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Kamau R. Jamal, a Boston-area resident who plays the part of Travis, one of the three main young characters, said the film is realistic. "Most of my friends are like that. I know a lot of people who carry guns," he said.
In the fast lane of a Los Angeles freeway, a Randy Travis song on the car radio can put you, all at once, onto a stretch of two-lane blacktop. A tune like On the Other Hand or What'll You Do About Me can turn a city singles bar...
"Pure country went down for several years," Travis observes, and his recent success has done a lot to pick it up and dust it off. His previous album, Storms of Life, has sold 1.3 million copies so far (the new album, out a month and a half, has already sold...
Country music now holds about 10% of the recording market (down from 15% in 1981). Nashville music executives insist, however, that everything is turning around. Forecasts like that are as reliable as the 6 o'clock weather, but at the moment Nashville seems to have the talent to back up...
In this crowd, Travis is the proud traditionalist. He has not redefined country so much as reminded everyone of its truest instincts. "I don't like to hear a country singer doing crossover," he admits. "Young people started turning their radios to hear Alabama and Kenny Rogers, and they began...