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. 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 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, he 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, Adkins 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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