In any kind of creative work, sometimes it helps to have another perspective on a project, and Kenny Chesney looked to his buddy, artist and songwriter Keith Gattis, to help him find just the right feel for the lyrics Kenny wrote for his latest single, “When I See This Bar.” (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• “When I See This Bar” is the newest single from Kenny’s album, Life on a Rock, which also features the hit, “Pirate Flag.”
• Look for Kenny this Sunday, September 8th, in a profile feature on CBS TV’s weekend stalwart, Sunday Morning.

  Kenny Chesney says that he looked to a friend to help him get “When I See This Bar” just right. (:41)
“I wrote three different melodies to ‘This Bar,’ and it all seemed forced, it all seemed — I don’t know — a better word, it just, it didn’t seem perfect. It didn’t seem as heartfelt and as natural as the lyrics came or how I lived that song. And so, my friend Keith Gattis, I just gave him the lyric, and I said, ‘Do something with it.’ I said, ‘Impress me!’ (laughs) And boy, he sure did! He called back (laughs), and that’s how this whole record, you know, where this record, with that song, all of a sudden had something to build around, and I’m proud of that song.”