{"id":16673,"date":"2019-07-15T11:06:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T17:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1809010"},"modified":"2019-07-15T11:06:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T17:06:40","slug":"kenny-chesneys-life-on-the-road-is-now-an-open-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/kenny-chesneys-life-on-the-road-is-now-an-open-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Chesney\u2019s Life on the Road Is Now an Open Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:662684?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/shelburnec\/\" title=\"Posts by Craig Shelburne\" rel=\"author\">Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">26m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Just in case the souvenir T-shirt isn\u2019t enough, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/kenny-chesney\">Kenny Chesney<\/a> is offering fan club members a 456-page coffee table book illustrating the rise of his touring career. Titled <em>Kenny Chesney: Living In Fast Forward<\/em>, the book includes 571 pictures by Allister Ann, Jill Trunnell and Glen Rose, spanning the star\u2019s first days on the road to his current status as a stadium headliner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very special journey every year,\u201d Chesney says, \u201cand I am the only person who truly was able to capture it all, because I\u2019m there when the stage is built, the buses pull in. Looking at all the pictures from Glen, Jill and Allister, I saw this amazing story \u2014 and I knew I wanted to do something that would still be here long after we were gone, and so I started to dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YApDcvIhlWw?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YApDcvIhlWw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Chesney and his colleagues spent two years working on the book, which was sourced, designed, printed and bound in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had no idea what I was getting into,\u201d he says. \u201cBook design, printing tests, revising layouts, but I had a great creative director helping me \u2014 and photos that really captured the soul of all that this has been. When it started coming together and I saw what it could be, I wanted something more than just a book \u2014 and the designer not only knew where to go, but how to make this project something we could literally create right here in Tennessee!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4f0p5KqdU9U?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4f0p5KqdU9U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Chesney will be signing all the copies in a limited run of 3,500 books. Fan club members in his No Shoes Nation get first dibs to buy the book, with details arriving by email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis wasn\u2019t about how many could we sell, or how far could we push it,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was giving those people on the journey something that honored what we\u2019ve shared in a way very few things do. We have shared so much, and I wanted to make something that was as special as what\u2019s between these covers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/87Q8HQCWSg4?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/87Q8HQCWSg4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1809010\/kenny-chesneys-life-on-the-road-is-now-an-open-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Craig Shelburne 26m ago Just in case the souvenir T-shirt isn\u2019t enough, Kenny Chesney is offering fan club members a 456-page coffee table book illustrating the rise of his touring career. 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