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Chapter 1: What are Kenny Chesney's career highlights?
Tetragrammaton.
I have a love-hate relationship with Vegas, you know, because I don't act like I used to. Yeah.
You know, so now once we're in there playing, it's great. The Sphere is not like any other gig. It's totally its own thing.
No, it's its own thing. And the thing that I loved, you know, I didn't know how I was going to like it, but they did a tribute concert to Jimmy Buffett at the Hollywood Bowl. And then I was there and Irving Azoff says, I want you to go to Vegas with me and watch the Eagles. And I went with him to see it. There hadn't been a country guy do it. You need to do it. And I said, well, it looks great.
And so that's how that started.
It's only been you two and Phish, right?
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Chapter 2: How did Kenny Chesney's relationship with Vegas evolve?
Are those the only two other artists who've done it? And Dad & Company. Yeah.
I think, no doubt, just finished. Oh, really? But the stuff I've seen of Fish on there, you know, has just been unbelievably creative. I loved it. But I really love the process of putting that all together. For the creative brain, it was a bit overwhelming at first, but, man, when you're in there, it's very unique. You know, and for me, who has built an audience...
You know, part of my mojo is, okay, all night, right? It's human behavior. You can't help it. The people that are in there, that thing comes to life and everybody's going, and then, oh, wait, wait, the band's down here.
Even where the artist is positioned is a weird place to relate to the audience.
Chapter 3: What unique experiences did Kenny Chesney have performing at The Sphere?
It's, no.
But, I mean, after a couple of shows, I was really able to reach across the fence and bring them over to us. And once I once I got comfortable with that, I loved it because people that have lived with this music for a while, they come there and they experience it in a completely different way, in a completely different state of consciousness. And I loved it.
I loved it so much that we're going back. Great. You know, and so to stay in one spot when, look, I went on the road in November of 93. So to stay in one spot was really great. I don't think anyone understands how hard life on the road is. I got so used to it. It's a beautiful addiction, life on the road.
Not to say I didn't get tired, but this has been a good break for me of hearing the constant hum of a generator. In my life, I needed a break. My soul truly needed a break. Even though I wanted to stay connected, and this allowed me to do that.
Chapter 4: How has life on the road impacted Kenny Chesney's music?
Beautiful. Yeah, it was really good for me. I'm glad you took the time to do it. Yeah, because honestly, not everybody's afforded the opportunity to do it differently. You know, you get caught in this cycle and you just keep doing it. I've watched from afar a lot of my friends and people that I love and respect. That's how they start to hate what they do.
Yeah, and they also forget who they are. They only know who they are on the road.
Oh, well, that's, yeah. I mean, there's a saying, and I think it happened with me a little bit. Like you almost become emotionally frozen in the moment that you became, that your life changed or that your music started to happen or people started paying attention to you or you become semi-famous on any level. You almost become emotionally frozen in that moment and stuck in it as a human being.
I've tried really hard not to do that. And my life out here and you and all of our mutual friends here really helped me as a human being to, okay, well, now you don't have to be that persona all the time.
Chapter 5: What role does spirituality play in Kenny Chesney's music?
I spent my whole life trying to be that, you know, to get into this space. To live up to that. To live up to that. Yes. And it's a made up thing. And I also realized that one of the things that helped me, and when people ask me for advice, they do now all of a sudden. So it's to try to separate that as much as you can.
I got to a place where I realized that every decision that I ever made as an adult, and once I got on this path, every decision that I made
was for the persona and not the person the guy on stage yes that's weird it's a weird thing to say like every life decision who i'm friends with or where i'm going to go one of my off time everything was on schedule and it had to fit in the life of that persona on stage not the person and i realized that was making me really unhappy yeah At some point, it does.
Because the person needs some attention and love. Well, it needs nurturing. Yeah. So there was years where we would be in a different town, which is great. This is not complaining at all.
Chapter 6: How did Kenny Chesney’s upbringing influence his songwriting?
I am so grateful. It's just the reality of the situation. It's the reality of the situation. And for the person to be nurtured, I realized I was like, well, I wasn't really unhappy, but I wasn't. happy. It was just this existence where it made me realize that every decision that I ever made was for the persona and not the person. And that's changed a lot in the last four or five years.
And I'm much happier. Was it a decision?
How did the change happen?
I did a couple of journeys in plant medicine. First time in your life? I was very scared of it. You know, I don't know. But I think that I was just numb.
Chapter 7: What was the significance of Kenny Chesney's induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame?
I was numb. Nothing really, you know, back in the day, especially when you're on the road and there's really like, okay, you know that the next year is planned out for you. Then there's no not stopping this. There were certain things that I would- And it's a lot of work. It's a lot of work. And you have to sing every night. Every night and create. Yeah.
And there were certain things that I would run to to make that would mask whatever that was. And we all know all those things. Yeah. I think we've had a conversation about this when I was in that. I've never been one to do drugs, you know, but whether it was alcohol, you know, partying after shows, women, whatever it was that I thought was making all that okay, and music, right?
Or writing songs or cutting a record that you're excited about.
Chapter 8: What advice would Kenny Chesney give to his younger self about the music industry?
Always fed that thing that made it okay. When none of those things worked, including music, which music is supposed to help you get out of that and creativity. When none of those things worked, I had this oh shit moment. And I had a really good friend of mine out here introduce me to what we're talking about.
And some of the things that draw you to plant medicine are either inspiration or desperation. And mine was a little of both. And it truly made me realize that I wasn't taking care of myself for 30 years. Tell me about the first experience. It was something that has really changed my life. It really has, and it made me realize how just unavailable I've been.
Not, I mean, to my parents, to friends, but to myself as an individual.
You think it was just because you were driven?
So driven and focused, but also not wanting to fail and loving music so much and growing up how I grew up, and I wanted to... I don't know, there was always this... I'm not sure. Maybe it was because I was undersized as an athlete and I wanted to succeed but couldn't. I'm still working on the why. But...
But yeah, I mean, it made me, within that space, it tore my heart open enough to where I could actually look in there and take a peek for the first time ever. And it was amazing. And the songs I wrote, I mean, and all of a sudden I loved being on stage and I was just available again as a person, as an artist, as a son, as a friend, as all of it. That's amazing.
And so when I met you for the first time, I mean, I was I wasn't in that space yet.
I was still. Felt like there was something you wanted to do that you didn't know how to get to. That's exactly right. That's what it felt like. Yeah.
Yeah. And so I'm glad I went through that and glad I'm in that experience, you know, because I just made me realize how. And when you're on the road and when you're at a different place every day and you got a lot of people in front of you and they're responding to your music and what you've given your whole adult life to, you don't think about the idea of intimacy with someone else that much.
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