{"id":1318322,"date":"2020-02-19T15:57:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T22:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1818033"},"modified":"2020-02-19T15:57:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T22:57:56","slug":"kenny-chesney-takes-home-artist-humanitarian-award-at-crs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/kenny-chesney-takes-home-artist-humanitarian-award-at-crs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Chesney Takes Home Artist Humanitarian Award at CRS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/bonaguroa\/\" title=\"Posts by Alison Bonaguro\" rel=\"author\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n13m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>One of the first orders of business at this year\u2019s Country Radio Seminar in Nashville was the Warner Music Nashville luncheon show on Wednesday (Feb. 19). <\/p>\n<p>And after a full showcase of the record label\u2019s stand-out artists, Kenny Chesney \u2014 the most seasoned new guy at the label \u2014 took the stage to accept the very special award for the Country Radio Broadcasters\u2019 Artist Humanitarian of the Year. <\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Chesney has helped his own Spread the Love Foundation that helped amputee survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing, his Love For Love City Fund to provide disaster relief to the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Drew Brees\u2019 Dream Foundation, MusiCares, St. Jude, Matthew McConaughey\u2019s Just Keep Living Foundation, the Smoky Mountain fire recovery, Music &amp; Memory for Alzheimers patients, the Salvation Army\u2019s Red Kettle Drive and Farm Aid. <\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"1cb7b9dc\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Photo-Credit-Kayla-Shoen-for-CRS-1582152368-e1582152414642.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Photo-Credit-Kayla-Shoen-for-CRS-1582152368-e1582152414642.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Photo-Credit-Kayla-Shoen-for-CRS-1582152368-e1582152414642.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Photo-Credit-Kayla-Shoen-for-CRS-1582152368-e1582152414642.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Photo-Credit-Kayla-Shoen-for-CRS-1582152368-e1582152414642.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Photo-Credit-Kayla-Shoen-for-CRS-1582152368-e1582152414642.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Photo-Credit-Kayla-Shoen-for-CRS-1582152368-e1582152414642.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Photo-Credit-Kayla-Shoen-for-CRS-1582152368-e1582152414642.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Photo Credit Kayla Shoen for CRS\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image portrait p3x4\" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\"> Kayla Shoen <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI got to tell you, I\u2019m really honored. Thank you for having me here today. I\u2019ve got a lot of emotions about standing up here today. I\u2019m very honored to stand up here to receive this, but in ways \u2014 I wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m embarrassed by it \u2014 I\u2019m just a little uncomfortable taking recognition for something that a lot of people did. And I feel very fortunate that God has given me a gift to communicate with people through music. And I realized that I have a unique platform to help when it was needed,\u201d Chesney said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was such a unique period for me and the <em>Songs for the Saints<\/em> album was something that a lot of you guys know truly came from the heart. And I\u2019ve heard the song \u2019One Love\u2019 by Bob Marley my whole life. And I\u2019ve always loved what the song said, but when you\u2019re under that kind of stress, to see everyone come together for one cause to help change and to help rebuild, I\u2019d heard the song a lot. I\u2019ve never experienced one love in my life, and I got to see it firsthand. It was really beautiful and it was really special. And I can tell you that, like I said, I\u2019m a little uncomfortable getting this because so many people helped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you didn\u2019t have to be someone like myself that had a platform that really helped a lot of people. So many people that didn\u2019t have anything, gave all they have. So I want to recognize those people up here today when I accept this. So many people to thank. My assistant who was a part of the animal rescue, she was such a huge part of that. It probably wouldn\u2019t have happened without her. And because of her and a lot of people in Tortola and all through the Virgin Islands and New England and a lot of dog rescues and animal rescues in the state of Florida. Because of all those people, I think over 3,000 animals were rescued off both islands.<\/p>\n<p>When he talked about his first album \u2014 <em>Songs for the Saints<\/em> in 2018 \u2014 for Warner being a charitable effort, he wasn\u2019t so sure how that concept would go over with his new boss. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was in God\u2019s hands. So I want to thank (John) Esposito and everybody at Warner for accepting me and for understanding that this was something bigger than all of us. And I\u2019m really proud that I made this record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I will say that in 2018, when we did our stadium run, when I saw a lot of your faces out at the shows, it was the one thing that everybody wanted to talk about. And it reminded me that I have been doing this for a little while now, and it kind of feels like family in a lot of ways. And when family hurt, somebody in the family hurts, we all hurt. And I felt that from all of you guys. I want to say I really appreciate it. And it gave me so much energy to go out on the road. And we were blessed with a song about hope and love and loving everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since 1990, the CRB\u2019s Artist Humanitarian award has always gone to the country artist who has given time, talent and treasure to causes they believe in. Last year it went to Blake Shelton, and before him it went to Dierks Bentley, Zac Brown, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood, Big &amp; Rich, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Trace Adkins, Randy Owen, Clay Walker, Toby Keith, Meal McCoy, Diamond Rio, Brad Paisley, Lonestar, Brooks &amp; Dunn, Collin Raye, Clint Black, Reba McEntire, Kenny Rogers, Joe Diffie, Billy Ray Cyrus, Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, Charlie Daniels, Willie Nelson, Roseanne Cask and in its first year, Alabama. <\/p>\n<p>But because this is Nashville, it wasn\u2019t all awards and accolades. There was also music. There\u2019s <em>always<\/em> music. Chesney performed three of his hits, \u201cSave It for a Rainy Day, \u201cWhen the Sun Goes Down,\u201d and \u201cGet Along.\u201d He joked that it\u2019s been a while since he\u2019s played shows, so he was backstage looking up the lyrics that the roomful of industry insiders likely knew by heart. \u201cIt\u2019s really great to be part of a format of people who really care,\u201d he said at the end of his set. \u201cI\u2019m not sure there are other formats that have this kind of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before Chesney\u2019s set, six other Warner artists had a chance to play their latest singles:<\/p>\n<p>Chris Janson, on ukulele and harmonica, did \u201cDone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Ray played his acoustic best on the heartbreaking \u201cHer World or Mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gabby Barrett belted her heart out on \u201cI Hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shy Carter gave the crowd a taste of his \u201cGood Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashley McBryde wowed the crowd with her \u201cOne Night Standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\"> Alison makes her living loving country music. She&#8217;s based in Chicago, but she&#8217;s always leaving her heart in Nashville. <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/alisonbonaguro\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@alisonbonaguro<\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1818033\/kenny-chesney-takes-home-artist-humanitarian-award-at-crs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alison Bonaguro 13m ago One of the first orders of business at this year\u2019s Country Radio Seminar in Nashville was the Warner Music Nashville luncheon show on Wednesday (Feb. 19). 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