From Press Release –
Kenny Chesney announced the release date for his first book, “HEART*LIFE*MUSIC“, along with William Morrow, on Nov. 4, 2025. The book looks at Chesney’s journey from small town East Tennessee to some of the largest stages around the world.
Raised largely by a single mother and extended family, Chesney’s life was built on sports, church, community – and the music he found everywhere. HEART*LIFE*MUSIC is a postcard from the Nashville of yesteryear: where songwriters defined life, characters encourage young dreamers and a tenacious 20-somethings faced impossible odds and obstacles before starting to find a glimmer of success.
Chesney cautions:
“This is not my memoir, but something far better. It is almost a love letter to people who shaped and inspired me, the fans who’ve been there from tiny bars, radio stations who believed when nobody else did, a team who just kept coming back, legends who gave me wisdom and opportunities and all the friends who’ve been there along the way. To me, that’s where the music came from – and this is the story of how it turned into the soundtrack for the way No Shoes Nation lives their lives, too.”
He continues:
“I always said I’d never write a book. Too many things happened almost to be believed, let alone lived, but I realized with the world moving in such fast forward motion, too much of what made Nashville, the music business and our lives great would be lost to the churn of the next click. To have been in a room as a kid writing with Dean Dillon, have Sean Payton call an NFL press conference to announce he’s drafting me to the Saints, be in Tuff Gong Studios with Aston “Family Man” Barrett and Alvin “Seeco” Patterson or on a private plane with George Jones after opening for him defies logic. So, for everyone in No Shoes Nation, I realized: you deserved to share the magic.”
Written with longtime friend and collaborator Holly Gleason, HEART*LIFE*MUSIC celebrates the life and rise of a man whose songs have set the tone and whose shows have anchored a world without borders for the last quarter century. From the road, stage, quiet moments and unthinkable thrills, it’s a book for anyone who’s ever wondered what the trip to No Shoes Nation might be like.
Pre-order the book HERE
