Welcome to the Fishbowl

by Kenny Chesney

Overview

There are two sides to Kenny Chesney: a side that loves the good times and a side that reflects on what it all means. The quieter side won out on 2010's Hemingway's Whiskey, an unusually literary album boasting a title track written by Guy Clark and a mournful hit in his Grace Potter duet "You and Tequila." That Top Ten country hit is reprised in a live version tacked at the end of 2012's Welcome to the Fishbowl but, as the cheeky title suggests, this is a far cheerier affair than the handsomely burnished Hemingway's Whiskey. Chesney ropes in Tim McGraw to rhapsodize about the nights when you "Feel Like a Rock Star," he sets up camp on a breezy beach so he can think about how "Time Flies," and when things get slow -- which they inevitably do on the back half of the record, where all the ballads gently roll from one to another -- there is not an underpinning of sadness, just a persistent feeling of comfort. Wedded to this warmth is a crisp clean sheen, a sound so bright that it threatens to get goofy when Chesney and crew rock out -- they're no longer as urgent as they were even five years earlier, which gives the gurgling swing of the title track a stiff white-boy funkiness that isn't necessarily alienating -- but such chipper charm permeates the entirety of Welcome to the Fishbowl, turning it into an everyday feel-good record, the kind that generates moments of warmth when heard fleetingly on the radio, at the grocery store, in a doctor's office, at work, or even at home. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/19/2012
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	0886979486621

Tracks

1. Come Over
2. Feel Like a Rock Star
3. Sing 'Em Good My Friend
4. Welcome to the Fishbowl
5. In a Small Town
6. El Cerrito Place
7. Makes Me Wonder
8. While He Still Knows Who I Am
9. Time Flies
10. To Get to You (55th and 3rd)
11. Always Gonna Be You
12. You and Tequila [Live]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kenny Chesney   Primary Artist
Tim McGraw   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Carole Neuen-Rabinowitz   Strings
Shannon Finnegan   Vocals (Background)
Jim Gairrett   Guitar (Acoustic)
Nick Hoffman   Fiddle
Joanna Smith   Vocals (Background)
Clayton Mitchell   Guitar (Electric)
Aimee Johns   Vocals (Background)
Allison Herbstreit   Vocals (Background)
Carl Gorodestzky   Strings
Christina Waller   Vocals (Background)
Gemmi Schottenheimer   Vocals (Background)
Jere Smothers   Vocals (Background)
Josiah Lightle   Vocals (Background)
Mason Richardson   Vocals (Background)
Zachary Gore   Vocals (Background)
Melonie Cannon   Vocals (Background)
Rob Hajacos   Fiddle
Janet Askey   Strings
Sarighani Reist   Strings
Jim Chapman   Vocals (Background)
Catherine Umstead   Strings
Randy McCormick   Piano,Synthesizer
Karen Winkelmann   Strings
Buddy Cannon   Vocals (Background)
Jon Conley   Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Kathryn Plummer   Strings
Anthony LaMarchina   Strings
Kenny Greenberg   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Scott Ducaj   Trumpet
Jack Jezzro   Strings
Scott Vestal   Banjo
Wyatt Beard   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Jim Horn   Sax (Tenor)
Gary VanOsdale   Strings
Michael Rhodes   Bass
Mike Reid   Piano
Julia Tanner   Strings
John Osborne   Vocals (Background)
Christian Teal   Strings
Shaun Silva   Vocals (Background)
Sean Paddock   Drums
Steve Marshall   Bass
Jaren Johnston   Vocals (Background)
Mickey Raphael   Jew's-Harp
Chris Dunn   Trombone
Larry Paxton   Bass
Alan Umstead   Strings
Tim Hensley   Vocals (Background)
Steven Herrman   Trumpet
Dave Angell   Strings
Monisa Angell   Strings
Grace Potter   Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Justin Francis   Vocals (Background)
Mike Johnson   Guitar (Steel)
Conni Ellisor   Strings
Don Lepore   Vocals (Background)
John Jarvis   Piano
Craig Wiseman   Vocals (Background)
Paul Leim   Drums,Shaker,Percussion
Shannon Brown   Vocals (Background)
Pamela Sixfin   Strings
David Davidson   Strings
Gary Prim   Piano
Pat Buchanan   Harmonica,Guitar (Electric)
Shane McAnally   Vocals (Background)
John Hobbs   Piano,Wurlitzer,Synthesizer
John Willis   Mandolin,Guitar (Acoustic),Gut String Guitar
Jim Grosjean   Strings
Mary Kathryn Van Osdale   Strings

Technical Credits

Daniel Bacigalupi   Assistant
Phil Robinson   Monitor Engineer
Shannon Finnegan   Production Coordination
J.C. Monterrosa   Assistant Engineer
Jake Burns   Engineer
Bryan Baxley   Monitor Engineer
Clint Higham   Management
Chris Tompkins   Composer
Guillaume Robert   Assistant
Deana Carter   Composer
Justin Niebank   Mixing
Danny Clinch   Photography
Neil Thrasher   Composer
Matraca Berg   Composer
Brian David Willis   Engineer
Buddy Cannon   Producer
Georgia Middleman   Composer
Matt Coles   Assistant Engineer
Lowell Reynolds   Assistant Engineer
Dave Berg   Composer
Tim McGraw   Duet
Andrew Mendelson   Mastering
Tony Castle   Mixing,Engineer
Steve Marcantonio   Engineer
Mike Reid   Composer
Steve Blackmon   Assistant
Mel Eubanks   Assistant Engineer
Josh Osborne   Composer
Rodney Clawson   Composer
PJ Fenech   Assistant Engineer
Seth Morton   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
John Netti   Assistant Engineer
Natthaphol Abhigantaphand   Assistant
Shelley Anderson   Assistant
Jaren Johnston   Composer
Gordon Hammond   Assistant Engineer
Bryan Vasquez   Engineer
Taylor Pollert   Assistant Engineer
Skip Ewing   Composer
Steve McEwan   Composer
Keith Gattis   Composer
Kenny Chesney   Composer,Producer,Liner Notes
Kristin Wilkinson   String Arrangements
Butch Carr   Engineer
Drew Bollman   Assistant
Dale Morris   Booking,Management
Ben Terry   Assistant Engineer
Tom Douglas   Composer
Justin Francis   Assistant Engineer
Nathan Yarborough   Assistant Engineer
Nick Spezia   Assistant Engineer
Leland Elliott   Assistant Engineer
Sorrel Lavigne   Assistant Engineer
Sam Hunt   Composer
Patrick Murphy   Engineer
Paul Bowman   Assistant Engineer
Larry Paxton   String Arrangements
Craig Wiseman   Composer
Shane McAnally   Composer
Greg Lawrence   Assistant Engineer
Wendell Mobley   Composer