Post by BeachTenant on Mar 1, 2007 12:45:13 GMT -5
Stripped Down Warm-Up Dates Have Begun 
You know it’s off the hook when your head of security is onstage, covered in sweat and wailing “Hard To Handle” as if it’s the third encore by the Rolling Stones. But for back-to-back and reigning Academy of Country Music and current and two time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney, it’s just another opening night for the guerilla college bar tour that he and his band use to gear up for his high-end, big production Flip Flop Summer Tour.
“You know, we’re about to walk onstage – and I’m pretty psyched to be getting out there,” allowed the man who sold out Boston’s Gillette Stadium in 15 minutes, and who is closing in on selling out NFL stadiums in Seattle, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Detroit. “You know, we get into rehearsals, and there are all the little snags that come from being off… but right about now, I know we’re ready to go, and I can’t wait!”
In addition to most of his hits, a lot of his friends’ and a few sloppy threadworn classics, Chesney treated the sweat-soaked fans at the Jupiter Bar & Grille to several songs from his critically acclaimed and now million-selling Be As You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair. And while the night on the whole was all about party songs and rocking out, it was an acoustic slant that drew on the Luttrell, Tennessean’s introspective project which included “Somewhere In The Sun,” “Old Blue Chair” and “Island Boy.”
“If there’s ever a time and a place for these songs,” the man in Sports Illustrated’s Swim Suit issue reflected, “it’s a beer joint where kids come to listen to music. You know, these songs aren’t so different from what I played for tips in college – except they’re not by James Taylor or someone like that. These feel like what people with acoustic guitars on bar stools play around the world ever night.”
Both intimate and full-tilt, this was Chesney at his sloppiest, loosest, most unscripted. It’s also one of those free-for-all, everybody up onstage, sing’em if you know’em kind of propositions. Though miles away from all the trucks, speakers and audiences that he’ll see all summer long, the first night of the pre-game season bodes well for the rest of the year.
Recieved from KCFC
You know it’s off the hook when your head of security is onstage, covered in sweat and wailing “Hard To Handle” as if it’s the third encore by the Rolling Stones. But for back-to-back and reigning Academy of Country Music and current and two time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney, it’s just another opening night for the guerilla college bar tour that he and his band use to gear up for his high-end, big production Flip Flop Summer Tour.
“You know, we’re about to walk onstage – and I’m pretty psyched to be getting out there,” allowed the man who sold out Boston’s Gillette Stadium in 15 minutes, and who is closing in on selling out NFL stadiums in Seattle, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Detroit. “You know, we get into rehearsals, and there are all the little snags that come from being off… but right about now, I know we’re ready to go, and I can’t wait!”
In addition to most of his hits, a lot of his friends’ and a few sloppy threadworn classics, Chesney treated the sweat-soaked fans at the Jupiter Bar & Grille to several songs from his critically acclaimed and now million-selling Be As You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair. And while the night on the whole was all about party songs and rocking out, it was an acoustic slant that drew on the Luttrell, Tennessean’s introspective project which included “Somewhere In The Sun,” “Old Blue Chair” and “Island Boy.”
“If there’s ever a time and a place for these songs,” the man in Sports Illustrated’s Swim Suit issue reflected, “it’s a beer joint where kids come to listen to music. You know, these songs aren’t so different from what I played for tips in college – except they’re not by James Taylor or someone like that. These feel like what people with acoustic guitars on bar stools play around the world ever night.”
Both intimate and full-tilt, this was Chesney at his sloppiest, loosest, most unscripted. It’s also one of those free-for-all, everybody up onstage, sing’em if you know’em kind of propositions. Though miles away from all the trucks, speakers and audiences that he’ll see all summer long, the first night of the pre-game season bodes well for the rest of the year.
Recieved from KCFC
