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Sun City Carnival Tour
The Sun City Carnival Tour was the ninth headline concert tour by American country music singer Kenny Chesney, in supported of both his twelfth studio album ''Lucky Old Sun'' (2008) and his second greatest hits compilation '' Greatest Hits II'' (2009). The tour began on April 17, 2009, in Uncasville, Connecticut and ended on September 19 of that year in Indianapolis. This tour was the biggest country music tour for 2009 and the sixth overall in music. Opening acts *Lady Antebellum *Miranda Lambert *Montgomery Gentry *Sugarland *Jake Owen *Uncle Kracker *Zac Brown Band Set list * Set list varies, not performed in same order every night, some songs not played at every show. #"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" #"Live Those Songs" #" Summertime" #"Beer in Mexico" #"Keg in the Closet" #" Out Last Night" #"Big Star" #"No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" #"I Go Back" #"Anything but Mine" #"Down the Road" #" Me and You" #"Old Blue Chair" #"Living in Fast Forward" #"Young #"Never Wanted Nothing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Chesney
Kenneth Arnold Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has recorded more than 20 albums and has produced more than 40 Top 10 singles on the US ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, 32 of which have reached number one. Many of these have also charted within the Top 40 of the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making him one of the most successful crossover country artists. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Chesney has received twelve Country Music Association Awards (including winning their top Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year, Entertainer of the Year honor four times) and eleven Academy of Country Music Awards (including four consecutive Academy of Country Music Award for Entertainer of the Year, Entertainer of the Year awards from 2005 to 2008), as well as six Grammy Award nominations. He is one of the most popular touring acts in cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Star (Kenny Chesney Song)
"Big Star" is a song written by Stephony Smith and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in January 2003 as the fourth single from Chesney's 2002 album '' No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems''. The song peaked at number 2 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 2003, behind Darryl Worley's " Have You Forgotten?". Content Chesney says that "This is a fun song. It’s every little girl’s fairy tale – and for some, it even does come true. But it’s not all happily ever after. That line, ‘All her old neighbors swear they're certain she slept her way to the top / But she knows you don’t get where you’re going unless you got something they ain’t got…,’ I love that because it shows you that you can make it in spite of other people refusing to believe in your dream." Music video The music video was directed by Shaun Silva, and produced by Steve Gainer. It premiered on CMT on January 28, 2003, when CMT named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Happen Twice
"Don't Happen Twice" is a song written by Curtis Lance and Thom McHugh and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in January 2001 as the second single from Chesney's '' Greatest Hits'' compilation album . The song reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...) charts in June 2001. Content The song tells of a man meeting his first love, with her asking if he remembered her. He then tells her about all the times they spent together and how he could never forget them. Music video The music video was co-directed by Glen Rose and Kenny Chesney. It premiered on CMT on January 30, 2001, when CMT named it a "Hot Shot". Tim McGraw makes a cameo appearanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Sun Goes Down (Kenny Chesney Song)
"When the Sun Goes Down" is a song written by Brett James and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney as a duet with Uncle Kracker. It was released in February 2004 as the second single and title track from Chesney's 2004 album of the same name. The song reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart on April 3, holding the number one position for five weeks. It also reached number 26 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was Uncle Kracker's first appearance on the country music charts, his next one being "Smile". The song appears on the game ''Karaoke Revolution Country''. Music video The music video was directed by Shaun Silva, and premiered on CMT on February 6, 2004. The video shoot took place during Chesney's Keg in the Closet Tour at small venues near college campuses, including the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia. The beach scenes were shot in South Florida South Florida is the southernmost region of the U.S. state of Flori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" is a country music song co-written by American songwriters Jim Collins and Marty Dodson. The song was initially to have been recorded by George Strait for his 2008 album '' Troubadour'', but after Strait decided not to include the song on this album, it was recorded by Kenny Chesney instead. Released in August 2008, Chesney's rendition is his thirty-eighth Top 40 country hit and his fifteenth Number One hit. Chesney's version is the first single from his album ''Lucky Old Sun'', which was released on his own Blue Chair label in association with BNA Records. History "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" was co-written by Marty Dodson and Jim Collins, the latter of whom has previously co-written two other singles for Chesney: " She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" from late 1999-early 2000, and " The Good Stuff" from mid-2002. Initially, George Strait had recorded the song for his 2008 album '' Troubadour''. Although Strait's version did not make the album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Forever Feels
