While Kenny Chesney is finally starting to try and carve a little time out of his year off to actually take some time off, it doesn’t mean that this year’s CMA Music Festival will be missing the laidback singer/songwriter’s kind of country.
Kenny Chesney On Tour
Thursday night during what used to be known as Fan Fair will host Kenny at the Hard Rock. Kenny web radio station starts covereage at 7pm Thursday at NoShoesradio.com and the 6 + writers start playing at 8p
On tap for the show at Nashville’s Hard Rock Café, which sits at the lowest part of Broadway, right at the top of the Cumberland River are Mac McAnally (“Down The Road,” “Back Where I Come From”), Craig Wiseman (“The Good Stuff,” “Ain’t Back Yet,” “Summertime”), Brett James (“When The Sun Goes Down,” “Out Last Night”), Neil Thrasher (“There Goes My Life,” “I Lost It”), Wendell Mobley (“There Goes My Life,” “How Forever Feels”) and Casey Beathard (“Don’t Blink,” “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems”).
The show – which has already sold out of VIP tickets – benefits Musicians on Call.
“There’s a point where I just can’t do everything,” Chesney admits. “The idea of a year off was to get a mental break… but then you have projects, be it the 3-D movie, making this record or something we’ll be announcing shortly… and it’s June, and you’ve not stopped for a second. I was joking that getting back out on tour next summer not only gets me back out with my fans, but I’ll get some rest…
“But that doesn’t mean I don’t hate I’m not in town this week… and I’m honored that some of the best songwriters I’ve ever heard – and have had the pleasure to work with – agreed to get together for my fans and do something a little special. This is kinda like the way, when I’m lucky, I get to hear the songs, and they’re gonna share it with all the fans – with the money going to Musicians on Call, which gets music to critically ill children who’re too sick to even leave their beds.”
Rumor has it a couple more writers of Chesney’s most enduring hits might just show up. Could it be Paul (“She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy”) Overstreet? Maybe Scotty (“Keys In The Conch Shell,” “Soul of a Sailor”) Emerick? And let’s not forget that No Shoes Radio’s own Mark Tamburino has co-written a pair of Chesney hits: “I Go Back” and “I’m Alive.”
“These guys have written hits for everyone,” Chesney laughs, whose co-written David Nail’s current “Turning Home” and Rascal Flatts three week #1 “Take Me There” beyond his own hits. “Tim (McGraw), Keith (Urban), Toby (Keith), the Flatts, Strait, Buffett, Gary Allen, Reba, Faith, you name it…It’s not just my songs, but a whole lot of music – from the source – for anybody who loves songs.”
Tickets are $10 at www.TicketAlternative.com. They will also be available at the Hard Rock on a first come, all gone basis. With just two Festival dates and his final pair of July concerts at the Las Vegas Hard Rock, this is a pretty great way to see Kenny Chesney’s music come to life.
