Friends, fans and fellow musicians preparing to pay tribute to country music legend Randy Travis

Randy Travis's friends, fans, and fellow musicians are preparing to pay tribute to the living country music legend.

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A Texas Heroes & Friends Tribute to Randy Travis will take place at the Texas Trust CU Theatre in Grand Prairie on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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Travis and his wife Mary were recently interviewed by CBS News Texas about the upcoming show.

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"We're going to have a kick-in-the-pants kind of time," she said. "We're going to pretend that someone left the gate open. It was a lot of fun."

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She went on to say that they wanted to hold the show in Texas because it is "where we live, where we love."

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It will feature a slew of local and national artists singing and covering Travis' songs.

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While the concert is billed as a tribute to the legend, proceeds will benefit The Randy Travis Foundation.

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Travis, who suffered a stroke in 2013, was left with right-side paralysis and aphasia.

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