He may give you the impression he�s a beach bum with �No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem� on constant repeat in his truck, but country music star Kenny Chesney is actually one of the hardest-working men in show business. With 15 albums under his belt and a swath of awards so wide they�d span the Mississippi, this Tennessee boy has become one of country music�s most recognizable stars.
Today at 5:30pm PT you�ll get a chance to see just how hard working Chesney is when he electrifies New Jersey�s Wildwood Beach with a live American Express UNSTAGED performance, directed by Jonathan Demme and presented in partnership with YouTube and VEVO. Tune into youtube.com/KennyChesneyVEVO to watch; the show will last for 75 minutes, followed by an immediate rebroadcast.
Kenny Chesney is a true self-made talent in an era when many stars are often heavily coached and crafted. He started playing music in college, and though he graduated with a degree in advertising, he immediately moved to Nashville to start plying his trade. He landed a weekly gig there, honing his skills in the small bar scene, and over time he began to attract label attention. Studio execs were impressed with a singer-songwriter who�d developed his considerable skills outside the Music City circuit, and within a few years Chesney was commanding the charts with songs like �She�s Got It All� and �You Had Me From Hello.�
If director Jonathan Demme seems an unlikely choice to direct a Kenny Chesney concert, he is -- and he�s not. The director best known for his Academy Award-winning work on Silence of the Lambs hasn�t just dabbled in music: he directed The Talking Heads� seminal 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, as well as the 2006 Neil Young concert film Heart of Gold. He�s even directed music videos for New Order and Bruce Springsteen, among others.
If you miss today's live show, don't worry: the show will be rebroadcast on Chesney�s channel immediately following the webcast.
Sarah Bardeen, music community manager, recently watched �Kenny Chesney - She Thinks My Tractor�s Sexy.�
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