At this year’s ACM Awards Kenny Chesney is nominated for Vocal Event Of The Year with Grace Potter for “Wild Child.” The two were last nominated in the category back in 2011 for “You and Tequila.” Kenny originally recorded “Wild Child” without Grace, but he soon realized that she was the ideal choice to bring something really extraordinary to the song, both vocally and personally.

  Kenny Chesney says that there’s a lot of Grace Potter in the spirit of his new single, “Wild Child.” (:39)
“When we recorded the song ‘Wild Child,’ and when it was done, we didn’t have anybody on it yet, but I felt like that I needed someone to have that…the other voice, the character that I’m talkin’ about in the song. And as much as I didn’t want to revisit a song with Grace Potter because, you know, ‘You and Tequila’ was such a huge hit, and she actually sang harmony on ‘El Cerrito Place,’ she was perfect for this song because there’s a lot of Grace in the song ‘Wild Child.’ You know, there’s a lot of her heart and the way she lives her life in this song. And there’s so many layers to her — and all of ’em are great. She could be sittin’ up there playin’ piano singin’ a great song, but then again, she’s up there playin’ a Flying V and rockin’ out.”