Trace Fans Excited He's Decided to Quit - Smoking That Is

It's only nine more days till the 51st Grammy Awards air live on CBS and we are hoping to get a high definition peek at Trace who is, of course, nominated for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.  Wouldn't that be a hoot to see him accept that?

By the way, don't you just love those guns to the left?


Just four days after the Grammy's, Huntington, West Virginia will hear Trace's first live concert of 2009.  Tickets are still available, but not many.  I am anxious to hear which songs from the X album he performs; "Marry for Money" for sure, but fans will be yelling for "Can't Outrun You", a beautiful song that he has said may not be right for a big venue.

GAC reported yesterday that Trace has been smoke-free for about seven weeks, news that has the fan boards on his website humming with congratulations and encouragement.  I'd like to add congrats too.  You can't be a Trace fan without admiring the man's strength, determination, and perseverance.  Below is the GAC story ...

Jan. 29, 2009 — Trace Adkins seemed a tad testy at this week’s Grammy nominees party in Nashville, and there’s good reason: He’s suffering from nicotine withdrawals.

Trace stopped smoking about seven weeks ago, and misses the habit immensely. Fellow Grammy nominee Charlie Louvin, in fact, planted thoughts of a cigarette in Trace’s head at the party by asking Trace — in the middle of a conversation with GAC’s Suzanne Alexander — if he wanted to go for a smoke.

"I hadn’t thought about it," Trace sarcastically said on the national radio show GAC Nights: Live From Nashville, "in like five minutes!"
No doubt the doctor had counselled Trace more than once to cut out cigarettes, but what finally convinced him to stop for good was a health problem that he simply couldn’t shake.

"I had a chronic cough that wouldn’t go away," Trace said. "I went in the hospital and had some tests done. I’m fine. They just told me ‘You gotta quit smokin’, you know.’ And so I did, and I had 26 good years, 26 good years — enjoyed every one of ‘em I smoked."