Now That's Country - Randy Travis

True Crimecast

Stove Leg Media

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In August 2012, country music icon Randy Travis, known for his wholesome image, found himself in a shockingly bizarre and public confrontation with the law. Found naked in the street after crashing his car, smelling of alcohol, and threatening to kill state troopers, Travis's arrest sent shockwaves through the nation and made a major mark on his public persona.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation.
0:12.9	Welcome to True Crime to Go. What can I get for you?
0:16.4	Let's get some music going up in here. I feel like some country today.
0:22.0	Nothing makes me feel more country than can make it on a lawnmower.
0:25.5	Up to the second window and we'll see you next crime.
0:32.3	Welcome to true crime to go.
0:34.6	I am John and I will apologize on behalf of Jamie for that mental illness,
0:39.7	mental image that he just put into your end, which could lead to multiple mental illnesses.
0:45.7	Yeah, you're not wrong. This is a story. You and I have talked about a lot over the years and never
0:50.1	really, never really brought it to the podcast world, at least the true crime cast world.
0:55.7	It's somebody we both were fans of, growing up.
0:58.7	I still am a big fan.
1:00.6	But, you know, everybody makes mistakes.
1:03.4	But if you're a celebrity, your mistakes get the spotlight.
1:07.7	Why don't you tell us a little bit about our guy Randy Travis?
1:11.8	I do want to us tell you more about him, but I'm going to ask you, put you on the spot,
1:15.6	do you have a favorite Randy Travis song? Because I still listen to Randy Travis all the time,
1:23.3	and every time I listen to him, I think of this story. So you ponder that.
1:28.4	Every, I mean, forever and ever amen is probably his most famous one, but there's one he did with Kenny Chesney called Baptism I sent you recently.
1:37.3	Oh, yeah, quite a bit.
1:38.1	That was a good one.
1:39.3	So, all right.
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