The Tennessean has an interview with Kenny Chesney where they talk about “The Boys of Fall” documentary. Here are a couple excerpts:
Q. In some ways, athletes die twice. And they have the second half of one life, and sometimes more, to mourn the death of their athletic life. So much of what you have in the video is people looking back?
A: Interviewing (two-time Super Bowl winning coach) Bill Parcells, he said something like, “Look, we’re all just riding the train. One day they’re going to ask us all to get off. And we shouldn’t be bitter about that because the experience of being on the train is so great.” And that’s life, too. No matter what level you make it to, enjoy it.
Q: Were you ever star struck, talking to these people?
A: When I sat down with Joe Namath at his home in Florida, I was like, “What am I doing here?” But, man, he was such a great guy to talk to, with so much passion and energy about the game of football. All these guys have different paths, every one. But they’re all incredibly passionate about what they believe to be true, and what their life is like because of the game of football. I walked out of the Namath interview going, “How can I apply what he said to my life?”
The much anticipated football documentary, “The Boys of Fall,” put together by Kenny Chesney over the last year, will debut this Sunday, August 29th on ESPN.
Chesney’s journey took him to places like Hattiesburg, Miss., where he had barbecue at Brett Favre’s house, Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Austin, Texas. He met with the giants of the game — Bill Parcells, Peyton Manning, Nick Saban, Bobby Bowden, John Madden — but also spent time filming peewee players in Nashville.
There were fun moments: “John Madden cooked what is the equivalent of Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner together for us. He told me when I walked in there, ‘When it comes to cooking I can take Brett Favre to the woodshed.’”
But he also came away with experiences that had a larger impact on him than he could ever imagine.
“Listening to those guys talk about the heart of and the emotions and everything that goes into loving people and living life and trying to get the most out of it and how it all relates to football, it stops and makes you think and look at your own life,” Chesney said. “And sometimes I’m too busy. I don’t do that.”
Tune in to ESPN on Sunday, August 29th at 2 pm ET to watch the film.
Veteran country artist Randy Travis is working on a duets album that will be released early next year to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his his first album on a major label. On the duets album, he’ll partner with Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Josh Turner, Tim McGraw, John Anderson, and more.
Just last year, Carrie Underwood released a new version of Randy’s “I Told You So,” and she ended up bringing Randy into the studio to turn it into a duet, eventually winning a Grammy Award with it. Appropriately, Carrie’s planning on joining Randy for this album as well.
“She wants to do something old,” Randy noted, “and I don’t even know what we’re going to do yet.”
The album is expected to come out during the first half of 2011, but it’s not the first time Randy’s tackled a major duets release. His 1990 CD Heroes & Friends featured a dozen guest artists, including Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, George Jones, Roy Rogers, Clint Eastwood and Tammy Wynette.
Kenny Chesney is the cover story in the latest issue of Billboard magazine and in it he gives fans the most pleasing news in over a year… that he’ll play about “60-ish” shows in 2011.
“I’ve already got a 3-D rendering of what our stage show will look like on my computer right now,” Chesney says, lighting up when he discusses things like working out sightlines. “I can look at it from all angles. I don’t want to piece this thing together. If you go out like we do it, if we start in April or March, you can’t wait until January to piece this together.”
The rest of the article focuses on Kenny’s decision not to tour this year and his upcoming album Hemingway’s Whiskey.
Billboard also has a feature with Kenny describing each song on the album. It’s a great read, check it out here.
Read the full article here. You can also purchase this issue of Billboard here.
We told you a few weeks back that there would be a CD/DVD limited version of Hemingway’s Whiskey, and now we have the details of what will be on it:
Whether it’s an up close look at his high energy live shows with the Summer In 3D movie, or keeping his ticket prices affordable, giving fans more has always been important to Kenny Chesney. That continues with a dual disc CD + DVD, Deluxe Edition of Hemingway’s Whiskey. The package includes two bonus tracks and an in-depth conversation with Chesney about each of the songs. The Deluxe CD Version will be available for a limited time only.
