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36. Background information

Wed Aug 8, 2012, 03:50 PM

Aug 2012

Background information
Birth name Randy Bruce Traywick
Born May 4, 1959 (age 53)
Origin Marshville, North Carolina, USA
Genres Country, Gospel
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Guitar
Years active 1978–present
Labels Paula
Warner Bros. Nashville
DreamWorks Nashville
Word/Warner/Curb
Associated acts Alan Jackson
Paul Overstreet
Josh Turner
Dolly Parton
Carrie Underwood
Matt Kennon
Website www.randy-travis.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Travis

Aging? He is only 53.

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Randy Travis: Drunk and Naked Christian Music Star THREATENS COP'S LIFE [View all] Segami Aug 2012 OP

New song coming........I got values babeee. nc4bo Aug 2012 #1

addiction knows no religion. spanone Aug 2012 #2

That's true spanone but it's just a bit on the wth side. nc4bo Aug 2012 #16

I agree...but saying a sane thing like "do it at home, or catch a cab" means nothing Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2012 #39

Unfortunately, some religions promise cures siligut Aug 2012 #28

Heh. I can't wait to hear his atonement for his actions. Segami Aug 2012 #5

Pat Robertson atreides1 Aug 2012 #3

Im sorry but.... bunnies Aug 2012 #4

Looks like the State Trooper gave Randy a shiner for resisting. Segami Aug 2012 #9

I guess cops frown on murder threats. bunnies Aug 2012 #18

More likely it's from when he crashed his car. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #19

Who among us has not gone out naked to buy a pack of smokes? RagAss Aug 2012 #6

LOL! Segami Aug 2012 #10

I quit smoking years ago, but when I did, I tried to refrain from purchasing them while naked. SlimJimmy Aug 2012 #32

Tell me about it... 4_TN_TITANS Aug 2012 #40

Well, let me tell you a story. nichomachus Aug 2012 #46

good career move their, randy nt msongs Aug 2012 #7

Dirty liberals slipped something into his Dr. Pepper! Just to embarass Jesus! rfranklin Aug 2012 #8

He must have left his clothes in the closet Tanuki Aug 2012 #11

Travis isn't a finger-pointing evangelical brentspeak Aug 2012 #12

I don't either. It's just sad. TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #15

Really? Drunk, Naked, wandering around and threatening cops? bunnies Aug 2012 #20

Hey, really. Cops are so respected on DU...you don't post stories about Dreamer Tatum Aug 2012 #43

Don't you? Union Scribe Aug 2012 #45

Duck! firm slap on wrist coming Randy's way! librechik Aug 2012 #13

It's Obama's fault, the bad economy made me do it! madmom Aug 2012 #14

he's warming up for "Travis and Hasselhoff - The Booze and Burgers Tour" piratefish08 Aug 2012 #17

I thought he lived in Hawaii. Why in the fuck would he go to Texas? That's paradise to hell IMO. Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #21

I'm not fond of him, or his politics. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #22

He's an aging entertainer. lpbk2713 Aug 2012 #24

If he keeps up like this, he'll be writing it from jail. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #25

At the end of the day, we shall see if Randy will be granted leniency by the courts because of his Segami Aug 2012 #29

He was already granted more leniency than many others in his last alcohol related arrest in Texas. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #33

There.Is.NO.Excuse.For.Driving.Drunk.Period. catbyte Aug 2012 #34

just the second time he's been caught Skittles Aug 2012 #38

Sad. But I have to admit my first thought was woodsprite Aug 2012 #23

And then there was that one time he stole a song from Peggy Hill sadbear Aug 2012 #26

Alcoholism------a killler disease. virgogal Aug 2012 #27

amen. I read that if it didn't have such a bad stigma, scientists would have cured it Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2012 #42

If he would have been a poor black man the police Angry Dragon Aug 2012 #30

he looks nothing like the program director for wkrp in cincinati leftyohiolib Aug 2012 #31

Hey look, Johnny Cash went through similar trials and I don't condemn him. no_hypocrisy Aug 2012 #35

Background information RC Aug 2012 #36

he has an awesome voice Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #41

I've always thought his drinking problem stemmed from his closeted sexuality justiceischeap Aug 2012 #37

...so far in the closet, he's the Queen of Narnia Raster Aug 2012 #44