62 Facts About Trace Adkins

Tracy Darrell Adkins was born on January 13,1962 and is an American country music singer and actor.

Trace Adkins made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville.

Trace Adkins is widely known for his distinctive bass-baritone singing and speaking voice.

Trace Adkins has 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.

Also, Trace Adkins has written an autobiography titled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Free-Thinking Roughneck, which was released in late 2007.

Trace Adkins has appeared in numerous films, including The Lincoln Lawyer, Moms' Night Out, and I Can Only Imagine.

Trace Adkins was born in Sarepta, Louisiana, the son of Peggy Carraway and Aaron Doyle Trace Adkins.

At Sarepta High School, since defunct, Trace Adkins joined a gospel music group called the New Commitments.

Trace Adkins worked as a pharmacy technician before pursuing a career in music.

Trace Adkins 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.

Trace 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.

In late-1994, Trace Adkins met Rhonda Forlaw, who was an executive at Arista Records Nashville.

Scott Hendricks of Capitol Nashville signed him "on the spot" one night while Trace Adkins was playing at Tillie and Lucy's bar in Mt.

Trace Adkins was named "Top New Male Artist" by the Academy of Country Music in 1997.

In 1998, Trace Adkins appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits.

In 2001, Trace Adkins was injured in a tractor accident and had to cancel touring temporarily.

Trace Adkins made appearances as the center square on the game show Hollywood Squares, and did voice-overs in commercials for fast-food chain KFC.

In March 2005, Trace Adkins released his album entitled Songs About Me.

The album's final release, "I Wanna Feel Something", proved unsuccessful on the charts; as a result, Trace Adkins announced that he would stop supporting the single.

Originally, the song was planned to be the lead-off to a new album, tentatively titled Game On; however, Trace Adkins decided not to release a full album, and instead released his second Greatest Hits compilation, American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II, for which "I Got My Game On" served as the lead-off single.

The album has produced Trace Adkins' fastest-climbing single to date in its second single, "You're Gonna Miss This".

Trace Adkins released his first book, entitled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Free-Thinking Roughneck.

In 2008, Trace Adkins released the single "Muddy Water," the lead single from X, which was released on November 25.

In November 2008, Trace Adkins made an appearance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Trace Adkins rode with his family on the "Jimmy Dean" float and performed his famous song "You're Gonna Miss This".

In 2009, Trace Adkins appeared in local Kansas City commercials to advertise season tickets and the 50th season of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs.

Trace Adkins recorded a duet with country legend Ronnie Milsap called "My First Ride" to benefit fire-fighters and police officers in the US and Canada.

Milsap led a protest at Capitol Records to "Free Trace Adkins" and allow the song to be played.

In November 2009, Trace Adkins embarked on the Shine All Night Tour, a co-headline venture with fellow country artist Martina McBride.

On October 18,2009, Trace Adkins made an appearance on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to help Ty Pennington and his design team build a new home for the Marshall family.

In January 2010, Trace Adkins parted ways with his long-time record label, Capitol Nashville, and subsequently signed with Show Dog-Universal Music.

Several members of Trace Adkins' band were aboard the bus but were not seriously injured.

Trace Adkins himself was not on board the bus at the time.

On October 10,2010, Trace Adkins sang the National Anthem at Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

On December 18,2010, Trace Adkins performed at WWE's annual extravaganza Tribute To The Troops to amazing reception by the soldiers in attendance.

Trace Adkins appeared in an episode of SmackDown live from Nashville, Tennessee, on May 13,2011, as the special member of the WWE audience.

In March 2011, Trace Adkins released "Just Fishin" which featured his youngest daughter, Trinity, in the video, which was shot at their farm.

On October 20,2011, Trace Adkins sang the National Anthem at game 2 of the 2011 World Series in St Louis.

In March 2012, Trace Adkins visited the Lady Bears while on tour in Kansas City to encourage them before their NCAA Championships semi-final match; the team attended one of his concerts later that week.

In February 2012, Trace Adkins appeared as a guest vocalist on Meat Loaf's album Hell in a Handbasket.

Trace Adkins performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the West Virginia Mountaineers' home football game against the Baylor Bears on September 29,2012; his was just the third live performance of the national anthem in the 32-year history of Mountaineer Field.

Trace Adkins released his first Christmas album, The King's Gift, on October 29,2013.

On July 4,2016, Trace Adkins made a surprise appearance at his hometown Independence Day celebration in Sarepta, Louisiana.

Trace Adkins joined on stage the Backbeat Boogie Band with several unrehearsed songs.

In 2019, Trace Adkins appeared on Hardy's new album, Hixtape Volume 1.

In 2012, Trace Adkins signed a deal with truck stop chain Pilot Flying J to become the company's new spokesman.

Trace Adkins lent his signature voice to Firestone as part of the "Drive a Firestone" campaign to revitalize the brand in 2012.

Trace Adkins chose the charity because his daughter suffers from life-threatening reactions to peanuts, milk, and eggs.

Trace Adkins returned for the All-Stars version of The All-Star Celebrity Apprentice.

Trace Adkins was the project manager for his team, Plan B, in the first task, which was to sell meatballs and won $670,072, a Celebrity Apprentice record for a first task, for his charity The American Red Cross.

Together with Vegas illusionist Penn Jillette, Trace Adkins made it to the finals again, where Trace Adkins won and became The All-Star Celebrity Apprentice.

Trace Adkins broke the record for the highest amount of money raised for his charity by any one person in the history of the show, with $1,524,072 raised for the American Red Cross.

In 2019, Trace Adkins became the host of a new series on INSP, Ultimate Cowboy Showdown.

Trace Adkins has two daughters, Tarah and Sarah, with his first wife, Barbara Lewis, and three daughters with his third wife, the former Rhonda Forlaw: Mackenzie, Brianna, and Trinity.

Trace Adkins endorsed Mitt Romney and performed at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.

Trace Adkins performed the National Anthem at Tennessee governor Bill Haslam's second inauguration in 2015 and a year later during candidate Donald Trump's nomination at the 2016 Republican National Convention [5].

At age 17, Trace Adkins was in an automobile accident in which his 1955 Chevrolet pickup truck hit a school bus head-on.

Trace Adkins broke some ribs, punctured both lungs and his nose was partially torn off.

Trace Adkins was forced to give up college football after a severe knee injury at Louisiana Tech.

Trace Adkins has experienced a number of serious injuries as an adult, including being shot by his second ex-wife Julie Curtis in 1994.

In early 2014, Trace Adkins checked into rehabilitation for alcoholism after getting into an altercation on a cruise ship.

On October 12,2019, Trace Adkins married Canadian actress Victoria Pratt in New Orleans, Louisiana.