Garth Brooks Dishes the Truth About Randy Travis

Garth Brooks did not hold back in sharing how he felt about Randy Travis' music and influence on country music.

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Watch: Randy Travis talks about his album Storms of Life → https://youtu.be/VUPDKMzuvsA

Randy Travis was named CMT's 2021 Artist of a Lifetime on Wednesday night (Oct. 13), during the 2021 CMT Artists of the Year event. The country icon received the honor from Garth Brooks, a friend and longtime admirer of Travis', and just one of many throughout the night who wasn't shy about crediting Travis with inspiration for his music.

"I stand here tonight as one of the benefactors of this man's contributions to country music," said Brooks, who arrived at the event after an appearance at the Country Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony earlier in the evening. "I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Randy Travis singlehandedly saved country music."

Travis debuted 35 years ago, with 1986's Storms of Life, which he recently reissued to celebrate the big anniversary. Brooks' career began three years later, but even in that short amount of time, Travis, his music and his role in country music's neo-traditional movement made quite the impact on Brooks and his fellow Class of '89 members.

"I wouldn't be standing here today if it wasn't for Randy Travis. I don't think any of us would be," Brooks added. "This is totally my opinion, and it doesn't have to be yours, but I think every artist in country music over the next 100 years should bow to this man and thank him for his contributions."

On the red carpet prior to the 2021 CMT Artists of the Year ceremony, Mary remembered how the news of his CMT Artist of a Lifetime honor prompted Travis to reflect. "About 15 minutes [after we got the news], I looked over, and his eyes were all teary and wet," recalled Mary.

"I mean, there's no doubt he deserves it," Mary said, "but there was a lot of hard work that went into that."

Next to her, Travis summed the moment up with one word: "Wow."

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