>>> RANDY TRAVIS HAS SEVEN
GRAMMYS AND 11 ACADEMY OF
COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS TO HIS NAME
AND DON'T FORGET THE 25 MILLION
RECORDS HE'S SOLD AND THE 22
NUMBER ONE HITS OVER HIS CAREER.
>> BUT IN 2013, RANDY SUFFERED A
NEAR FATAL STROKE WHICH GREATLY
LIMITED THE ABILITY TO SPEAK AND
TO SING.
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY WAS LONG.
HE EVEN HAD TO LEARN TO WALK
AGAIN.
>> PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS, RANDY
STUNNED THE COUNTRY MUSIC WORLD
IN 2016 AND PERFORMED THIS
RENDITION OF AMAZING GRACE FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS STROKE.
IT WAS DURING THE INDUCTION INTO
THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
AND BROUGHT THE HALL TO TEARS IN
>> MOST BEAUTIFUL VERSION, NOW
THE COUNTRY CROONER IS RELEASING
A NEVER BEFORE HEARD SONG THAT
RANDY RECORDED AS A DEMO IN 1984
AND LONG
♪ WE CAN'T BELIEVE ♪
>> RANDY WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE
MARY JOIN US FROM THEIR HOME IN
NASHVILLE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HI, GUYS.
IT'S SO GOOD THE SEE YOU GUYS.
RANDY AND MARY, I HEARD THAT
OVER QUARANTINE YOU TWO HAVE
TAKEN UP TIKTOK.
IS THAT RIGHT?
YOU REALLY DO IT ALL.
>> WELL, WE HEARD WE TOOK UP
TIKTOK AND THERE WILL BE MORE.
>> THERE WILL BE MORE.
>> LOOK.
WE ARE WATCHING YOU ON SCREEN.
YOU LOOK GOOD ON TIKTOK, RANDY.
I GOT TO SAY.
BY THE WAY, WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT
THIS SONG BEING RELEASED NOW 36
YEARS LATER, BOY, WE HAVE BEEN
WAITING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
WILL YOU TELL US HOW THIS CAME
TO BE IN THIS MOMENT RELEASED
NOW?
>> JUST -- CHARLIE MONK HAD THIS
THING ON THE SHELF AND I THINK
IT WAS A TOP SHELF AND BELIEVED
IN IT AND LOST THE MASTERS AND A
YEAR AND A HALF AGO FOUND THE
MASTERS, TOOK THEM AND ASKED
RANDY IF IT WAS OKAY IF HE MOVED
FORWARD WITH IT.
AND HE DID AND HERE WE HAVE
"FOOL'S LOVE AFFAIR" THAT SAT ON
A SHELF FOR SO LONG AND IT JUST
GOT TIRED OF SITTING ON THE
SHELF AND NEEDED TO BE HEARD.
>> I IT DID.
I THINK LISTENING TO THAT SONG
BROUGHT JOY TO SO MANY PEOPLE
AND SPEAKING OF LOVE YOU TWO
HAVE A LOVE STORY FOR THE BOOKS.
WHAT IS YOUR SECRET, MARY?
HOW DO YOU GUYS KEEP THIS
DEVOTION AND COMMITMENT THAT I
HAVE GOT TO SEE IN PERSON?
HOW DO YOU KEEP IT SO STRONG?
>> YOU KNOW, WITH SOMEONE LIKE
THIS, BESIDE YOU, IT'S VERY
EASY.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF FAITH.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS.
YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH
HAPPINESS, WITH POSITIVE PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU TRY TO SHINE
A LIGHT WHEREVER YOU GO.
YOU'RE SILENT WHEN IT'S NOISY
AND SING A SONG WHEN IT'S QUIET
AND TRY TO LEAVE A BLESSING
EVERYWHERE YOU GO AND THAT'S
WHAT THIS MAN HAS DONE ALL OF
HIS LIFE AND TO GET TO WALK
BESIDE HIM IS A GREATEST JOY
I'VE EVER HAD.
EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY AND
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO
SMILE ABOUT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND SOMETHING
TO LAUGH ABOUT AND SMILE --
>> YOU'RE SO RIGHT.
MARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE WRITE
THAT DOWN TO READ IT AGAIN?
BECAUSE IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL WHAT
YOU JUST SAID.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE WORDS TO A
SONG.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THOSE
WORDS.
SO, RANDY, ARE THERE ANYMORE
SONGS TUCKED AWAY SOMEWHERE THAT
WE MAY BE HEARING?
>> YEAH.
>> YOU HEARD IT FROM HIS MOUTH.
>> THAT IS SUCH GOOD NEWS FOR
ALL OF US THAT LOVE YOUR MUSIC.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF US THAT
LOVE IT SO WE LOVE THAT THERE'S
SOME NEW RANDY TRAVIS MUSIC
THAT'S GOING TO BE RELEASED IN
YEARS TO COME.
WE LOVE YOU ALL.
>> LOVE YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU, MARY.
THANK YOU, RANDY.
>> SENDING ALL OF OUR LOVE.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR SON
RALEIGH OUT THERE.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND
DOWNLOAD THE SONG.
>> WE WILL.
THE NEW SINGLE "FOOL'S LOVE