June 2nd the Brothers Of The Sun Tour featuring Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and Jake Owen roll into Tampa Florida. Chesney shows are legendary for their all day tailgating parties and this one will be no different.

Myself and Shawn from Coastlines & Tan Lines are organizing a little tailgating group. All Castaways are invited! Come join the party, rum drinks will be flowing and Chesney will be playing.

We’ve set up a Facebook event page here. Join the page and leave a comment to let us know your coming. I’ll try to have Castaway koozies for everyone that shows up.

Hope to see a lot of you guys there!

Cheers,

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How excited are you for June 19th? If you’re a Kenny Chesney fan you probably wish you could live in fast forward for the next few weeks. Chesney’s new album, Welcome To The Fishbowl, drops on the June 19th and it’s sure to be another blockbuster.

You can pre-order Welcome To The Fishbowl now on KennyChesney.com, but that’s not all. They have put together some really cool pre-order packages. Not only do you have the opportunity to snag Chesney’s new album, but how about a palm tree logo hat, a custom pair of Costa Del Mar sunglasses and more. Uh yeah…sign me up.

Welcome To The Fishbowl Package includes:

• Welcome to the Fishbowl” CD or MP3 Digital download
• Costa Del Mar Kenny Chesney Signature Sunglasses
  (Several styles to choose from)
• Kenny Chesney Limited Edition Series Box
• Kenny Chesney Limited Edition Costa Del Mar Baseball Cap
• Kenny Chesney Limited Edition Cleaning Cloth and Case
• Kenny Chesney Limited Edition Keeper

You can pick up this pre-order package for $139.99. The Costa sunglasses are worth more than that price by themselves. Click here to see all the different Welcome To The Fishbowl pre-order package options.

Welcome To The Fishbowl Tracks

1. Come Over
2. Feel Like A Rock Star (Duet With Tim McGraw)
3. Sing ‘Em Good My Friend
4. Welcome To The Fishbowl
5. I’m A Small Town
6. El Cerrito Place
7. Makes Me Wonder
8. While He Still Knows Who I Am
9. Time Flies
10. To Get To You (55th And 3rd)
11. Always Gonna Be You
12. You And Tequila (With Grace Potter) (Live At Red Rocks Amphitheatre) (KYCD11)

Let me know if you snap this pre-order package up. I have my eye on that palm tree logo hat and am trying to see if they are going to sell it separately once the album has dropped. I’ll let you know if they break up these items and sell them by themselves.

Cheers to June 19th!

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Can you pick your top 10 Kenny Chesney songs? Tough job to be sure.

I got a great email last week from a Castaway named Ryan E., right off the bat I knew I already liked this guy. We Ryan’s have to stick together! He told me that he lives in the land locked city of Nashville and is pondering a move to live by the sea in sunny Florida. Stop me if you’ve heard this story before. At the end of his email he hit me with a rather tough question,

“And oh yes, what would your top 10 Kenny Chesney songs be?”

I sat back in my chair and thought about that for a minute. I’m not sure if I’ve ever tried to figure out my top 10 Chesney songs. Would it even be possible? How can one choose one great song over another? Depending on mood, some songs ring higher at certain times. This was going to be a challenge, but challenge accepted.

I clicked over to iTunes and started going through the albums and all the songs. It took awhile narrow it down and made me sick to leave some off the list, but this is what I came up with.

RSR’s Top Ten Kenny Chesney Songs

• Be As You Are
• Anything But Mine
• Out Last Night
• You And Tequila
• Boats
• Beer In Mexico
• Somewhere In The Sun
• Soul Of A Sailor
• Old Blue Chair
• Island Boy

Honorable Mention to Magic.

These are the songs I selected when I wrote Ryan back. Now these may change depending on mood, but all-in-all these these are the top 10 I will stand by. As you can see just about all of them are part of Kenny’s island collection. Anything But Mine and You And Tequila are more love songs than having to do with the island lifestyle, but they really connect and have history, so I tossed them on the list. I’m starting to sound a little sappy and sensitive, so I’m going to turn it over to you guys.

In the comment section below, list your top 10 Kenny Chesney songs. It’s going to be tough but give it a try! Looking forward to seeing what you guys like.

