suffered a stroke that left him unable to sing like he used to.
After sharing her story, Underwood performed Travis’ songs, “Three Wooden Crosses” and “Forever and Ever, Amen.”
Near the end of the second song, Underwood held the microphone to Travis so that he could sing the last “Amen.”
The crowd stood and clapped with tears in many of their eyes.
The Grand Ole Opry social media account shared a photo of the pair hugging at the event. “We’ll never forget the moment Randy invited Carrie into the family,” it said.
Blake Shelton hosted the event, which aired on NBC. Reba McEntire, Trace Adkins, Clint Black, Post Malone, Travis Tritt, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Carly Pearce, Alan Jackson, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Jelly Roll, Ashley McBryde and many others also performed.
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The anniversary technically isn’t until November, but the Opry started the celebrations early.
A new biopic about Travis called FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN is being made about the country legend.
Andrew Hyatt wrote the script and will serve as director. Hyatt previously won a Teddy Bear Award® for directing PAUL, THE APOSTLE OF CHRIST. Singer Clay Walker will portray Travis in the movie.
Travis’ wife, Mary Travis, said, “He had bumps and bruises and rough spots. But Randy never, ever ran from those, and he never denied them. He accepted them. He learned from them. He moved on, and he used them as an inspiration for others.”
“[Moviegoers] are going to find out the deep struggles that he had,” Walker told PEOPLE. “I look at Randy’s life, and I see redemption. This is a man who’s overcome all those challenges.”
“He’s survived it all. Everybody knows that golden voice of his, but I think this movie is going to endear him to people in a whole new way,” he said.
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