Of the Deluxe Edition Chesney said “Adding a few songs is kind of the same approach we take to our shows. Every record is different, every night is different. You start feeling good and you want to do 10 extra minutes, 20 extra minutes, extra 3 hours — whatever it is. This is exactly the same. We put two extra songs and conversation on the record because there are fans that have been a part of my life for a long time and really love our music and have really invested a lot emotionally. You can call it ‘going the extra mile’ or whatever. I wanted to give them something special.”
With 30 minutes of content, the DVD includes a personal thank you from Kenny to the fans and a video cut by cut on each of the 13 tracks on the Deluxe Edition. It also includes an in-studio look at the recording of You & Tequila, the duet with blues rocker Grace Potter.
You can pre-order the deluxe version of Hemingway’s Whiskey now at Amazon.com for $11.99.
The latest single from Kenny Chesney, “The Boys of Fall”, cracked the top 10 on this week’s Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart coming in at number 9. It’s the fifth week on the charts for the first single from the upcoming album Hemingway’s Whiskey (Pre-order now).
Blake Shelton took over the number one spot from the Zac Brown Band this week with “All About Tonight.”
On the other charts, after a #18 showing last week on the Billboard Hot 100 all-genre chart, “The Boys of Fall” slides to #29. And on the Digital Songs chart, the single slid to #24 after coming in at #14 last week.
Get the single now at iTunes and Amazon MP3. The video is also available at iTunes here.
US Magazine has an interview with Kenny Chesney that is exclusively about football and his documentary The Boys of Fall:
Us: What was it like sitting down with your football heroes?
KC: Some of these people I knew, some of them I didn’t. I had never met Brett Favre in my life. But Brett and me will be friends forever now. He was just like the guys in my family, the guys I grew up with. When I landed in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, I’d never met him. I had his number and we were texting back and forth getting this interview set up. When I landed, I said ‘What’s for dinner?’ just joking with him. I got nothing back. I was like ‘Uh-oh, I pissed Brett Favre off.’ I got home and I sent him a message that said I was just kidding, just joking and still got nothing back. So we made it to his house, we did the interview, and after we got done with the interview, he said ‘I want you guys to come in here.’ And there were about 30 of us in this film crew. We go into his house and the reason he didn’t text me back was because he had gone and gotten a barbecue dinner for all of us. It was a crazy twist where all of a sudden we’re in Brett Favre’s house eating.
The Boot sat down with “The Boys of Fall” co-writer Casey Beathard about his inspiration for the song:
Football is my biggest passion other than songwriting and the family stuff I do. If I’m not with my family or writing, I’m at home just watching football. That’s my background. My dad and brothers were in football, and I have a big passion for it. I’m coaching my kids all through it.
That phrase, “the boys of fall,” is something I’d heard a while back. It was something about “I miss the boys of fall.” I wrote it down and sat on it for a while. Dave and I were sitting around with nothing to write. It was one of those times where it was in the air. You knew football season was coming. When Dave and I started talking about football, that phrase came back to me. We wanted to write it.
It was not so much about football as much as we were talking about life. I always coordinate football with life anyway — leaning on each other and all that stuff you face in life. There’s not a small town — or any town — in this country that doesn’t get it. This is where football came from. I’m surprised there hasn’t been a big song about football until now.
I knew Kenny had the same passion for football as I did. I remember him being on ESPN doing all the college game-day interviews, and I’ve seen him on TV with Sean Payton, the coach of the New Orleans Saints. I sent the song to him the first chance I had. He immediately got back to me and said he was going to put it on his album.
The Tennessean has an interview with Kenny Chesney where they talk about “The Boys of Fall” documentary. Here are a couple excerpts:
The much anticipated football documentary, “The Boys of Fall,” put together by Kenny Chesney over the last year, will 
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