After so many years of silence, it's beautiful to hear Travis' instantly recognizable baritone sing about trying oh-so-hard to get over a former flame.
"We have chosen to move back to Nashville for that reason, so that we can be closer to the music, and to the heart of what made this man one of the greatest of all time," explains Travis' wife Mary.
In 1963, Buck Owens topped the country charts with "Act Naturally," which opened with the prophetic line "They're gonna put me in the movies." But decades before that tune was a hit, country stars were already trading the concert stage for the sound stage.
Travis and more country stars are in the lineup for a Nashville concert that will celebrate the songs of contemporary Christian artist Michael W. Smith.
The '80s were a transitional decade for country music: a time when artists could try out different styles and approaches -- and, by extension, adopt new traditions that would come to reverberate in the '90s and beyond.