In the late 90s and early 2000s, every country singer wanted to be like George Strait — except for Kenny Chesney. Struggling to find his authenticity within a sea of belt-buckled lookalikes, Chesney’s 2007 album ‘Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates’ would lay the sandy groundwork for his Corona-drinking, sunscreen-slathered No Shoes Nation. The […]
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