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KENNY CHESNEY: New Album, “Hemingway’s Whiskey,” Available Tuesday!

September 26, 2010

Autumn has officially arrived, and right on cue, Kenny Chesney’s new album, Hemingway’s Whiskey — featuring his blockbuster hit, “The Boys of Fall” — is set for release Tuesday, September 28th! Available in an 11-track version, as well as a deluxe, limited-edition 13-song package that comes with a bonus DVD, the album is one that Kenny says effectively captures the different sides to his personality, whether it’s the thoughtful balladeer or the high-energy showman who rocks it out on stage.

• The deluxe edition bonus DVD delivers a half-hour of Kenny, including a special thank-you to the fans; an in-studio look at the recording of “You and Tequila,” Kenny’s collaboration with Grace Potter; and Kenny’s song-by-song commentary on the deluxe edition’s 13 tracks.
• In addition to the album collaboration with Grace Potter on “You and Tequila,” it features another very special guest — the legendary George Jones — who duets with Kenny on the song, “Small Y’all.”
• Kenny says that the album title — also one of the songs on the album — was one that he loved not just because of how well it seemed to fit him, but also because it was an intriguing title. 
• Look for Kenny all over the TV airwaves in the week to come!
  Monday (9/27): Catch the premiere of an all-new, all-Kenny edition of Invitation Only, at 10pm ET, on CMT.
  Tuesday (9/28): Look for Kenny on ABC’s Good Morning America, in an appearance that will include a performance of ”The Boys of Fall.” Also see Kenny as he guests on GAC’s On the Streets, in the new episode premiering Tuesday at 2pm, ET, and re-airing at 8pm, ET.
  And Kenny bookends the weekend with a Friday (10/1) interview and performance on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and a Monday (10/4) interview and performance on the syndicated Ellen DeGeneres Show.

“I think in this record that there are traces of a lot of different sides of me. I think that I’m totally capable of being two different people, you know, (laughs) in my everyday life and especially as an artist, and…because there is a big part of me that really wants to be on stage and never do a ballad, ever. But there’s also a part of me that wants to write a record like Be as You Are and Lucky Old Sun, because that’s how I live a lot of my life, you know? And so, I think with this album, with Hemingway’s Whiskey, I have kind of combined a little bit of those two worlds.”“There are some songs on this record — like ‘Live a Little’ and ‘Reality’ — that I know I’m gonna do live, you know, and they’re gonna be a part of our live show forever.”“I felt like the song described…it did fit me, a lot, and I felt like it was just…that the title in itself was interesting. I felt like that it was…it made people, when they see that and they even hear the phrase, Hemingway’s Whiskey…well, what’s that about? You know, what’s…I think it draws you in.”