Exclusive CD to Include Award-Winning Hits and Three Previously
Unreleased Tracks; Sales Will Support Wounded Warrior ProjectTM
LEBANON, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Country music star Randy Travis, known for his award-winning hits such
as "Forever and Ever, Amen," "I Told You So," and "1982,"
is releasing his newest CD exclusively with Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store®. In addition to having these three hits, the
self-titled album, Randy Travis, also contains six other hits and
three previously unreleased songs for a total of 12 tracks. And because
Randy Travis and Cracker Barrel support our military personnel, a
portion of the proceeds from sales of this CD will be donated to Wounded
Warrior ProjectTM. Randy Travis is available starting
today at all Cracker Barrel locations nationwide.
Randy Travis has won all of the major country music awards multiple
times, including seven Grammy® Awards, 10 Academy of Country
Music Awards, five Country Music Association Awards, and eight Dove
Awards, and his albums through the years have sold over 20 million
copies. He was glad to put together this special collection of hits and
new songs for Cracker Barrel guests and pleased that Cracker Barrel will
donate a portion of the proceeds to Wounded Warrior Project. "After
touring quite a number of our country's military bases and performing
repeatedly for our troops, I can tell you that there is nothing as
rewarding as doing these shows for our service men and women," said
Travis. "The love they have for this country is inspiring," he added,
"and I am glad that Cracker Barrel, where I, myself, like to eat, is
supporting such a worthwhile project."
"We offer up this newest CD in our exclusive music program in the hopes
that Cracker Barrel guests will enjoy some old favorites and discover
some new ones," said Cracker Barrel's Senior Vice President of Marketing
Chris Ciavarra. "Randy Travis is very popular with our guests, and we
like to believe that they will find this to be an exciting CD to add to
their collections. We're also pleased to be supporting Wounded Warrior
Project by donating a portion of the proceeds from this CD to that
organization."
The self-titled Randy Travis is the latest in Cracker Barrel's
exclusive music program, which features numerous projects. In March of
this year, Cracker Barrel released Kenny Rogers' The Love of God,
which debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and #2 on
the Top Christian Albums chart. In January 2011, Cracker Barrel released The
Grascals & Friends - Country Classics With A Bluegrass Spin,
which debuted at #1 on Billboard magazine's Bluegrass Albums chart and
at #26 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. In November of 2010,
Cracker Barrel released Smokey Robinson's Now & Then, which
debuted at #19 on Billboard magazine's R&B chart and was nominated for
an NAACP IMAGE AWARD. September saw the release of the self-titled Rodney
Atkins, which includes four #1 hits, and also the release of Mandy
Barnett's Winter Wonderland, which offers up all the authentic
sounds of holiday traditions. In July, the company released Craig
Morgan's That's Why-Collector's Edition, and in May the release
of Wynonna's Love Heals debuted at #7 on the Billboard Magazine
Top Country Albums chart. February's release of Dailey & Vincent
Sing the Statler Brothers debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Bluegrass
Albums chart, where it spent nine weeks in the top position and 18 weeks
overall in one of the three top positions. One of its songs was
nominated for a Grammy award®. Over the last few years,
Cracker Barrel has released exclusive CDs with Alan Jackson, the Zac
Brown Band, George Jones, Montgomery Gentry, Dolly Parton, Bill Gaither,
Ricky Skaggs, Aaron Tippin, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Josh Turner,
Amy Grant, Kenny Rogers, Sara Evans, and Charlie Daniels.
Tracks on Randy Travis:
1. Forever and Ever, Amen
2. No Place Like Home
3. 1982
4. Better Class of Losers
5. I Told You So
6. I'm Free - Previously Unreleased
7. Forever Together
8. It's Just a Matter of Time
9. She's Okay and I'm Okay - Previously Unreleased
10. Deeper Than the Holler
11. Three Wooden Crosses
12. This Song Doesn't Rhyme - Previously Unreleased
About Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store provides a friendly home-away-from-home
in its old country stores and restaurants. Guests are cared for like
family while relaxing and enjoying real home-style food and shopping
that's surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America's
country heritage…all at a fair price. The restaurant serves up
delicious, home-style country food such as meatloaf and homemade chicken
n' dumplins as well as its made from scratch biscuits using an old
family recipe. The authentic old country retail store is fun to shop and
offers unique gifts and self-indulgences.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) was established in
1969 in Lebanon, Tenn. and operates 601 company-owned locations in 42
states. Every Cracker Barrel unit is open seven days a week with hours
Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. — 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 6
a.m. - 11 p.m. For more information, visit crackerbarrel.com.
About Wounded Warrior Project
The mission of Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is to honor and empower
wounded warriors. WWP's purpose is to raise awareness and to enlist the
public's aid for the needs of injured service members, to help injured
servicemen and women aid and assist each other, and to provide unique,
direct programs and services to meet their needs. WWP is a national,
nonpartisan organization headquartered in Jacksonville, FL. To get
involved and learn more, visit woundedwarriorproject.org.
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For Cracker Barrel
Julie Davis, 615-443-9266
jdavis@crackerbarrel.com
or
Webster
& Associates, LLC
Kirt Webster, 615-777-6995 x230
kirt@websterpr.com
or
For
Randy Travis
Tree Paine, 615-214-1500
Tree.Paine@wmg.com
or
For
Wounded Warrior Project
Becky Melvin, 904-405-1162
bmelvin@woundedwarriorproject.org
Source: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
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