“Watered Down” wasn’t a great song either, but it was a really solid effort. Jamey Johnson, who helped co-write “Honky Tonk Badonka Donk” can attest to that with his song “Jennings and Jones.” But it showed some promise that perhaps Adkins was over the shenanigans, and was searching for better songs. Would Trace Adkins actually be one of those rare mainstream country music stars that decides to grow old gracefully with his music and fans instead of trying to keep up with the young pups and current trends? At the age of 55, could he perhaps put out one of his best recordings? “Jesus and Jones” was a song idea done dozens and dozens of times. The first couple of songs we heard from his latest record Something’s Going On seemed to echo that new leaf turning. The first signs we saw from this new era of Trace Adkins were images of him standing there with his hat in hand, a little slump shouldered and contrite-looking, more svelte than in recent memory, like he was ready to turn a page and put a serious effort into making meaningful country music.
Perhaps Adkins would learn from his past mistakes, and start taking the music more seriously. By 2015, Trace Adkins’ alcohol consumption wasn’t the only thing in need of rehabilitation.Īfter a stint in rehab, and after becoming one of the last artists out the door at Toby Keith’s virtually defunct Show Dog label (don’t forget to hit the lights), Trace Adkins has re-emerged as one of the initial signees of the new Wheelhouse Records division of Broken Bow. Appearances on Celebrity Apprentice might keep your name in the spotlight, but they sure don’t help your country cred. From divorce, to brawling with one of his own impersonators, to turning in a drunken performance at a children’s charity benefit a while back, Adkins has burned through whatever do-overs, Mulligan’s, and good will chits he’s accumulated over the years. From “Honky Tonk Badonka Donk” to the puppet sex of “Brown Chicken Brown Cow,” cool voice or not, the lack of a governor on what Adkins chooses to record ultimately has made his career a punch line, and made him more caricature than a country music artist.Īdkins’ personal life has also become an adversity to keeping his career going now into his 50’s. The bigger problem with the Trace Adkins career track has always been his terrible, terrible song selection. The dude has one of the coolest, baritone and bass singing voices in all of modern country music. The trouble with Trace Adkins has never been a lack of talent.
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