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30 August 2004
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Kenny Chesney Picks Up Six CMA Nominations
Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Album of the Year as Artist & Producer + Two Events

   Nashville, TN: It was something like the movie "Ground Hog Day" --
as Kenny Chesney was once again en route to the gym when reached with the
news of his six CMA Award nominations. Along with nods in the prestigious
Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year categories, the young man from Luttrell,
Tennessee double dipped in Album of the Year -- as both artist and co-producer of
the triple platinum When The Sun Goes Down -- and the Vocal Event category
where his Unkle Kracker duet (and six week #1) "When The Sun Goes Down"
squares off against Chesney's collaboration with Jimmy Buffett & Friends on Hank
Williams' classic "Hey Good Lookin'."

   "Sometimes it's just easier not thinking about it," says the man
who won both CMT's Hottest Male and Male Video of the Year at this spring's
Flameworthy Awards. "You know, if you tie everything up in that stuff,
you miss the most important thing of all: the music! That said, though, me and the guys
work really hard out on the road, so that Entertainer of the Year nomination
goes a long way; because that's not just about me, it's about everybody who
helps us get it out there, make the records happen and build that bridge between
the songs in my heart and the fans who've been showing up and bringing
their friends back with 'em. I've got a great team, and to me, Entertainer of the
Year is as much about them as it is me!"

   A review in The New York Times raved, "...not an extrovert at
heart -- He sang about devotion, about dreams of stardom, about happily settling
down while reminiscing over youthful songs and escapades. Mr. Chesney's
country is suburbia, a place of prized stability and modest pleasures. His cozy
songs assure listeners that they're not missing a thing." It's that common touch
which creates the bridge between entertainer who's Guitars, Tiki Bars & A
Whole Lot of Love Tour was the #3 ticket-seller behind Prince and Britney Spears for
the first half of 2004 and the kid on the lawn -- and that's something the
superstar next door takes seriously.

   "Obviously being up for Male Vocalist of the Year is a rush, but
really the idea that people are recognizing the whole of my music with Album
of the Year is the biggest deal after Entertainer. I put a lot of my heart on
that record. When we finished Margaritas'n'Senoritas (Tour) last year, I
went down to the islands and listened to everything we'd cut, trying to figure out
what was missing. I went out on the line, and wrote a few songs that said the
things I couldn't find that I wanted to share with those people who're coming to
the shows, tail-gaiting in the parking lots and telling me their stories --
'I Go Back' and 'Keg In The Closet' and 'Being Drunk's A Lot Like Loving You'
are big pieces of who I am, and a lot of other people, too.

   "They bring me their lives or tell me my songs are things they see
their lives in. That makes you really take this stuff seriously -- so when
I'm building an album, I want to know who every song is about, because if
it fits someone in my life, it fits people in a lot of people's lives. And
that's the idea of all of this: build bridges from one life to a whole lot of others."

   As for the Vocal Event nods, Chesney laughs and says, "Matt (Unkle
Kracker) is about as much fun as anyone I've ever toured with on any
tour I've ever been on - and we knew when he came to last year's Neyland Stadium show
in Knoxville there was something about his vibe that just made him a fit
for us. We were lucky we had the perfect song, his schedule matched up with our's
and then we got to spend the summer on the road. The only thing that sucks is
we're gonna have to compete with the song I did with Buffett, Alan, Toby,
Clint and George Strait; and that kinda splits your rooting, if you know what I
mean! Still, we should all have these kinds of problems!"
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