Trace Adkins
PMP Network presents:
Trace Adkins reflects on his upbringing, sharing anecdotes about his family life and his early musical experiences. He also touches on his pre-music career, including his time working on an offshore oil rig.
Country Singer
Trace Adkins
About Trace Adkins
Trace Adkins is an American country music singer and actor who debuted with the platinum album Dreamin' Out Loud in 1996. He scored number-one hits including (This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing, Ladies Love Country Boys, and You're Gonna Miss This. Beyond music, he won The Celebrity Apprentice in 2013, hosted Ultimate Cowboy Showdown, and appeared in the Fox series Monarch in 2022.
In this interview
- Recalls growing up listening exclusively to his father's country music collection.
- Describes singing gospel music with a church group at age seventeen.
- Talks about being six-six and two-forty by age eighteen while playing football.
- Reflects on working on offshore oil rigs before his music career.
“It was the only music I knew until I started to find some of my own.”— Trace Adkins, in this interview
Since this interview
Adkins continued recording and touring, releasing The Way I Wanna Go album celebrating 25 years since his debut. He played Albie Roman on Fox's Monarch series in 2022 and appeared in the film I Can Only Imagine 2 in 2026.
