With only a couple weeks until Kenny Chesney’s long-awaited Here and Now album is released, the singer is sharing another track from the new record. “Guys Named Captain” will be available on April 17, and was inspired by Kenny’s own travels, and the people he has met along the way.

“Any time you find yourself near the water, you’ll find these guys, tucked into a table in a corner, or sitting near the far end of the bar,” Kenny said in a statement about the new song. “The adventures they’ve had, places they’ve gone, the way they live their life for the sea.

“Free spirit might be too restricting a label for them,” he continued. “There’s nobody more loyal or more committed to their friends. Hell-raisers, heartbreakers, poets, pirates, they dream on the water and carry themselves with a whole other kind of strength. And it’s all in the song.”

Kenny, who spends most of his free time at his island home, has learned plenty by watching those he encounters in his travels.

“Every one of the guys in this song, every one of the people I’ve met in the islands, Key West, Mexico and even on the road, they’re all very different – except how much they love the water or the road,” Kenny said. “Those things take them away, bring them back, but mostly allow them to be free. This song feels like it distills their soul into a just a few lines.”

“Guys Named Captain” also reflects on Kenny’s love of works by Ernest Hemmingway, and his fascination with those who live on the water.

“There’s a bit of ‘The Old Man and The Sea’ to this song,” Kenny acknowledged. “That whole idea of this man who’s lived his life on the water, and what sailing means, how they share it with others. It was the first thing I thought when I heard it, and it really lifts up those guys who have so much swagger, but no real need to let you know.”

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