Billboard interview
Chesney says that male country singers ‘objectify’ women in an interview with Billboard.
Over the last several years, it seems like anytime anybody sings about a woman, she’s in cutoff jeans, drinking and on a tailgate—they objectify the hell out of them. Twenty years ago, I might have written a song like that— I probably did. But I’m at a point where I want to say something different about women.
People cover
Chesney and McGraw appears on the cover of People to discuss their tour, basketball, and being there for each other after so many years. On touring together:
As good of friends as we are, we’ve been on different paths for several years. To be able to spend the whole summer together and reconnect is awesome. One of the reasons there’s so much chemistry onstage is that Tim and I both grew up the same way; we both have a lot of the same heroes-George Strait, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Whitley-and we’re both competitive.
El Cerrito Place commentary
Chesney talks about his song, El Cerrito Place, from his album, Welcome To The Fishbowl. Chesney:
I’ve loved that song for a while. There is a certain longing in this song that in a lot of ways I really relate to. It’s about wanting something that’s not there. The character in the song has a certain insanity that I think is very relate-able with a lot of people.
People cover
Zellwegger and Chesney appears on the cover of People after they got married. The two dated for five months before eloping. Source:
It was a very spare service. It wasn’t about big parties. It wasn’t about grand gestures or massive $40,000 displays of flowers. It was about two very happy people finding each other.