Blue Chair/Warner Bros. NashvilleJimmy Buffett recreates his 1974 classic, “Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season,” on Kenny Chesney’s new album, Songs for the Saints. It’s a fitting choice, since Kenny wrote and recorded the project after Hurricane Irma devastated his home-away-from-home, the Virgin Islands. The superstar from East Tennessee will also donate all the money he makes from the album to recovery efforts.
The legendary “Margaritaville” singer is just one of several high-profile guests on Kenny’s new album, including reggae legend Ziggy Marley and Americana star Mindy Smith.
“Each one of them has a tie to my life in the islands, but also reflect some piece of what we’re trying to do,” Kenny explains. “Ziggy Marley, and his family’s legacy, holds so much truth for all of the people I know down there. Mindy Smith’s Come To Jesus was an album I lived with from morning to night when I was first going down there — and her voice sounds like an angel.”
“And Jimmy,” he adds, “more than the lost shaker of salt, understands the poetry of the islands beyond what tourists see — the life — in a way that made a song written decades ago so current. I’m honored they also want to help.”
Songs for the Saints was recorded mainly in Nashville and mixed in Key West, Florida.
Here’s the complete track listing for the album, which will be available for pre-order on Friday, ahead of its July 27 release:
“Songs for the Saints”
“Every Heart”
“Get Along”
“Pirate Song”
“Love for Love City” (with Ziggy Marley)
“Ends of the Earth”
“Gulf Moon”
“Island Rain”
“Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season” (with Jimmy Buffett)
“We’re All Here”
“Better Boat” (featuring Mindy Smith)
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