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Entertainer of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band
Male Vocalist of the Year
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Keith Urban
Dierks Bentley
Female Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Album of the Year
(Goes To Artist & Producer)
Need You Now- Lady Antebellum
Play On- Carrie Underwood
Revolution- Miranda Lambert
Twang- George Strait
Up On The Ridge- Dierks Bentley
Vocal Event of the Year
“Bad Angel”- Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Jamey Johnson
“Can’t See You” Zac Brown Band and Kid Rock
“Hillbilly Bone” Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins
“I’m Alive”- Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews
“Till the End”- Alan Jackson and Lee Ann Womack
New Artist of the Year
Luke Bryan
Easton Corbin
Jerrod Niemann
Chris Young
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Joey + Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland
Single of the Year
(Award goes to artist and producer.)
“A Little More Country Than That”
Easton Corbin
Producer: Carson Chamberlain
“Hillbilly Bone”
Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
Producer: Scott Hendricks
“Need You Now”
Lady Antebellum
Producers: Paul Worley and Lady Antebellum
“The House That Built Me”
Miranda Lambert
Producers: Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke
“White Liar”
Miranda Lambert
Producers: Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke
Song of the Year
(Award goes to songwriter.)
“A Little More Country Than That”
Songwriters: Rory Lee Feek, Don Poythress and Wynn Varble
“Need You Now”
Songwriters: Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Josh Kear
“The House That Built Me”
Songwriters: Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin
“Toes”
Songwriters: Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, John Driskell Hopkins and Shawn Mullins
“White Liar”
Songwriters: Miranda Lambert and Natalie Hemby
Music Video of the Year
(Award goes to artist and director.)
“Hillbilly Bone”
Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
Director: Roman White
“Need You Now”
Lady Antebellum
Director: David McClister
“The House That Built Me”
Miranda Lambert
Director: Trey Fanjoy
“Water”
Brad Paisley
Director: Jim Shea
“White Liar”
Miranda Lambert
Director: Chris Hickey
Musician
Paul Frankin — Steel Guitar
Dann Huff — Guitar
Brent Mason — Guitar
Mac McAnally — Guitar
Randy Scruggs — Guitar
What do you think of the nominations so far? Did your favorite artists get nominated? Who do you think was left off the list?
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(Kenny Chesney w/ the Gibbs High School football team)
Kenny Chesney paid a special visit to his alma mater yesterday, surprising the Gibbs High School football team with a viewing of his new documentary, The Boys of Fall.
Kenny told the players “You all grew up just like us,” Chesney said. “You drive the same road we drove, you obviously played on the same football field we played on and walked through the same halls, so it’s really a special time for me to come here and play you guys this. A game we all love.”
The Boys of Fall will air this Sunday on ESPN.
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Kenny Chesney‘s 60 minute high school football documentary, The Boys Of Fall, will premiere on ESPN this Sunday, August 29 at 2pm.
The film began as a simple video shoot for Chesney’s latest single, “The Boys Of Fall,” but turned into something more after shooting footage of friend and New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton at his high school alma mater.
“That’s when I thought it might be cool for me in my year off I took from the road to go around and talk to these people and see what we get,” Chesney said. “It ended up being one of the best journeys of my life, and I think one of the most important things I’ve done in my career to this point.”
Over the next several months, he shot select high school games as well as interviews with stars such as Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, John Madden, Tony Dungy, Bill Parcells, Nick Saban, Mack Brown, Jim Tressel and Bobby Bowden.
The lessons he learned on the field have had a major impact on Chesney’s life. He credits his stint on the Gibbs High School football team for teaching him important life lessons and principles that he carries through life on a day to day basis.
“It’s no different if you’re playing football, if you’re on the road like I am, if you’re running a company,” Chesney said. “Everybody’s got to work together if they want to achieve something that’s special.”
Making the film ended up having an even larger impact than he imagined.
“Making this film had been an incredible journey for me and everyone involved,” says Chesney. “ Interviewing the men in this film has made me look at my own life in a different way. I hope people out there get as much out of watching this film as I did making it!”
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To mark the 25th anniversary of his first album release on a major label, Randy Travis is preparing to release a duets album. For the new project, Randy will record duets with Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Josh Turner and Carrie Underwood.
Carrie had major success with her release of Randy’s “I Told You So” and the two are looking to recreate some of that magic. “She wants to do something old,” Randy told The Wilkes-Barre Weekender, “and I don’t even know what we’re going to do yet.”
This won’t be the first time that Randy has worked with Kenny Chesney either. Randy joined Kenny on “Baptism” which was included on Chesney’s first Greatest Hits album.
According to GAC, the new project will be released in the first half of 2011.
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I met Luke Bryan at KC Power and Light. I actually saw him before when he opened for Sugarland at the Sprint Center on June 18th. A couple of days after I found out that he was coming BACK to Kansas City to play a free concert at Power and Light (courtesy of Q104 and Miller Lite). There was no way in the world I wasn’t going to see him again! I have been a fan since I first heard “All My Friends Say,” about two or three years ago.
