Randy Travis gets standing ovation in wheelchair after post-stroke tour run

Randy Travis is still as much an entertainer as ever.

The country star, who survived a 2013 stroke and has been largely unable to speak or walk since, received a standing ovation at a concert, with fans chanting "Randy" as he was brought off stage in a wheelchair by his wife, Mary Travis, as seen in an Instagram video posted by the singer.

"It's the fans who make these appearances and shows so special, and the reason I keep doing it," Travis, 66, captioned the video, shared Thursday, April 2.

The More Life Tour, Travis' first major tour since his devastating stroke, kicked off in March with his original band. The tour includes nearly two dozen shows across the U.S., with remaining shows in Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Texas, Arizona, California and more through May.

The "Forever and Ever, Amen" crooner hasn't been doing much singing in the last several years. After being hospitalized in Dallas for viral cardiomyopathy, Travis suffered congestive heart failure and a stroke. The stroke impacted the movement on the right side of his body and left him on life support, with a 1% chance of survival. Multiple bouts with pneumonia led to a trio of tracheostomies (surgical procedures on the neck to open the windpipe) and two brain surgeries, affecting his ability to speak and sing.

As a result, he has been using artificial intelligence to continue to make music in recent years.

His wife previously explained to Fox News that a machine learning model has been used to draw from Travis' original vocals and polish previously unfinished songs.

"Randy and I are both on stage. I give a little bit of background as far as the music, the musicians, Randy, the stroke, a song, the AI, of course," she told the outlet of his live performances. "Then we show videos of Randy's historical past, as far as some of his joke-telling, which allows people to see the humor that Randy has. And all the way back to his childhood and working with horses in some of the Westerns that he was in, the funny things along the way."

She continued, "It gives you a whole, like I said, biographical sketch of Randy Travis. And then James Dupre is singing all of the songs, and it's just kind of a magical night, really."

Contributing: Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean; Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY