Adkins' daughter, Mackenzie, was featured in the "More" video. Although the album's title track reached Top 10, More. A change in management delayed the release of Adkins' third album, but the album (titled More.) was eventually released in late 1999. In 1998, Adkins appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits (season 23). Adkins was named "Top New Male Artist" by the Academy of Country Music in 1997. His second album, Big Time, produced a Top 5 in " The Rest of Mine", but subsequent singles proved less successful. The latter single was also a Number One hit in Canada. The album produced several hit singles, including his first Top 5 single, " Every Light in the House", his first Number One in " (This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing", and another Top 5 hit in " I Left Something Turned on at Home". It was followed by the release of his debut album, Dreamin' Out Loud, later that year. Music career Early career Īdkins' first single, which he wrote himself, "There's a Girl in Texas", was released in 1996, reaching the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Scott Hendricks of Capitol Nashville signed him "on the spot" one night while Adkins was playing at Tillie and Lucy's bar in Mt. Forlaw had numerous music industry friends come out to hear Adkins over the next few years. In late-1994, Adkins met Rhonda Forlaw, who was an executive at Arista Records Nashville. Adkins moved to play in honky-tonk bars for the next few years in the Ark-La-Tex area and eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1992. He lost the pinky finger on his left hand in an accident using a knife to open a bucket, and asked doctors to reattach the finger at an angle so that he could continue to play guitar. Adkins also worked as a pharmacy technician before pursuing a career in music. He also played music in a band called Bayou. After leaving college, he worked on an oil rig. A walk-on offensive lineman on the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team, Adkins left the team after his freshman season due to a knee injury, without ever playing in a game. Later, Adkins attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. Īt Sarepta High School, since defunct, Adkins joined a gospel music group called the New Commitments.
His musical interest came at an early age when he was ten and his father bought him a guitar and hired someone to give him lessons.
His maternal uncle was the Christian musician James W. Sarepta, Louisiana, honors its home-town celebrity, Trace AdkinsĪdkins was born in Sarepta, Louisiana, the son of Peggy Carraway and Aaron Doyle Adkins. He has appeared in numerous films, including The Lincoln Lawyer, Moms' Night Out, and I Can Only Imagine. He has also made several appearances on television, including as a panelist on the game shows Hollywood Squares and Pyramid, as a 2008 finalist and as the 2013 winner on The All Star Celebrity Apprentice, as the voice for recurring character Elvin on King of the Hill, and the main role of Albie Roman on Monarch, as well as in television commercial voice-overs for KFC and Firestone.Īlso, Adkins has written an autobiography titled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Free-Thinking Roughneck, which was released in late 2007. Adkins is widely known for his distinctive bass-baritone singing and speaking voice. At least six of his studio albums have received gold or platinum certification in the United States his highest-selling to date is 2005's Songs About Me, which has been certified 2× Multi-Platinum for shipping two million copies. " I Left Something Turned on at Home" went to No. 1 on Canada's country chart. In addition, Adkins has charted more than 20 singles on the Billboard country music charts, including the Number One hits " (This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing", " Ladies Love Country Boys", and " You're Gonna Miss This", which peaked in 1997, 2007, and 2008, respectively. Since then, he has released ten more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations. Adkins made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Tracy Darrell Adkins (born January 13, 1962) is an American country music singer and actor.
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