"How Forever Feels" is a song written by Wendell Mobley and Tony Mullins and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in December 1998 as the first single from Chesney’s 1999 album ''Everywhere We Go''. The song reached number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart in Canada. It also peaked at number 27 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it Chesney's first Top 40 hit on the pop chart. Background Chesney told ''Billboard'' magazine that he almost didn't get to release the song because Tim McGraw had recorded a version. McGraw decided not to release it, and after Chesney's version hit number-one, McGraw told him "I'm glad you cut it. It just didn't work for me." Chesney went on to say that the song originally appealed to him because "it's the only love song I know of that has both Jimmy Buffett and Richard Petty in it."''Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac McAnally
Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr. (; born July 15, 1957), known professionally as Mac McAnally, is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician, and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts. His ninth chart entry came in late 2008-early 2009 as a guest vocalist on Kenny Chesney's cover of his 1990 single " Down the Road". He has also produced for Sawyer Brown and Restless Heart, written several singles for other artists, and is a member of Jimmy Buffett's backing band, The Coral Reefer Band. Biography Early life and career Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr. was born in Red Bay, Alabama. As a child, he began playing piano and singing in church at the Belmont First Baptist Church in Belmont, Mississippi, and by age fifteen, he had composed his first song. From there, he went on to become a session musician in Muscle Shoals, Alab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Where I Come From
"Back Where I Come From" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Mac McAnally. It was released in January 1990 as the first single from his album ''Simple Life''. The song reached number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Its B-side, "Company Time", was later a single for Linda Davis in 1994. "Back Where I Come From" was also recorded by Kenny Chesney in 1996. Content The song is a mid-tempo in which the narrator expresses nostalgia towards his hometown in Mississippi. Regarding its content, McAnally told ''American Songwriter'', "When I wrote 'Back Where I Come From' I thought that it was a hit, but also that it said something that I personally wanted to be the first to say." The song, the first cut on ''Simple Life'', has a play length of 3 minutes and 32 seconds; a 1-minute and 20 second reprise, performed by McAnally on piano with backing from the Nashville String Machine, is the album's sixth track. Cover versions "Back Where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Wanted Nothing More
"Never Wanted Nothing More" is a song written by Ronnie Bowman and Chris Stapleton and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in June 2007 as the first single from Chesney’s 2007 album '' Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates''. To date, it is his fastest-climbing number one single, reaching the top of the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart on its eighth chart week. On the ''Billboard'' chart dated for the week of June 16, 2007, "Never Wanted Nothing More" debuted at number 37, due to airplay received before its official release. The song received airplay 56 hours before its official release date. The next chart week, it moved up from number 37 to number 17, and reached number one in its eighth chart week. Content The song is a moderate up-tempo, accompanied by acoustic guitar and banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young (Kenny Chesney Song)
"Young" is a song written by Naoise Sheridan, Steve McEwan, and Craig Wiseman and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released in December 2001 as the lead single from Chesney's 2002 album ''No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems''. The song peaked at number 2 on the US '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 35 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Content The narrator reflects on what he did when he was in his teen years. Music video The music video was Chesney's first of many videos that were directed by Shaun Silva, and produced by Steve Gainer. It premiered on CMT on January 4, 2002, when CMT named it a "Hot Shot". It was filmed in Sanford, Florida, at the old bridge over the St. Johns River The St. Johns River ( es, Río San Juan) is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida and its most significant one for commercial and recreational use. At long, it flows north and winds through or borders twelve counties. The drop in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living In Fast Forward
"Living In Fast Forward" is a song written by David Lee Murphy and Rivers Rutherford, and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney that reached the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ... chart. It was released in January 2006 as the second single from Chesney's album '' The Road and the Radio''. It is also featured as a selectable track on the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster at Universal Studios Florida. Background and content Chesney says the song "defines how I've lived my life in the last several years. Because it has happened so quick. And I say it's happened so quick. I mean, I've been doing it for 12 years. But the last four to five years, it's been an amazing thing to live through and to see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me And You (Kenny Chesney Song)
"Me and You" is a song written by Skip Ewing and Ray Herndon, the latter of whom was formerly the guitarist of the band McBride & the Ride. It was recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney, who included it on two albums: '' All I Need to Know'' (1995) and '' Me and You'' (1996). It was released in July 1996 as the second single and title track from the latter album, peaking at number 2 on the US country singles charts in 1996. Content "Me and You" is a mid-tempo ballad in which the male narrator tells of how he and his life partner complement each other. The song's main accompaniment comes from piano and a string section, with some pedal steel guitar flourishes. Music video The music video was directed by Chuck Kuhn, and premiered on CMT on July 26, 1996, during "The CMT Delivery Room". It was the first video of his career where Chesney had a haircut. It shows Chesney singing the song on a front porch, as well as interacting with various people. The video was sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
