Kenny goes Cabo...

NASHVILLE, TN. (BNA Records) - When Kenny Chesney agreed to come play at Sammy Hagar's birthday party, the "I Can't Drive 55" singer promised the guy who sold almost 1.2 million concert tickets this year alone the time of his life. The birthday boy wasn't kidding!

First he met Kenny & Co. at the airport with a trayful of margaritas - which they drank while going through customs. "Then he took us 25 miles into the desert to his place, which was incredible - like something out of a 'Mad Max' movie, only cooler."

His first night in, Chesney got to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers flex their funk/rock groove pretty hard. "And man, can those guys play," says the man nominated for the CMA's Entertainer of the Year, along with Male Vocalist, Album and a pair of Video Events.

Then came the moment Kenny and his band had been waiting for: their turn to play. After turning in 90 minutes of straight Kenny classics, Hagar and Van Halen bass player Michael Anthony joined Chesney and electric guitarist Clayton Mitchell for 90 more minutes of "everything from Hank Williams and Johnny Cash to 'Rock Candy' and 'Bad Motor Scooter.' It was incredible - and man, Sammy said Clayton played those songs as well as Eddie did back in the '80s, so it was a BIG night for my guitar player! No doubt!!!!!"

Tonight's the final night at Sammy Hagar's Cabo Cantina, and it should be relentless. This is Hagar's night to rock, but given that his publicist told Kenny he'd made all those rockers look, well, she used a more street word for wimpy, don't be surprised if the boy from Luttrell, Tennessee gets called up to play some more.
"Three hours... I didn't know I had it in me, but we rocked - and it was awesome."