Product Overview
In spite of the Keith Richards’ swagger to “Pirate Flag” and the expansively acoustic “When I See This Bar,” Life On A Rock may be the most personal of the three island records. Initially inspired by the sudden death of Kristi Hansen, part of Chesney’s tight-knit U/BVI circle of friends, the project turned into a celebration of life, love and the unseen moments that warm us from the inside out. Whether it’s “Spread The Love,” his collaboration with the Wailers, the melodic sketch of a local homeless man “Lindy,” the staccato priority shifter “Must Be Something I Missed” or the sun sinking into the sea “That Time of the Day,” Rock is a watermark of a place, a time and a group of friends taking stock of their time in a place where time is the last thing anyone measures. With the quirky “Coconut Tree,” marking his second collaboration with Willie Nelson, Chesney wrote eight of the ten songs – and worked on Rock in Los Angeles, Jamaica, Hawaii, London, Key West and Nashville. On the heels of the critically-lauded Hemingway’s Whiskey and romping Welcome To the Fishbowl, both platinum, this project reckoned with success on a human level and embraced loved ones in the moment.