Cheers!
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Well, if one or two of you are interested in seeing the show and spending the weekend in the Bahamas, here is the information straight from the Atlantis Resort’s website. Also, our travel agent buddy Mark Brown, with Island Breeze Travel has a bunch of ticketing information as well. Click on the previous link and he can help you with tickets and booking.

Who’s going?!

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After one sip, you’ll be wakin’ up to a hundred mosquito bites.

From that chair I’ve cought a few fish and some rays
And I’ve watched boats sail in and out of cinnamon bay
I let go of a lover that took a piece of my heart
Prayed many times for forgiveness and a brand new start

I’ve read a lot of books, wrote a few songs
Looked at my life – where it’s goin, where it’s gone
I’ve seen the world through a bus windshield
But nothing compares to the way that I see it
To the way that I see it, to the way that I see it
When I sit in that old blue chair.

Those of course are a few lyrics to Kenny Chesney’s hit song, Old Blue Chair. I just listened to the song 3 times now to get the mood just right for this post, and I have say if I were any more relaxed I would be floating in Cinnamon Bay. Maybe a rum drink in hand?

Speaking of rum drinks, today is Wednesday and that means it’s time to fill that glass with a new Boat Drink. Today’s cocktail is named after Chesney’s favorite chair, that chair he passed out in one New Year’s Eve on the beach(so the lyrics say), the Old Blue Chair. I received an email from a Castaway named Jeremy M. quite awhile ago and it had some pretty kick ass Boat Drink recipes in it. I had totally forgotten about it until he emailed me again this past week commenting on the VooDoo Juice recipe. Thanks for the great recipe’s Jeremy!

Let’s mix up an Old Blue Chair shall we.

The Old Blue Chair

• 1oz Cruzan Light Rum
• 1/2 oz Cruzan Coconut Rum
• 1/2 oz Cruzan Mango Rum
• 1/2oz Blue Curacao
• 2oz Pineapple Juice
• 1oz OJ

Mixing Instructions: Add all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice. Shake a couple times. Pour into glass with ice. Garnish with pineapple. Raise glass and toast.

Yeah, I know, it sounds out of this world. I can almost hear you guys jumping into your cars and heading to the store for some Cruzan Rums right now. I’m right behind you! Let me know what you guys think of the Old Blue Chair, anxious to get your feedback.

This post wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t add the Chesney video for Old Blue Chair. It’s an island escape to say the least. Enjoy.

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I just saw that our good buddies over at ChesneyWorld.com posted that Chesney has just released the video for his newest single, “Reality”. It is a highlight reel of a lot of the stadium shows that get’s me pumped and ready for the next tour.

I was looking for myself in the sandbar at the Tampa show but didn’t see my ugly mug. Can you find yourself?

Thanks for taking us Coastal this year Kenny.

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Those are a few lyrics from Somewhere in the Sun by Kenny Chesney. The island cowboy sure knows how to sweet talk our tropical, sand on the brain souls doesn’t he. I’d have to say that Somewhere in the Sun has to be in my top 5 Chesney songs. It paints the perfect picture of living in the islands and letting the stresses of “The Real World” slide away like the waning tide. What many would call “THE LIFE“.

Today we’re going to talk about the famous Foxy’s Firewater Rum from Foxy’s Beach Bar on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. My buddy Carl from Conch Republic Bikinis was just down in the BVI and picked me up a bottle of Foxy’s Firewater Rum. Thanks Carl!

I’ve been doing a little sipping on this rum to get a feel for it. Again, I’m no rum expert, but here is a video of my take on Foxy’s Firewater Rum.

Foxy’s Firewater Rum Review

I say in the video that it ranks as a 4 out of 10, that might be a little harsh. After a little more tasting I’d probably give it a 5. Good but not over the top good.

It has a sweet aroma with hints of vanilla. The rum has a good bite at the beginning and then falls off. Not a strong after taste and like I said in the video, maybe even a little watered down.

