Spotlight On: Kenny Chesney
Many people have expressed their dismay that popular country artist Kenneth Arnold Chesney, aka Kenny Chesney has decided to sit it out this summer and refrain from touring to recharge his batteries. This is quite an understandable decision since, from among the crop of country singerstoday, Kenny is one of those who have been touring non-stop for the past few years.
Chesney holds the distinction of being the recipient of the Billboard Touring Award for Top Package Tour for four consecutive years from 2005 and 2008. Thus far, he has had nine tours including Greatest Hits (2001), No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (2002), Margaritas N’ Senorita’s (2003), Guitars, Tiki Bars & A Whole Lotta Love (2004), Somewhere In The Sun (2005), The Road & The Radio (2006), Flip-Flop Summer Tour (2007), Poets & Pirates (2008), and his most recent Sun City Carnival Tour (2009) for which he toured with Lady Antebellum, Montgomery Gentry, Sugarland, and country singers such as Miranda Lambert and Julianne Hough, to name a few.
Known for his energetic brand of country tunes and country love songs, Chesney has had success as a solo artist ever since he first released his debut album called, “In My Wildest Dreams” which was released on the independent Capricorn Records label in 1994. His subsequent albums all sold millions of copies, slowly helping him secure a spot in the firmament of great country singers who came before him. Apart from appearances in compilation albums, he has since released 11 studio albums including “In My Wildest Dreams” (1994), “All I Need to Know” (1995), “Me and You” (1996), “I Will Stand” (1997), “Everywhere We Go” (1999), “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems” (2002), “When the Sun Goes Down” (2004), “Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)” (2005), “The Road and the Radio” (2005), “Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates” (2007), and the latest “Lucky Old Sun” (2008).
When asked why he would not want to tour this summer, Chesney shared, “It would be easy to keep doing it, because it’s fun, and the fans are unbelievable. But I don’t know — then you realize that at some point you’re missing a part of your life. My life has been a lot about parking lots. I need to recharge creatively, and get off the clock of having to be somewhere just because, and having to keep juggling all these things. And people needing answers. I just felt like this year it finally hit me that I need to get reconnected with my family. I wanna do some things that I’ve never gotten to do, like see other parts of the world, write some more songs. Do some shows that are completely different for me. I might wanna go do an acoustic show at Red Rocks or something. Something to feed my soul.”
He then went on to endorse whom fans should check out this summer by saying, “I do think that anybody who hasn’t gone to see Keith Urban is missing it. That’s my opinion.”
Whether or not he has decided to take a break, there is no doubt that Chesney has already cemented his place among the top country singers of his time, and his fans will surely be there when he decides to have another successful tour.
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