It was followed by the release of his debut album, Dreamin' Out Loud, later that year. Music career Early career Adkins' first single, "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 playing in honky tonk bars for the next few years in the Ark-La-Tex area and eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in the early 1990s. 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. He also worked as a pharmacy technician before pursuing a career in music. After leaving college, he worked at 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.:26 Adkins never graduated. Later, Adkins attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. His musical interest came at an early age when his father taught him to play the guitar.Īt Sarepta High School, since defunct, Adkins joined a gospel music group called the New Commitments. His maternal uncle was the Christian musician James W. Adkins has two brothers, Clay Adkins, and Scott Devin Adkins (1971-1993), who died at age twenty-one in a pickup truck accident near Plain Dealing in Bossier Parish. His parents are the former Peggy Carraway, who was the high school sweetheart of his father, Aaron Doyle Adkins (1942-2014), who worked for forty-seven years at International Paper Container Division in Springhill. Adkins (1921-1987) and the former Mavis Giles, later Mavis Tilley (1923-1999). His paternal grandparents were Rayford D. He has appeared in numerous films, including The Lincoln Lawyer, Moms' Night Out and I Can Only Imagine.Īdkins was born in Sarepta, Louisiana.
In addition, Adkins has written an autobiography entitled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Free-Thinking Roughneck, which was released in late 2007.
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. Adkins is widely known for his distinctive bass-baritone singing voice. All but one 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.
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. In 1998, Adkins appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits (season 23). You're one hot mama, Let's turn this room into a sauna, yeah.Tracy Darrell Adkins (born January 13, 1962) is an American country singer and actor. One hot mama, Oh, whaddya say, babe? Oh, now whaddya say, babe? You wanna? One hot mama You turn me on, let's turn it up, An' turn this room into a sauna. I'm a lucky man, I think Daddy's got himself, One hot mama, Oh, whaddya say, baby? You wanna? Is one hot mama You turn me on, let's turn it up, An' turn this room into a sauna. Meanwhile I'm tryin' to catch the breath you take away. An' you worry about your hips an' you worry about your age. Well, I know sometimes you think that all you really are, Is the woman with the kids an' the groceries in the car. An' if you ain't noticed, the kids are fast asleep,Īn' you're one hot mama You turn me on, let's turn it up, An' turn this room into a sauna. 'Cause the way you fill 'em out, hey, that's all right with me. Baby, don't get down don't worry 'bout a thing. You want that body back, you had at seventeen. You're doin' all you can to get in them old jeans.
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