Another awesome thing about this was that I got to meet my friend Sarah for the very first time! She lives in a town that is close to Topeka, KS. We are Kenny Chesney fans (if that doesn’t seem surprising enough! LOL) and we had only met online, but never in person! So as the days to the concert got closer, the more excited I think both of us got!
So I get to KC Power and Light a little bit before 5p.m. thinking that the entrance to PBR BigSky is going to be packed! Guess how many people were outside in line? Probably 7 or 8 people. Now that really surprised me. Especially if you hear (or read on facebook) on the radio that Luke is only doing a meet and greet for 40 people! But a lot of people actually didn’t get there until after 5:30. I didn’t care though. I wasn’t planning on leaving or losing my spot.
But I was really happy once Sarah got to PBR. We chatted for a long time and as we did, it seemed like time started to fly by. And good thing it did too because I was starting to get anxious! Finally around 6:30 they opened the gate and line to the meet and greet started to move. Ok, now I have tell you guys something REALLY funny:
About five minutes later, Luke comes out the door and almost everyone in line screamed. I think that scared him off because he went back out the door for about five minutes. Now I know that possibly isn’t true, but that’s just my opinion! But yes, he did come back out.
Ok, so finally it’s my turn to meet Luke and I think all the nervousness went away because I wasn’t shaking like I thought that I would be! He was really sweet and even took time to read my poster! Then he asked me where he should sign it. I pointed to an open spot (there wasn’t a lot of room because I had written on about 3/4 of it) and he autographed my poster. Then I got my photo with him. After that he said, “thank you baby,” and yes I just about died…ok well maybe not died, but fainted wouldn’t been a good word!
So after that Sarah and I went out downstairs and luckily enough there was a little opening by the stage. Luke was just simply amazing! When he came out on stage, the crowd just got into it. Not to mention that he waved at me during “Country Man.” I kept wondering if he had recognized me from the meet and greet. I think the best part during the show was when he asked how many people had to go to work tomorrow. About 1/2 or more of the audience screamed and he was like, “son of a bitch!” But it was an awesome concert and it was great to see Luke come back to Kansas City.
Oh and before I forget, this has been Luke’s THIRD time playing at Kansas City Power and Light. He even told the crowd how many people came to see his shows (which I know is probably an estimated head count). The first time, 500 people were there. The 2nd time, 2,000 people were there. This time over 5,000 people were there! Luke’s popularity has grown a lot since “Do I,” came out and that is a great thing! He puts on one hell of an awesome show. But getting to meet him…that just made my week! :)
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Having taken this summer off from a full-scale tour, Kenny Chesney is already looking ahead to next summer where he’s planning a tour of “60-ish” dates according to Billboard.com. Those dates include stadiums, which Chesney has been filling for the last 5 years of his touring schedule.
Speaking of the busy touring schedule, Kenny tells Billboard what he missed – and didn’t miss – about his annual trek. “I didn’t miss going to catering every day at 5 o’clock. I didn’t miss hanging out on the bus all day wasting time, doing certain things. I don’t miss [promoter] Louis Messina one bit,” he says, chuckling. “But, boy, I tell you, I missed that first note every night. I missed the energy of the crowd. That’s what you hope you miss, and boy, I missed it.”
In the in-depth article, Kenny also discusses his fear of failure and how that fear forced him to take a break from touring. You can (and should!) read the entire article HERE.
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When Kenny Chesney releases Hemingway’s Whiskey next month, he’ll also offer fans a more in-depth look at the music by offering them a deluxe edition CD along with a DVD. The package includes two bonus tracks, a personal thank-you from Kenny, as well as an in-depth conversation about each of the songs.
Speaking of the deluxe edition of Hemingway’s Whiskey, Kenny says “Adding a few songs is kind of the same approach we take to our shows. Every record is different, every night is differnt. You start feeling good and you want to do 10 extra minutes, 20 extra minutes, extra 3 hours– whatever it is. This is exactly the same. We put two extra songs and conversation on the record because there are fans that have been a part of my life for a long time and really love our music and have really invested a lot emotionally. You can call it “going the extra mile” or whatever. I wanted to give them something special.”
Hemingway’s Whiskey will be released on September 28.
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Carrie Underwood
Brooks & Dunn
Keith Urban
Jason Michael Carroll
Jason Aldean
Kenny Chesney
Joe Nichols
Sara Evans
Randy Houser
Lady Antebellum
Taylor Swift
Miranda Lambert
Toby Keith
CMT
Fan Story
Chris Young
Alan Jackson
Kellie Pickler
Jimmy Wayne
George Strait
Dierks Bentley
Craig Morgan
Rascal Flatts
Julianne Hough
Jessica Simpson
Chuck Wicks
Reba McEntire
Blake Shelton
Gloriana
Eric Church
CMA Music Festival
Jake Owen
Darius Rucker
Brad Paisley
Faith Hill
Academy of Country Music
Little Big Town
James Otto
Rodney Atkins
Billy Currington
Luke Bryan
Sugarland
Zac Brown Band
LeAnn Rimes
Jamey Johnson
Montgomery Gentry
Trace Adkins
Martina McBride
Tim McGraw
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