In 1998, he recorded "The Christmas Song" for a promotional CD sold at Dillard's department stores.Bowdlerise: "Rough & Ready" changed two lines for the radio edit: "Got a 'What are you looking at, asshole' smirk" became "Got a 'what are you lookin' at, pretty boy' smirk", and "Work boots, one blue suit / Size too small, don't wear at all / Unless somebody kicks, gets hitched / That's a bitch, it makes me itch" became ".don't fit, it makes me itch".Bow Chicka Wow Wow: Invoked by way of pun on "Brown Chicken Brown Cow", where the title animals are the only two witnesses to a sexual encounter in a barn.Nothing can kill him unless one of those ten-ton Acme weights falls on his head. Mo Rocca: Trace Adkins is like the Wile E. Badass Baritone: The deep-voiced Adkins stands six-foot-six, had a pinky reattached after an accident, survived getting run over by an off-road vehicle, survived being shot in the heart and both lungs, and often sings very macho, masculine songs.Age-Progression Song: "You're Gonna Miss This".The Definitive Greatest Hits: 'Til the Last Shot's Fired (2010).American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II (2007).He is also noted for his varied styles, with sensitive ballads and midtempos interspersed with silly novelty rock songs such as "Badonkadonk". He also holds a small number of acting credits, including An American Carol, Moms' Night Out, and I Can Only Imagine.Īdkins' music was originally identified mainly as neotraditional country, but many of his songs feature heavy electric guitar and rock beats. In addition to his musical career, Adkins appeared on The Celebrity Apprentice in 2008. He eventually left Capitol for Show Dog-Universal in 2010, netting his last major hit a year later with "Just Fishin'." Two more big hits, "Ladies Love Country Boys" and "You're Gonna Miss This", followed in the later years, but the hit making cooled after that. 2005's Songs About Me produced his most iconic song to date, "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk". Among them were such iconic songs as "Every Light in the House", "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing", and "The Rest of Mine".īut it was 2001's Chrome and Comin' On Strong two years later that added a rock edge to his existing soulful baritone vocals, as exemplified in the tender ballad "I'm Tryin'", and the more sexual "Chrome" and "Hot Mama". This album and its followups, Big Time and More., were all modest successes, notching him several Top 10 hits on the country music charts. Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins (January 13, 1962-) emerged at the end of The '90s to become one of the bigger names in Country Music.Ī former football player and oil rig worker, Adkins began his musical career in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud on Capitol Records.
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