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The song is a tale about a shy, lonesome, young American soldier who strikes up a conversation and later a correspondence with a high school girl during the Vietnam War era. Americana details pervade the lyrics as the song details the correspondence as a relationship forms between the two, despite the insurmountable distance. The last letter ...
"Travelin' Soldier" was originally recorded by its writer, Bruce Robison, in 1996, and then in rewritten form, in 1999; Ty England also recorded the song in 1999. "Godspeed" was originally recorded by Radney Foster in 1999; his wife suggested sending it to the Dixie Chicks because Natalie Maines had just had a baby. "Long Time Gone" and "More ...
Robison has written several songs which have become hits when covered by well-known singers, including: "Travelin' Soldier," (recorded in 2003 by the Dixie Chicks, reached No. 1 on the Country charts); "Angry All the Time," (recorded by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in 2001, also reached No. 1 on the country charts); and "Wrapped" (recorded in 2006 ...
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2. The Chicks, "Travelin' Soldier" The Chicks covered the Bruce Robison classic "Travelin' Soldier" and made it their own courtesy of their signature harmonies. The heartbreaking song tells of a ...
Although country music pushed back against The Chicks, they sold almost 900,000 tickets in the first weekend of their 2003 tour. Months later, they were declared Billboard’s top-selling country ...
Runaway Bride: Music from the Motion Picture "Sin Wagon" — 52 — — Fly "Roly Poly" (with Asleep at the Wheel) 2000 — 65 — — Ride with Bob: A Tribute to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys "Travelin' Soldier" (Live at the 2001 CMA Awards) [42] 2002 — 57 — — Non-album single "White Trash Wedding" — 56 — — Home "Tortured ...
The source of the Dixie Chicks' commercial success during this time came from various factors: they wrote or co-wrote about half of the songs on Wide Open Spaces and Fly; their mixture of bluegrass, mainstream country music, blues, and pop songs appealed to a wide spectrum of record buyers, and where the women had once dressed as "cowgirls ...