The Rhettangle - Facts
Name: Thomas Rhett Akins
Birthday: October 13, 1969
Hometown: Valdosta, Georgia
Named After: Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind
Nickname: Rhettangle
Height: 5 ft 10"
Weight: 165 lbs
Shoe Size: 9 1/2
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Range: Tenor
Favorite Sports: Football, Baseball & Hunting
Favorite Foods: Fried Chicken & Pizza
Favorite Colors: Confederate Gray & Blue
Favorite Music: Country, Rock & Bluegrass
Favorite Movies: Giant, Gettysburg, Gone With The Wind, King Creole & Weird Science.
Favorite Books: Last of the Mohicans, As I Lay Dying, & The Bible.
Hobbies: Studying the Civil War Era & Reading
Collections: State Flags, Belt Buckles, Old Maps & Civil War Books.
Favorite Singers: Hank Williams Jr. & Sr, George Strait, The Rolling Stones, & The Allman Brothers.
Marital Status: Single
Children: Thomas Rhett Akins Jr. (March 30,1990) & Kasey Lee Akins (February 12,1994)
Parents: Thomas Dempsey Akins Jr. & Pamela Marie Lahood Akins
Siblings: John Brooks Akins & James Elias Akins
Colleges Attended: University of Georgia (1 year) & Valdosta State (1 year).
Previous Work: His Dad's Oil & Gas Distributorship.
Moved to Nasvhille in: September of 1992
Got First Guitar: 14 Years Old
First Public Performance: Brother in Laws Wedding Rehearsal Dinner in 1991.
First Professional Performance: Guest Spot with Roy Acuff on The Grand Old Opry in 1992.
Most Exciting Moments: The Birth of his Children & Opening for Reba McEntire in 1995.
First Record Label: Decca Records (Division of MCA Records)
Current Record Label: Audium Entertainment
Discovered by: Jerry Smith
First Booking Contact: Buddy Lee Attractions
First Management: Jake & Company
Debut Album: A Thousand Memories
Second Album: Somebody New
Third Album: What Livin's All About
Fourth Album: Friday Night In Dixie
Country America Top New Star for 1995
American Music Awards "New Country Artist" Finalist 1995
Named National Spokesperson for the Boys & Girls club of America in 1997
