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Quote:Well, that was presumptuous.

Country music star Randy Travis sounds incredulous when a police officer placing him under arrest on suspicion of public intoxication asks him for identification in a newly released dashboard camera video.

In the video, originally obtained by KCENTV.com, Travis, 52, is seen sitting in a black, late-'90s Pontiac sports car when Officer Carl Parker approaches the vehicle, rapping on the window.

"Oh, I was asleep," the bleary-eyed singer tells Parker.

"Asleep? Do you have any ID on you?" the officer responds.

The famous singer then spends several minutes explaining that though he is indeed a bit intoxicated, "I am not driving, as you can see."

Travis was parked in a church parking lot on that early morning of Feb. 6 when officers were called to investigate the suspicious vehicle. The "Three Wooden Crosses" singer had an open bottle of wine in his car and smelled "like alcohol," police said.

The star also explains to Parker that he had been in an argument with his future wife.

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Later in the video, Parker is seen returning to his police vehicle and conferring with dispatch about Travis' identity. The dispatcher seems lost for words when Parker states the perpetrator's name.

"I don't know what to say," the dispatcher is heard saying.

Parker returns to Travis and informs him that he will be going to jail temporarily to be booked on charges of "public intoxication."

"Really? Are you kiddin' me?" Travis is heard slurring in his distinctive drawl.

"Maybe once we get to the jail, we can figure out who ... get some more information on you, who you are," Parker offers.

"Are you kiddin' me?" Travis repeats.

The performer was booked at the Denton County Jail in nearby Denton, Tex., at 1:30 a.m. and released several hours later.

He issued an apology the next day, blaming his excitement over the Super Bowl for his drunkenness.

"I apologize for what resulted following an evening of celebrating the Super Bowl," he said in a statement. "I'm committed to being responsible and accountable, and apologize for my actions."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/randy-...z1meW1cRIj

On a related note, since he says he is a Baptist, and was arrested in a Baptist parking lot: Do you know the difference in a Catholic and a Baptist?

A Catholic will speak to you in the liquor store. :biggrin:

I laughed when I heard this story. Obviously not about the Public Intoxication but that he said, "Are you kidding me?"

It does irk me a little that they called him the "Three Wooden Crosses" singer. Really? The man is known as a Country Music singer, he is known for "Forever and Ever Amen", "On the Other Hand", "I Told You So" and "He Walked On Water"

Though two of them sound like Gospel songs, they are not. If you Google Randy Travis and Randy Travis Youtube, the song mentioned in the article isn't even on the first page before ALL THESE OTHER SONGS ARE LISTED.

Obviously, the intent was to question the character of a Gospel singer, by listing a song of his that charted well in the Gospel Charts. It would be to the same extent as calling Kanye West a Christian singer because he has a song called "Jesus Walks", just listen to anything else he sings or says.

Sorry, the media just irks me sometimes. I guarantee that if Trace Adkins did something really great for a 3rd World Country, they would refer to them as the "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" singer and not as the "Arlington" Singer. Or if Alan Jackson did the same they would call him the "Designated Drinker" singer and not the guy that released a widely-successful Gospel album.

Just to be clear, I am not defending Randy Travis, he allegedly broke the law, so consequences are possibly in order. I am just bashing the media because they always do things like that.

I thought it was a bum rap. He at least had enough sense to get off of the road and park. Lock his car up, drive him home, and thank him for not drinking and driving.

If I'm not mistaken....
Randy Travis officially went 100% gospel a few years ago.

Randy Travis (born May 4, 1959) is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and 22 of these were number one hits. Considered a pivotal figure in the history of country music,^[1] Travis broke through in the mid-1980s with the release of his album Storms of Life, which sold more than three million copies. The album established him as a major force in the Neotraditional country movement. Travis followed up his successful debut with a string of platinum and multi-platinum albums.
By the mid-1990s, Travis saw a decline in his chart success. In 1997, he left Warner Bros. Records for DreamWorks Records and changed his musical focus to gospel music. Although the career shift produced only one more number one country hit "Three Wooden Crosses", Travis went on to earn several Dove awards, including Album of the Year three times. In addition to his singing career, Travis pursued an acting career, appearing in numerous films and television series, including The Rainmaker (1997) with Matt Damon, Texas Rangers (2001) with James Van Der Beek, and seven episodes of the Touched by an Angel television series. Travis has sold over 25 million records, and has earned 22 number one hits, 6 number one albums, 6 Grammy awards, 6 CMA awards, 9 ACM awards, 10 AMA awards, 7 Dove awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[1][2][3]

This thread just reminds me of how much Gospel music sucks..