He has been called the “dominant male voice in country music”, sounding like the perfect mix of George Jones and Merle Haggard. On Monday, August 9, Randy Travis will bring a pickup truck full of career recording awards to Beaver Creek for an 8 p.m. show at the Vilar Performing Arts Center, one of only two tour stops in Colorado this summer.
Like the Beatles in rock, Travis’ emergence as a major star on the country-western landscape marked a generational shift in country music. When his “Storms of Life” came out in 1986, country music was still wallowing in the post-urban cowboy recession, chasing elusive crossover dreams. Travis brought the music back to its basics, winning the Country Music Association's Horizon Award in 1986 and named the association's Male Vocalist of the Year in 1987 and 1988.
The last two singles from Storms of Life, "Diggin' Up Bones" and "No Place Like Home," hit number one and two, respectively. "Forever and Ever, Amen", the first single from his second album, 1987's Always & Forever, began a streak of seven straight number one singles that ran through 1989.
Now, with record sales over 25 million, 22 number one hits, six number one albums, six Grammy's, six CMA's, nine ACM's, ten AMA's, seven Dove Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, he is the rare and lucky man who has been able to make all his dreams come true.
Tickets for Randy Travis at $98/$123/$148 and are available online HERE, by phone at 888.920.ARTS(2787) or in person at the Vilar Center box office in Beaver Creek.
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