kenny-chesney — RoadyGoat Artist Profile

Did You Know

• Born in Knoxville, Tennessee and raised in tiny Luttrell — son of a teacher and a hair stylist.
• Played baseball and football at Gibbs High School before a Christmas guitar changed everything.
• Studied advertising at East Tennessee State and was part of the ETSU Bluegrass Program.
• Recorded a self-released demo and sold 1,000 copies at local clubs in Johnson City to buy a new guitar.
• Passed an audition at Nashville's legendary Bluebird Cafe in March 1991 — right after graduating college.
• Crushed bones in his foot during a 2008 concert when it got caught in a stage lift — finished the show anyway.
• Named his fan club "No Shoes Nation" during a 2012 concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
• His home on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands was destroyed by Hurricane Irma in 2017.
• Created the Love for Love City foundation and donated all proceeds from his album "Songs for the Saints" to hurricane victims.
• Was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at East Tennessee State University.

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