Kenny Chesney
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Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
Were you open for a lot of artists?
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
I was opening for a lot of country artists, yeah.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
I went out there with Alabama, which was great, because one of the first concerts I ever saw was them in a field about eight miles from my house.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
And all of a sudden, I'm out on the road with these guys.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
And honestly, I looked at my band, and I said, we made it.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
I was not on a stool at East Tennessee State playing for enchiladas.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
I wasn't at Open Hoot in Johnson City.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
And all of a sudden we started having some hit records, but nobody knew.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
The first hit was a song, it was a ballad called When I Close My Eyes.
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Kenny Chesney
I had a 17 song, greatest hits album.