RANDY TRAVIS’ MEMOIR FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK, TOPS ‘BEST COUNTRY MUSIC BOOKS OF ALL TIME’ LIST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 3, 2020) — Last year music icon Randy Travis released his memoir, 60 years in the making, Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life.
Last month, the memoir took over the No. 1 spot on Book Authority’s 82 Best Country Music Books of All Time list. Written with the help of New York Times Best-Selling Author, Ken Abraham, and Travis’ wife Mary, the memoir recounts his life including all the ups and downs.
Travis has endured a lot over the course of his life and this book details his early childhood memories, recovering from a life-changing stroke and painful divorce all the way to learning to enjoy the life he was given and the Grace of God. Forever and Ever, Amen can be purchased at various retailers at .
“Forever and Ever, Amen tells all about Randy’s journey, the slips and falls, the massive triumphs, his bouts with his demons, his Christian conversion, and his indomitable will to survive and live life to its fullest, and he takes us along for the ride. And what a ride it is,” said country legend Charlie Daniels.
“Humble and inspiring, Travis tells a powerful story of his struggles and successes in this entertaining memoir.” – Publishers Weekly.
“Overall, [the memoir] is recommended for any country music fans or Randy Travis fans. There is something in it for everybody.” – Markos Papdatos, Digital Journal.
“What Randy wants most is for that book to inspire people that maybe feel rejected or lonely, people are battling with things they don’t know how to understand,” Mary Travis tells Billboard.
“‘Even in his State, his semi-coma state, he squeezed my hand,’ she told Jenna Bush Hager in an interview alongside her husband on TODAY last year. ‘And he laid there, and this tear just fell. And I went back to the doctors and I said, ‘We’re fighting this.’” – Mary Travis on TODAY.
“We all have mountains to climb and battles to fight—I’m no different. It’s my hope that someone may read my story, and either be inspired to keep up the fight and/or detour off the roads that are dead-ends,” he says. “I have always been transparent in the mistakes I’ve made—the book is no different.” – Randy Travis in Billboard
“’He’s a warrior. He’s an angel,’ Mary says when asked what Randy is like as a husband.” – Taste of Country
Throughout the book, Travis recounts never before told details about his troubled youth, his relationship with his father and his journey of more than 40 years in the music and acting industry. For more information about Forever and Ever, Amen and Randy Travis, please visit
About Randy Travis
With lifetime sales in excess of 25 million, Randy Travis is one of the biggest multi-genre record sellers of all time and a recent inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame class of 2016.
His honors include seven Grammy Awards, 11 Academy of Country Music statuettes, 10 American Music Awards, two People’s Choice awards, seven Music City News awards, eight Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association and five Country Music Association honors.
In addition, three of his performances earned CMA Song of the Year honors: “On the Other Hand” (1986), “Forever and Ever Amen” (1987) and “Three Wooden Crosses” (2002).
To date, he has 22 No. 1 singles, 31 Top-10 smashes and more than 40 appearances in feature films and television shows to his credit. Four of his albums are Gold Records. Four are Platinum. One has gone Double Platinum. One is Triple Platinum and another is Quintuple Platinum.
In 2004, Randy was honored with his own star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is honored on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, TN. He has been a member of the cast of the Grand Ole Opry since 1986.
In 2017, Randy was honored with a wax figure at Madame Tussauds™ Nashville. Since his near fatal stroke in 2013, with the help of his wife Mary and rigorous physical therapy, Randy continues to make improvements in his speaking, walking, and yes, singing. With the help of author Ken Abraham, he released his critically-acclaimed memoir in 2019, Forever and Ever, Amen. For more information please visit
Filled with never-before-told stories, Forever and Ever Amen tells Randy Travis’s story as only he can.
From a working-class background in North Carolina to a job as a cook and club singer in Nashville to his “overnight success” with his smash 1986 album Storms of Life–which launched the neotraditional movement in country music–Randy’s first three decades are a true rags-to-riches story.
But in 2009, this seemingly charmed life began a downward spiral. His marriage dissolved, he discovered that his finances had unraveled, and his struggles with anger led to alcohol abuse, public embarrassment, and even police arrest in 2012.
Then, just as he was putting his life back together, Randy suffered a devastating Viral Cardiomyopathy that led to a massive stroke which he was not expected to survive. Yet he not only survived but also learned to walk again and in 2016 accepted his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame by singing the hymn that explains his life today: “Amazing Grace.”
Filled with never-before-told stories, Forever and Ever, Amen is a riveting tale of unfathomable success, great joy, deep pain, and redemption that can come only from above.
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