Chesney Drunk Dials Lionel Richie
Kenny Chesney is part of Lionel Richie’s all-star country duets album, “Tuskegee.” The song Kenny sings is “My Love,” originally a 4-week #1 from 1983. But that’s not why Kenny chose the song for the project. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I just remembered loving that song as a kid. I wasn’t sure I was going to do that project, because it had to be the right song. When he asked me to do this, I felt there was one song that I loved the melody of it, it was a song I could make my own, and it could be authentic and not seemed forced, because I loved it. I’m glad I did it. My mom happened to be in town the day we did it, and I asked Lionel if mom could come to the studio. He was so nice to them, it was a great moment for them, and he was a great guy, and I love him even more because he was good to mama.”
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We have since spoken with Lionel Richie about his duet with Kenny, and he told us something that Kenny left out: “I got a voicemail from Kenny that goes, ‘Lionel, oh my God, ‘My Love,’ I love you. I love you.’ And I realized Kenny Chesney loved ‘My Love.’ The next day he called me back, and said, ‘I’m sorry Lionel, but I drunk dialed you. But I had to tell you how much I love you.’ By the way, if anythone tells me I’m lying, I actually have the drunk dial tape! I almost put it on the Deluxe version of this album, but that’ll be for the future.”
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Lionel Richie’s country duets album, “Tuskegee,” will be released on March 27.
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