Randy Travis’s “Where That Came From” marks a remarkable comeback story in country music history, utilizing AI technology to recreate his iconic baritone voice after a devastating 2013 stroke left him unable to sing—released in May 2024 as his first new recording in over a decade, this poignant ballad written by Scotty Emerick and John Scott Sherrill explores the irreplaceable nature of lost love through evocative imagery of a woman with captivating dark eyes that brightened when she smiled, with the recurring refrain “there ain’t no more where that came from” perfectly capturing the song’s central theme that some connections simply cannot be replicated—the creation of this groundbreaking track involved Travis’s longtime producer Kyle Lehning working with AI models trained on vocal stems from Travis’s career spanning 1985 to 2013, bringing tears to his wife Mary’s eyes who remarked “you forget how much you missed it until you hear it again,” while fellow country artists like Carrie Underwood, Cole Swindell, and Clay Walker reacted with “a mix of joy and wonder” when previewing this emotional musical milestone that demonstrates how technology can be used to restore a beloved voice to the country music landscape.
“Scroll down to the end of the article to listen to music.” Introduction When Randy Travis suffered a devastating stroke…