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Personality Bio
Born in Ventura, California, but I got to Texas as fast as I could. Raised in Sweetwater, Texas.......go Mustangs and proud graduate of the University of Texas in Austin where I majored in electives. Mom and Dad were proud! Also proud parent of a mean 5 year old boy and 2 dogs Jake and Elwood Blue. Thanks for listening to me on KJ 97.
If you missed Kenny Chesney on Oprah Friday, here are some of the highlights: On why he filmed the movie: "I have such a unique relationship [with the fans]. It's a very unique love affair that I've had with them for a long time. There's a large group of people who grew up with me and have dreamed this dream with me, and were there when not too many people were there ... So many nights I'm up there on stage and I wish everybody out in the audience could see what I see and feel what I feel."
On his pre-show ritual: "I always go to the very top of the arena or wherever we're playing ... The people that are in the back are important, too. It's important for me to get up there, to see what they see and how far I have to go to touch that person. The first 20 rows -- I got them, but guys up there in the back, I want to be sure that they feel like they're in the first 10 rows, so I have to visually see it."
On why he's taking a break from touring: "I feel differently now, I promise. But there was something in the back of my mind that says, 'I don't know when, if ever, that I'll do this again' ... Music's not supposed to be that way. Music's supposed to come from the heart. I felt like that if it ever got mechanical, I was going to back away from it. And it did last year."
On his split from actress Renee Zelwegar after only four months of marriage: "I panicked about a lot. I look at my life as a box ... So everything that I put in -- learn how to play guitar, put that in the box. The friends I made, I put that in the box, and my career grew. Everything around me -- all of the awards and all of the songs I wrote and all the success and everything -- I put that in that box. That box built and grew into this wonderful house. And you protect everything and all the relationships and all the people that helped you build that house. And, this is the first time I've actually talked about it, but that's what happened. I protected that box. I didn't know if I could do both. [The marriage] was out of the box. But it's really tough. And she's a sweet soul, no doubt about it, but I just wasn't ready."
On his current relationship status, after confirming that he is indeed in a relationship: "I do have time, but I'm busy. I'm running a radio station. I've got my life and everybody's lives around me. There are people building houses and having babies based on me not getting tired."
On if he would ever walk down the aisle again: "I always had the idea that marriage might make me lose my identity. I just don't know that I've found anybody bigger than that yet. I hope it happens. But that's the best way I can explain it."
On the future: "I would like to be married and have kids. I would like to do that ... Yes, I could see me settling down at some point."
On where he goes to get away: "Coming home is always a welcome break. I love that I can walk in and just be 12 years old again ... Being with my grandmother feeds my soul."
'Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D' hits theaters April 21.
Behind the scenes of the Chesney movie
Friday 04-02-2010 7:33am CT
Bob visits with Lady A
Wednesday 03-31-2010 4:16pm CT
Carrie Underwood's HUGH Engagement Ring
Friday 01-08-2010 4:23pm CT
Have you seen the FLAWLESS yellow diamond Carrie Underwood got from her hockey-star fiance Mike Fisher? Wow! He's a lucky guy...but the huge diamond might have something to do with it...
I'm thankful for both of my boys Ethan and Wyatt. After a rough start Wyatt is now 14 pounds and getting bigger all the time. Here is the video of the first time that Ethan met his baby brother in the NICU.
Bob visits with Chris Young
Friday 11-20-2009 6:30pm CT
Pure Country Sequel
Tuesday 11-17-2009 4:24pm CT
More details are emerging about A Pure Country Gift, the sort-of sequel to the 1992 George Strait film, Pure Country, which has been a fan favorite for years. Repeating as director will be Chris Cain, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cain co-wrote the script with his son, actor Dean Cain, who will also be undertaking a role in the movie alongside its lead actress Katrina Elam. Chris explains that the film isn't necessarily a straight sequel but will be "a movie in the Pure Country genre" and is being filmed in Nashville. He shares that the story revolves around a baby girl who receives the gift of a beautiful voice from three angels. Cain continues, "In her climb to fame and fortune, she breaks some of the angels' rules, so they take away her big voice. Life has rules; if you follow them, life works. That's the moral of the story." The topic was one that was inspired by Chris witnessing the downfall of talented people like actors and singers even though it seems they have it made. Remember that Chris's son Dean was once engaged to Mindy McCready........George Strait has a small appearance in the movie playing Dusty Chandler.
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