Kenny Chesney, Steve Miller Are In on “The Joker”
When I think about Kenny Chesney, I don’t think “space cowboy.” Nor do I think “gangster of love.” Yet somehow, when he is singing “The Joker” with blues rockers Steve Miller Band on the CMT Crossroads that premieres Friday night (July 9), it all works. Actually, Chesney is such a natural on this song that I think he sounds as believable as Miller on the picker-grinner-lover-sinner line. The 1973 hit is one of a bunch of Miller songs they do together, and there will be plenty of Chesney tunes they cover, too. Those collaborations on country songs are the ones I like the best, like when Chesney did a CMT Crossroads with John Mellencamp and they sang “Back Where I Come From” together. That was heaven. If you watch, come back here and let us know what you thought the highlights were.