Where can I get my hands on some Firewater Rum? I get this question a lot and mention it in the video, Foxy’s Beach Bar is the only place you can get Firewater Rum. It’s not sold in the states and they do not ship it from Foxy’s. You actually have to go to Jost, and hit up Foxy for a bottle. And when you’re there, don’t forget to pick up a bottle for your good pal RumShop!

Regardless of how the rum tastes, it’s still a great bottle to have in your collection. I won’t be drinking a lot of Foxy’s Firewater Rum because I don’t want it to disappear like so many of my other bottles. I still don’t know how that happens. Damn rum fairies.

Foxy's Firewater Rum

Also, this week is the last week to vote for our buddy Carl for the Tommy Bahama Rumologist Contest. Click this link – Tommy Bahama Rumologist – and vote for Carl Grooms. He is a true Castaway and would make a great Tommy Rumologist.

If you’ve had the chance to sip on some Foxy’s Firewater Rum, whether on Jost Van Dyke or not, let us know what you thought.

Cheers to being Somewhere in the Sun,
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Congrats to Kevin, Sandy and Allison! They are our 3 finalists and we will now vote on who has the best caption. The caption with the most votes will become a proud owner of a shiny new Castaway T-shirt. Let the voting begin!

Photo Caption Finalists

1. Kevin – “You stirred this with your what?”

2. Sandy -  “Happy Birthday Zac, heres to the original: Marga-Daiquiri-Screw Aloda on the Beach.”

3. Allison – “Nobody else will want this after i dip my whiskers in it.. MWAHAHAHAHAAAAAA”

Voting ends today at midnight. Good luck!

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We haven’t done a photo caption contest in awhile and I think it’s about time.

Above is a great photo of Kenny Chesney and Zac Brown at the Kansas City show in Arrowhead Stadium. Give us your best photo caption! There’s a lot of crazy Shenanigans happening on stage and I’m sure your creative juices will be flowing. Be funny, be creative. Leave your caption below in the comment section. The contest will run today and tomorrow only. I’ll pick the top 3 captions and then we’ll have a live vote for the winner on Monday on the RumShopRyan Facebook page.

What does the winner get? Keep your cowboy hat on, I’m about to tell you. The winning person will get a FREE “THE LIFE” Castaway T-shirt!

Good luck everyone! Can’t wait to see what you guys come up with!

(Photo from SilentK via Flickr)

Cheers  and Happy Friday!
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In saying that, you wouldn’t be able to tell any of that from today’s Caribbean Photo Friday picture. I think I see one, maybe two boats in the bay. The calm for the storm. Later in the day White Bay will fill up with gleaming hulls and waving canvas, all toting day trippers wanting their time in this Caribbean playground. Sign me up.

Here is a little diddy by our friend Mr. Chesney that sums up this little island pretty well.

Somewhere In The Sun

Stuck here at a Holiday Inn near Austin, Texas
Seen all the road that I want to see
God I hate the snow, they even cancelled the show
Makes me long for where I really want to be

Oh I wish I was there tonight on Jost Van Dyke
Sipping on some Foxy’s Firewater rum
Or kickin’ back with Ivan
With all my friends down in the islands
Wouldn’t take much for me to up and run
To another life somewhere in the sun

Got cold fajitas and only one channel on the TV
Andy and Barney on Nick at Nite
Seen an ad for Mexico, God I really want to go
Anywhere out of mind and out of sight

Oh I wish I was there tonight on Jost Van Dyke
Sipping on some Foxy’s Firewater rum
Or kickin’ back with Ivan
With all my friends down in the islands
Wouldn’t take much for me to up and run
To another life somewhere in the sun

Here’s a toast to you on the coast and the sailors out at sea
Drink your ales, hoist your sails
Ride the winds and think of me, ’cause

Oh I wish I was there tonight on Jost Van Dyke
Sipping on some Foxy’s Firewater rum
Or kickin’ back with Ivan
With all my friends down in the islands
Wouldn’t take much for me to up and run
To another life somewhere in the sun

Somewhere in the sun

Funny how just reading those lyrics relaxes the soul. One of my all time favorites.  I hope all you Castaways have a great weekend, you deserve it.

Don’t forget, the new “THE LIFE” Castaway t-shirts just came out. Would love to see you represent in style!

(Photo from ireland4517 via Flickr)

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