Song:Honky Tonk Badonkadonk
Album:The Definitive Greatest Hits: Til The Last Shot's Fired
Neo traditional country singer Trace Adkins had a good run from 1996 until he switched record companies in 2010. Honky Tonk Badonkadonk was one of his biggest hits in 2005. He was born Jan. 13, 1962 in Sarepta, LA. His dad taught him to play guitar. Adkins was in a gospel group in high school. He was to play football at Louisiana Tech but a knee injury ended that. He left school and worked on an oil rig among other things. Then he started to play local clubs and he moved to Nashville in the early 90s. Record companies started showing interest in him until Scott Hendricks signed him to Capitol Nashville in 1995. Hendricks produced most of Adkins' albums. Adkins had success from the start. His 1996 debut album Dreamin' Out loud was certified Platinum. His first number one country hit was (This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing in 1997. His 2005 CD Songs About Me was certified 2XPlatinum so it is probably his most successful album. Honky Tonk Badonkadonk reached #2 on the Country Singles chart. The song was written by veteran singer songwriters Dallas Davidson, Randy Houser and Jamey Johnson. Johnson says they were watching a dancer in a club and Houser invented the word badonkadonk to describe her butt. After that, the song wrote itself. Though Hendricks usually produced Adkins, session guitarist Dann Huff produced this song. Adkins left Capitol for Toby Keith's Show Dog label in 2010 which is funny because the main criticism of Adkins is he sounds too much like Keith. Capitol released this 2CD comp after Adkins left. Adkins did OK at Show Dog but he left in 2013 and he now records for Broken Bow's Wheelhouse label. He released the album Something's Going On Mar. 2017. So he's still touring but he seems to be on the decline after a very good run. He may get more into acting as he has done that in the past. His most significant appearance was on a couple of seasons of Celebrity Apprentice. Last year he starred in the western Hickock with Luke Hemsworth and Kris Kristofferson. So he may already be transitioning to acting. Here's the video for Honky Tonk Badonkadonk by Trace Adkins.
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