Behind The Song: Chris Stapleton- “Traveller”

By Brian Ives
“If you ever get the chance to drive through the desert, I think you should.” Sound advice from multi-GRAMMY nominee Chris Stapleton, talking about the title track of Traveller.
In this Radio.com interview, he discusses writing the song. Stapleton’s wife bought him a 1979 Cherokee Jeep, and they flew out to Arizona to pick up the car. Instead of having it shipped home, they drove it back to Nashville. It was a risky idea, he allows, given that the car is over thre