It’s always cool to hear artists talk about one another and get a little insight into relationships and how people see each other, and with Kix Brooks out with his new solo album, New to This Town, longtime friend Kenny Chesney talked with us about Kix and said that he thinks the world of him, on stage and off. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• And speaking of Kix, look for his new solo album, right now, everywhere they sell great music, or just link to get your copy here, on iTunes!
• Kenny is hot on the radio with the most-added new song on the airwaves for the second week with “El Cerrito Place,” the gorgeous third single from his latest album, Welcome to the Fishbowl.
• This Saturday, Kenny rolls into the first day of fall as he joins Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, and others performing at Farm Aid 2012 at Hershey Park Stadium in Hershey, Pennsylvania. For complete information on the show and how you can help our nation’s family farmers, visit FarmAid.org.
• And on Monday, September 24th, Kenny will be among the honorees at the 6th Annual Academy of Country Music Honors, a special event at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium where Kenny will be celebrated with the ACM’s Crystal Milestone Award. A four-time ACM Entertainer of the Year, the award recognizes Kenny as an artist whose amazing career accomplishments have helped to promote the entire genre of country music.

  Kenny Chesney recalls a very cool part of his show from his tour with Brooks & Dunn. (:34)
“When Kix and Ronnie [Dunn] was on the road with us several summers ago, my favorite part of the night is when Kix would come out there during my show with just his guitar, and we would, you know, sing a song together. And that was a fun part of the night for me. I looked forward to that moment every day, and sometimes it’d be the record that he had ‘You Better Kiss Me or You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone,’ or we would sing some other song, but it was always a part of the show — of my show — that I looked forward to and a part of the day that I looked forward to a lot because it was just stripped down, and it was a lot of fun.”

  Kenny Chesney says that he really looks up to Kix Brooks. (:22)
“Kix and I been friends a long time, and I really respect him a lot as a survivor in a business that’s hard to survive in, and I think the reason that he’s done that is because his foundation is from the songwriting end of it, and he treats people very, very well, and he’s treated me great. And I look up to Kix a lot.”