Wendel Adkins
Wendel Adkins
Top Songs
| 1 | If That Ain't Country | ||
| 2 | Lonesome On'ry And Mean | ||
| 3 | Medley: Funny How Time Slips Away, Crazy, Nightlife | ||
| 4 | Willie, Waylon And Me | ||
| 5 | What A Way To Go |
Albums
Sep 1990 • 12 songs
Jan 1985 • 9 songs
About
Biography
b. 20 September 1946, Kentucky, USA. Raised in Fremont, Ohio, during his teens, Adkins played organ in a rock band, but he preferred to sing country music. He went to Nashville but poor management stifled his talent and his ambition. Adkins moved to Las Vegas and, because he was tall, good-looking and entertaining, he attracted a following in the casino hotels. His country act included impersonations of Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, and he sounded like Waylon Jennings without trying. Ironically, it was Nelson who discovered him and suggested that he move from Las Vegas to Tex...