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Chris Stapleton’s ‘Traveller’ Turns 10: An Oral History of the Transformational Country Album
Chris Stapleton’s ‘Traveller’ celebrates 10 years in May. The album's role players tell Billboard about all the details that went into creating it.
On May 5, 2015 when Mercury Records/Universal Music Group Nashville released Chris Stapleton ’s solo debut album, Traveller, those close to the project knew it was a potent collection of heartfelt songs executed by a once-in-a-generation voice, yet no one could have imagined the career juggernaut it would become, including claiming the No. Stapleton was a well-respected talent, known for penning hits for Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan and Josh Turner, as well as fronting Grammy-nominated bluegrass outfit The SteelDrivers and Southern rock band The Jompson Brothers. Armed with some of the most compelling songs in Stapleton’s catalog, they proceeded to record Traveller, while the studio was under threat of developers planning to take a wrecking ball to the historic site.
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