Heart Life Music

Heart Life Music shares the stories of a kid from small town East Tennessee with a dream fueled by the sports and music around him. When high school football came to an end, he knew there must be something more. In college, Kenny Chesney found himself on a barstool with a guitar and an unexpected connection between people, life, and songs. His heart caught fire. With Nashville's vibrant creative scene, characters, legends, and places now long gone from the city he encountered in those early days, Chesney explores the quest to find himself as an artist and a man, as well as a sense of home anywhere there's an ocean. These are the stories of the unlikely game changer who became the sound of coming of age in the 21st century, made friends with his heroes, rocked stadiums, and founded a No Shoes Nation.

Author: Kenny Chesney, Holly Gleason
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 11/04/2025
Pages: 352
ISBN: 9780063423107


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2025 pg. 8

About the Author
Chesney, Kenny: -

One of American music's biggest names, Kenny Chesney enters the Country Music Hall of Fame this year. Selling out stadiums for two decades, he's sold 105 million albums and holds BILLBOARD's record for Most Country No. 1 hits, which define coming of age in America in the 21st century.

Creating a space to work hard, play hard, and love hard in the spirit of celebrating life's best moments, his music brings people together. Heart Life Music is his first book.

Gleason, Holly: -

Holly Gleason, a past Rock & Roll Hall of Fame/Case Western Reserve Research Fellow, has written for Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and HITS. Named the LA Press Club's Entertainment Journalist of the Year and the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Association's Independent Journalist of the Year, her books include the Belmont Book Award-winning Woman Walk The Line, and Prine on Prine: Interviews & Encounters.