Great Things To Come From Trace

According to Ben Sellers of The Freelance Star, Trace will take a break from touring in April to complete his next album. In an interview with Sellers, Trace says..."We've already got eight songs done, so we're just gonna go in and finish this next album, and we've got a few other things going on that I really can't talk about too much--some movie kind of stuff," he said.

Hot Dish(CMT Hot Dish is a weekly feature written by veteran columnist Hazel Smith. Author of the cookbook, Hazel's Hot Dish: Cookin' With Country Stars, she also hosts CMT's Southern Fried Flicks With Hazel Smith and shares her recipes at CMT.com.)The Celebrity Apprentice 2008 became history when Donald Trump declared Piers Morgan, an arrogant English wimp with a powerful Rolodex in his holster, the winner over all-American, flag-waving, family-loving, Southern-proud country music star Trace Adkins.Why? Because Piers collected more money than Trace did. Apparently, the Donald views the Boston Tea party as a prank. And the Donald apparently does not realize the Good Book says the love of money is the root of all evil.Listen friends, if Nashville (myself included) had pitched in and helped Trace, he would have won the $250,000 for his favorite charity, FANN (Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network). Where were Capitol Records and all the record labels? Where was country radio? The CMA? The ACM? Where were the multi-millionaires in our business? None of them pitched in.

Buy Trace's Chart Topping Song and Benefit a Good Cause

Download country music sensation Trace Adkins’ live recording of the hit single “You’re Gonna Miss This” from iTunes between March 27 and April 10, 2008 to support the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network.
Trace Adkins appeared on “The Celebrity Apprentice” raising awareness for the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN), and will reprise his role as the 2008 National Honorary Chair of FAAN’s Walk for Food Allergy.
“I know firsthand how important FAAN’s efforts to increase funding for food allergy education and research are,” says Trace, whose 6-year-old daughter Brianna is allergic to milk, eggs, peanuts, and tree nuts. He and his family turn to FAAN for help managing Brianna’s food allergies, and now Trace is helping FAAN.
You can help Trace Adkins support FAAN. Purchase “You’re Gonna Miss This” from iTunes for only 99 cents. Proceeds from this promotion will be donated to FAAN to use for food allergy education and research.
Buy your copy today, and make sure to tell your friends and family to do the same. These are some good times and you don’t want to miss this!

Trace is Successful No Matter Outcome of Celebrity Apprentice Finale

From the beginning, Trace has said that his only goal on Celebrity Apprentice was to bring attention to the charity he is competing for, FAAN (Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network).

Recently, in a conversation with my mom the subject of food allergies came up and she said, "that is what that Cowboy on Celebrity Apprentice is on the show for".

I was shocked because weeks ago when I had to give away my tickets to Trace's concert because it occured on the same day as my grandmother's funeral, my mom had no idea who Trace Adkins was.

Now she, and thousands other, know him as the Cowboy who is competing on Celebrity Apprentice to bring attention to a charity working to find a cure for food allergies, which his daughter suffers from.

Congratulations Trace, you did it!

Now, what is up with this Cowboy thing? Is that something that is going to follow Trace through the rest of his career? If so, unlike other cowboy boot wearing country stars, at least Trace's cowboy boots are legitimate, he owns a farm, he has raised cattle and the boots have been dirty. In fact, my favorite sount bite from Trace has to do with cows, although I won't repeat it here. Follow the link to his appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher where Trace comments about the topic of Cloning Cows. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RUPTlBfnS4

Let's Support Trace

Finale - All Bets Are On Trace

As we have learned in the Presidential election, you cannot believe in the polls, nevertheless each one I've visited on the web shows Trace as the winner by a very large margin of Celebrity Apprentice. Hopefully Donald Trump hasn't made up his mind and is looking at the overwhelming response from Trace fans.
Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer, wrote about Episode 12...
The thing I'm most looking forward to next week is Trace vs. The Backstreet Boys. Just by what we saw last night, it should a whole fountain of humor. Where do those washed-up no talent hacks get off asking for wheat grass? It's a freaking charity event. I actually think that this has the makings for its own reality show – Trace Adkins as the new Backstreet Boys manager. You could call it “Trace Adkins' Head Explodes.”

Celebrity Apprentice has its own poll, asking fans which team has what it takes to bring in the most money at the auction? Please vote for Trace.
http://www.nbc.com/The_Celebrity_Apprentice/

New Video Premieres March 24

Trace’s new video for the song You’re Gonna Miss This premieres March 24th online at Yahoo Entertainment. As we speak, the song is #3 on the country singles charts.

FINAL SHOW IN FRONT OF LIVE AUDIENCE

I've read that the final episode is a two-hour live finale to be aired March 27th.
From an interview I heard Trace do, I think the final contest is between him and Piers, but who knows.

NBC released this...
The live finale - which will be filmed in front of live studio audience where the final axe will fall - will offer highlights from the series penultimate show where the final two contestants held a celebrity charity auction and managed all aspects of a live concert for a Multi-Platinum, Grammy nominated American Pop Group with each celebrity responsible for different aspects of the event. The finalists, assisted by some former Celebrity Apprentice alumni, race to organize the event, and one calls in a huge favor from a powerful friend, while the other finds nothing but dead ends. In addition to Donald Trump's announcement of the total monies raised for charity, the live event will lead to his first-ever "hiring" of a 'Celebrity Apprentice.'

I Just Can't Stand It

First I couldn't breath because Trace's team lost the competition and I knew he was going to lose. Then he was saved for the next competition, so I took a breath, and the next thing you knew Trump was calling everyone in because two people would be fired before the night was out. So how do I last for a whole week holding my breath?????

Rumors of Great Things to Come

According to Ben Sellers of The Freelance Star, Trace will take a break from touring in April to complete his next album.
In an interview with Sellers, Trace says...
"We've already got eight songs done, so we're just gonna go in and finish this next album, and we've got a few other things going on that I really can't talk about too much--some movie kind of stuff," he said.

Trace Appears in DC to Support Civil War Battlefield Preservation Effort

Trace took a break from his American Man concert tour on March 12 to speak at the news conference where the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) unveiled its annual report on the status of the nation's historic battlegrounds. The report,entitled History Under Siege, identifies the most threatened Civil Warsites in the United States.
He says where he lives just south of Nashville there are so many sites that have been paved over or just have a little plaque designating the site. He says "it's a travesty that that part of our history is being paved over."
Adkins' passion was sparked by family stories. His great-great-grandfather fought in the Civil War and was in the siege of Vicksburg.
Trace talked about how well the Vicksburg, Miss. battlefield had been preserved and how much he appreciated visiting it with his father years ago. "I've been a Civil War enthusiast all my life," Adkins said. "When I visited the battlefield in Vicksburg and
stood in a trench where my great-great-granddaddy stood, tears came to my eyes. As a father of five, I believe it is critical that I protect a legacy that belongs not just to my family but to our entire nation."
Following the news conference Trace visited Arlington National Cemetery for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of Civil War Unknowns (located next to Arlington House).

A Personal Aside
My parents own a farm in Southeastern Indiana, just across the Ohio River from Kentucky that is on the General John Hunt Morgan Commemortive Trail. General Morgan led 2,460 troops in a daring raid, called Morgan's Raid, racing past Union lines into Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio in July 1863. Chasing General Morgan was a Union contingent of similar size. This was the farthest north any uniformed Confederate troops penetrated during the war.

My father often sits on the back porch and looks across the small valley where the old coach road used to run through his pasture and imagine how long it would take 2400 mounted troops to pass. My brother, while digging a ditch in that field found a belt buckle that was issued to Union calvary officers of the time.

Later while studying geneology of my family, I found that a few of my father's Kentucky ancestors accompanied General Morgan in his raid across his farm.

Preserving the history of our Civil War is very important in many Southern and Northern families. That is why we especially appreciate Trace's work on our behalf.

CWPT is America's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving our nation's remaining Civil War battlefields. CWPT's website is located at http://www.civilwar.org/.

Definately A Winning Shot!

Tito deserved to be fired by Trump on last week's segment of Celebrity Apprentice. How could he let Baldwin talk him out of using the photo of Trace? This was advertising Dial soap could not get any other way and sure to be a sell out for Redbook magazine. They would have been sure to win the competition. Washington Post columnist Jennifer Frey said it best.

What's hotter: Trace Adkins shirtless, with two 20-something male models in low-slung blue jeans in the background, their backs to the camera? Or Carol Alt looking naked under the sheets, with a much younger man crawling up behind her and playfully biting her shoulder?

Can't answer that one, at least from the executive perspective, because team Empresario chickened out this week and let Stephen Baldwin -- known for his religious conservatism -- declare a shirtless country-music star too risque for Redbook. This, though, we can say: Omarosa definitely thought Trace was hot.

In addition to appearing on Celebrity Apprentice tonight, you can catch glimpses of Trace on CMT's 40 Sexiest Videos which airs throughout the month. GAC will re-air Trace Adkins: American Man twice on Sunday, first at 5 p.m. and again at 9 p.m. And those lucky people in Florida can see him live in concerts March 7th at Plant City and March 8th at Pompano.

Here is what Trace's website has to say about tonights Apprentice...
The competition gets even more fierce this week on NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice," as country star Trace Adkins and the remaining celebrities battle it out in a New York City art gallery. Each team must choose an artist, display their work and try to sell the pieces in a shared gallery space. In the boardroom, the battle between Piers Morgan and Omarosa once again goes below the belt with outrageous accusations on both sides to the likes of which have never before been seen on 'The Apprentice.' In the end, the team with the highest sales figures wins, and a celebrity from the losing team is fired on Thursday, March 6 (9:00 PM ET/PT).


On last week's episode, Adkins appeared shirtless for the first time on national television to pose for an advertorial for Dial Yogurt Body Wash. However, his team decided not to use the photos and lost to Team Hydra, whose sexy ad featuring Carol Alt will be featured in the April issue of Redbook Magazine. Tito Ortiz, who served as project manager for Team Empresario, was sent home.

Adkins continutes to maneuver skillfully on the hit reality series and is heading into his tenth week of competition for charity. Adkins' charity of choice is "The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network," a cause truly personal to his family because his six-year old daughter suffers from severe food allergies.