Hard Drivin Man

“I work hard but I play hard,” Chesney says. “My fans reflect who I am.

Since there is no actual video of the Full House concert, I pieced together some Geils video to add visuals. 'Live' Full House is the first live album by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1972. The album peaked at #54 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States. The tracks 'Looking for a Love' and 'Serves You Right to Suffer' enjoyed considerable radio airplay, thus setting up the breakthrough success of the band's next album, 1973's Bloodshot.

Campfire legends free play. They work hard and play hard, too. They feed off how much fun I have onstage.”That might be the only time he has fun these days. When his crazy-hot road show is barreling across America, with Billy Currington and Uncle Kracker joining him, the advertising major from East Tennessee State is in workaholic mode.

And, of course, he’ll be tinkering with his multibillion-dollar tour, which is now so big — packing stadiums in the middle of a recession isn’t an easy task — that it requires every ounce of Chesney’s not inconsiderable drive.“I make decisions on everything,” he says. “Heck, I make decisions on the catering company. Bike rush movie. I make decisions on the colors of stuff, especially how the stage looks. There’s a lot of trial and error.

There are a lot of things I want to make sure are just right. I want it to reflect me.”Chesney says the basic credo behind his stage shows is a simple question: “What turns me on?”“I say that to my band, too,” he adds. “Remember what turned you on when you were going to rock shows as a kid.”Raised in tiny Luttrell, Tenn., the birthplace of legendary picker Chet Atkins (and definitely now THE HOME OF KENNY CHESNEY), the star had “eclectic musical tastes” as a young punk. “When I was in high school, it was the hair-band era, so I had all that stuff in my truck.

Then again, I also loved singer-songwriters. I loved Johnny Cash, Jimmy Buffett.