Country Pop Bites: Trace Adkins – September 8

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 2005 Capitol released Trace Adkins' "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" to radio?

It's true! Check out the video!

Here are 5 interesting facts about Trace Adkins.

• He was shot by his then-wife Julie Curtis in 1994; he did not press charges.
• He wrote the autobiography A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck.
• He garnered second place in the 2008 edition of The Celebrity Apprentice.
• He was the inspiration for the comic-book character Luke McBain, who appeared in a four-part comic series in 2009.
• He is a supporter of the Wounded Warrior Project.