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Kenny Chesney: Living in Fast Forward
A clip of Kenny Chesney talking about what he hopes visitors will take away from the exhibit.
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Varsity jacket
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This is the varsity jacket and jersey Chesney wore while he was a member of the Gibbs High School Eagles football team in the mid-1980s. He began playing Pee Wee football when he was five, and the sport has remained constant in his life.
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Varsity jersey
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This is the varsity jacket and jersey Chesney wore while he was a member of the Gibbs High School Eagles football team in the mid-1980s. He began playing Pee Wee football when he was five, and the sport has remained constant in his life.
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Fender Concord acoustic guitar
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Chesney played this Fender Concord acoustic guitar throughout college at East Tennessee State University and after he moved to Nashville in the early 1990s. Country artists and songwriters he encountered along the way signed the instrument — including Kent Blazy, Whitey Shafer, Karen Staley, Sheb Wooley and Country Music Hall of Fame members Dean Dillon, Harlan Howard and Porter Wagoner.
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Cassette tape
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Chesney recorded a demo of “When She Calls Me Baby” on June 1, 1992, on this cassette tape. Co-written with Rick Williamson, the song was re-recorded for Chesney’s debut album, In My Wildest Deams, released in 1994.
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Wicker chair
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This weathered wicker rocking chair provided the inspiration for Chesney to write “Old Blue Chair” after waking up on the beach as the sun rose over Peter Bay on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The song was first released on his 2004 quintuple Platinum album, When the Sun Goes Down, and reappeared on his next more intimate singer-songwriter project, Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair). The chair was prominently featured on the front and back cover of the later CD and in the 2005 music video for “Old Blue Chair.”
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Chord chart
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This handwritten Nashville Number System chord chart for “You and Tequila” was used in the studio when Chesney recorded the song in 2010. Featuring guest vocals by Grace Potter, it was released as a single from Chesney’s album Hemingway’s Whiskey and went to #3 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. The Grammy-nominated “You and Tequila” was co-written by Matraca Berg and Deana Carter and first recorded by Carter in 2003.
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Blue marlin replica
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This is a life-size, plastic replica of the 235-pound blue marlin Chesney landed while fishing in the Virgin Islands North Drop in 2003. After having the fish mounted, he named it “Marley” in honor of reggae legend Bob Marley. The fish became an iconic tour mascot, displayed onstage as a reminder to Chesney and his road family not to take life too seriously. Nicknamed “Marley 2,” this replica washed away from Chesney’s home during the 2010 Nashville flood but was found several miles downstream in the Cumberland River and returned to him largely intact.
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Stage wear
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Chesney wore this No Shoes Nation tank top and these Diesel Safado jeans when he performed at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on August 26, 2022.
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Atwood pinto palm leaf hat
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Chensey wore this Atwood pinto palm leaf hat on the cover of his 2024 album, Born.
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Football
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This football commemorates Chesney’s three sold-out shows at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on August 23-25, 2025. Chesney has cultivated a close relationship with the nearby city of Boston, connecting with New Englanders who share his passions for music and sports.
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul LPR-8 electric guitar
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This Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul LPR-8 electric guitar was autographed by two of Chesney’s musical heroes: guitarist and singer-songwriter Steve Miller, of the Steve Miller Band, and Sammy Hagar, former lead vocalist for the rock band Van Halen, signed during his 2008 Poets & Pirates concert at San Francisco’s AT&T Park.
Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum