Kenny Chesney - Hemingway's Whiskey (2010)

By now, Kenny Chesney fans pretty much know what to expect from him. With each new album comes songs with a nostalgic look back, party tunes sure to rile up the live audience, a tale or two about love gone awry, and a salute to the beach in one form or another.

The tunes on “Hemingway’s Whiskey,” all tick off the check list, but along with the usual fare, Chesney hits some career high notes, primarily with the exquisite “You and Tequila,” featuring Grace Potter of the Nocturnals. The gorgeous, wistful duet written by Deana Carter and Matraca Berg, deals with wrestling your demons. “You and Tequila make me crazy/run like poison in my blood/One more night could kill me/One is one too many/One more is never enough,” they sing, gently and sadly, resigned to their fate. It flows from the same open vein, although not as heartbreakingly, as the incomparable “Whiskey Lullaby” from Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss (written by Bill Anderson and Jon Randall).

1. The Boys of Fall
2. Live a Little
3. Coastal
4. You and Tequila
5. Seven Days
6. Small Y'all feat. George Jones
7. Where I Grew Up
8. Reality
9. Round and Round
10. Somewhere With You
11. Hemingway's Whiskey

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