Kenny Chesney is part of Lionel Richie’s all-star country duets album, “Tuskegee.” But we had heard that Kenny “drunk dialed” the pop legend last year. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Kenny if the story was true: “It’s been exaggerated.” Lon asked, So have you heard the tape? Kenny responded: “In the same breath that […]
Zac Brown toured with Kenny Chesney last year during the Goin’ Coastal tour. Usually Kenny gives gifts to his openers. But it turns out Zac had one for his host. Kenny told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “My road manager told me Zac wanted to give me something, but he had to give it to […]
There’s one of those group shots from back stage at the ACM Awards in Las Vegas. You can see Kenny Chesney with Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Jay DeMarcus, and Ashton Kutcher. Of course Ashton presented the Female Vocalist trophy to Miranda Lambert. He also sang a little bit of George Strait’s “I Cross My Heart.” Country Countdown […]
For more than ten years, fans at Kenny Chesney’s concerts got to know fiddle player Nick Hoffman. He was featured during “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy,” as well as other songs in Kenny’s show. Last year, Nick began writing and performing with a couple of other Nashville musicians, and formed their own group called The […]
Kenny Chesney co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current hit is “Come Over,” and it’s in the Top 20. It’s the second single from his new CD, “Welcome To The Fishbowl,” available next week. Kenny just began his Brothers of the Sun tour with Tim McGraw. Kenny says the tour pranks have already begun. Kenny […]
Kenny Chesney has had 23 #1s in his nearly 20-year recording career. That’s an amazing feat for anyone. But this time, it had the additional excitement of being a song Kenny wrote. That song is called “Reality,” and while it topped the chart last month, they just got around to celebrate the accomplishment on Thursday April 5th. […]
Kenny Chesney loves the road. He loves making music. He loves his friends, his family, and the islands. But what about having kids? That subject came up this weekend on Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton. Kenny was co-hosting, talking about his friends Tim McGraw and Keith Urban. Lon pointed out that Tim has three […]
Kenny Chesney has been working on his next album. This picture shows Kenny & team at Ocean Way studio in St. Barth’s. Kenny gave Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton a progress report: “I’m well into the process. I feel like we got some great songs. I’ve worked more on music this off-time in previous off-times. I’ve been […]
Back in September, Kenny Chesney joined Taylor Swift on stage in Nashville as she sang his hit “Big Star.” Kenny tells Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that the song choice was no accident: “You know, Big Star is kind of Taylor’s story. She’s lived every part of that. Like the character in that song, the girl in […]
Kenny Chesney’s Brothers of the Sun tour, featuriing Tim McGraw, won’t even begin until June 2nd, but he shared details of it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton. First question: Who goes on first? Tim or Kenny? “Tim’s going to go on, then I’m going to go on, and then we’re going to be on together. […]
