Lucky Old Sun (Deluxe Edition) [Slipcase]

Performer: Kenny Chesney
Artist: Dave Matthews; The Wailers; Mac McAnally; Willie Nelson
Producer: Kenny Chesney; Buddy Cannon
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel: Kenny Chesney (vocals, guitar); John Willis (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut-string guitar); Mac McAnally, B. James Lowry (acoustic guitar); Kenny Greenberg, Pat Buchanan (electric guitar); Steve Hinson (steel guitar); Larry Paxton (gut-string guitar, bass instrument); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Jim Horn (tenor saxophone); Scott Ducaj, Steven Herrman (trumpet); Chris Dunn (trombone); Gary Prim, John Hobbs (piano, Wurlitzer piano, synthesizer); Randy McCormick (Hammond b-3 organ, synthesizer); Lonnie Wilson, Paul Leim (drums); Robert Greenidge (steel drum); Eric Darken (percussion); Tim Hensley, Wyatt Beard, Buddy Cannon (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Justin Niebank. Arranger: Jim Horn. Since 2002's NO SHOES, NO SHIRT, NO PROBLEMS, Kenny Chesney has slowly transformed himself from a standard Nashville country crooner into something more unexpected: a 21st-century Jimmy Buffett, as interested in Caribbean rhythms, Florida sunshine, and the steady rhythm of the ocean waves as he is in traditional country-music storytelling. LUCKY OLD SUN continues Chesney's paeans to life on the beach, with highlights including the first single "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven," "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)," a duet with the equally laid-back Willie Nelson, the clever "The Key's in the Conch Shell," and the soaring opener, "I'm Alive," with a guest appearance by Dave Matthews. LUCKY OLD SUN is also available in a special limited Deluxe Edition, which includes a second disc that includes four live tracks and two music videos, one for the single "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven" and one that was used as the pre-show introduction on Chesney's 2008 "Poets and Pirates" tour.

Entertainment Weekly (p.71) - "LUCKY feels encouragingly personal for Chesney -- particularly 'Way Down Here,' written in the wake of his 2005 divorce..." -- Grade: B

Hailing from Luttrell, TN, country heart-throb Kenny Chesney first made his mark in 1994 with his debut album, but it wasn't until a couple of years later that he started scoring major hits and making himself a household name. His straightforward, emotionally honest way with a romantic ballad is his trademark, distancing him from the gimmicky country-pop hat acts so plentiful in contemporary Nashville. In 1997, no less estimable a country personage than George Jones joined him on record, and he's garnered the respect of both young and old country audiences.

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