| Trace Adkins Facts |
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Name: |
Trace Darrell Adkins |
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Birthdate: |
January 13, 1962 |
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Birthplace: |
Springhill, LA |
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Hometown: |
Sarepta, LA |
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Record Label: |
Capitol Nashville |
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Spouse: |
Trace married Rhonda Forlaw on May 11, 1997, in the garden of Nashville's historic Belle Meade Mansion. After Trace and Rhonda exchanged rings, Trace sang "The Rest of Mine," a song he wrote with Kenny Beard, who accompanied him on guitar at the ceremony. The song was later released on Trace's album Big Time. This is his third marriage.
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Children: |
From his first marriage, Trace has two daughters - Tarah, born 1985, and Sara, born 1989 - and with Rhonda he has daughters Mackenzie Lynn, born 1998, Brianna Rhea, born 2001, and Trinity Lee, born in 2004.
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Former jobs: |
Trace sold Gritt newspaper at age 11, worked as a derrick man and pipe fitter in the oil industry and later built barns.
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First band: |
Trace sang in a gospel group, The New Commitment Quartet, while attending high school. The act recorded two albums for an independent label; The New Commitment Quartet (1979) and The Best of The New Commitment Quartet (1980).
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Injuries: |
A 1982 bulldozer accident resulted in deep cuts to Trace's hind quarters. ("I thought I was fixin' to lose both my legs.") In 1983, an oil tank exploded while he was trying to repair a leak, crushing his left leg. In 1989, he nearly cut off his finger trying to open a can of pipe dope with a six-inch buck knife. "They put it back together, but told me I'd never be able to bend it again," Trace recalls. "I told them how I wanted the joints fused - in a curve, so they'd go around the neck of a guitar." And the doctors followed his orders: Trace's left pinkie is permanently arched. In 1994, during an argument, his second wife accidentally shot him in the side. "It wasn't nearly as big a deal to me as it was to everybody else," says Trace of the incident. "It's not the first time I've almost gotten killed."
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On building character: |
"Scars build character, they say, so I ought to be a character by now!"
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Albums: |
Dreamin' Out Loud
Big Time
More
Chrome
Greatest Hits
Comin' on Strong
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Gold Albums: |
Big Time
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Platinum Albums: |
Dreamin' Out Loud
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Role Models: |
Merle Haggard. "When I say he's an inspiration, that's the truth. I'm not just saying it as the politically correct thing," Trace explains. "I've been almost a student of his vocal styllings, the way he writes songs, and his life, too. It was so important for me, opening up one of Merle's shows. That was like winning an award for me." |
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Awards: |
1996 ACM for Top New Male Vocalist |
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Billboard Top 10 Singles: |
"Every Light In The House" (No. 3, 1996)
"(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" (No. 1, 1997);
"I Left Something Turned On At Home" (No. 2, 1997);
"The Rest of Mine" (No. 4, 1997);
"More" (No. 10, 2000);
"I'm Tryin'" (No. 6, 2001).
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