Kenny Chesney in 2020.Photo:Cindy Ord/Getty
Cindy Ord/Getty
Kenny Chesneyis stripping things down.
“Feeding my creative soul at Capt. Tony’s. Thanks to everyone for allowing me to sit in,” Chesney wrote.
In the clip, Chesney plays an acoustic version of his hit 2010 song “You and Tequila” while wearing blue shorts, a white T-shirt and a backwards hat at Captain Tony’s Saloon, a longstanding Key West watering hole.
The track, a collaboration with Grace Potter, is featured on the singer’s albumHemingway’s Whiskey, and was nominated for best country duo/group performance at the 2012 Grammy Awards.
Though he’s known for selling out big arena and stadium crowds year after year, Chesney is no stranger to a small Key West show; he did a surprise show at Key West Theater in 2021, and has played many times at Sloppy Joe’s.
Captain Tony’s has a special musical history of its own; Jimmy Buffett played there regularly in the 1970s and gave the bar a shoutout in the first line of the title track on his 1985 albumLast Mango in Paris.
Chesney wrapped hisI Go Back TourwithKelsea Balleriniin July after nearly two dozen shows.
Kenny Chesney and Kelsea Ballerini.Kevin Mazur/Getty
In March, he celebrated his 55th birthdayaboard a private planewith friends, including Ballerini, after performing in State College, Pennsylvania.
The “Heartfirst” singer helped lead a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday” for Chesney while performing at Penn State University’s Bryce Jordan Center.
“I’d be a bad friend if I didn’t ask all of you at this sold-out show on a Saturday night at Penn State to sing happy birthday,” Ballerini, 29, said in the video Chesney shared, before leading the crowd of over 15,000 in a rendition of “Happy Birthday” in honor of the acclaimed country singer.
“Thank you, @KelseaBallerini and State College, PA, for the birthday song,” he wrote alongside the video. “What a night.”
source: people.com
