Before the 59th annual CMA Awards take place Nov. 19, ABC will pay tribute to some of country music’s leading names with Center Stage: Countdown to the CMA Awards — Special Edition of 20/20, which will air Nov. 18 evening.

Hosted by former CMA Awards host, Luke Bryan, the special will feature Kenny Chesney as he revisits the lower Broadway venues he first played when he arrived in Nashville, as well as talks about his new book, Heart Life Music, which tops two New York Times Best Sellers lists this week.

Below, Billboard exclusively premieres the trailer for the special , which will air from 10:07 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST and then streams the next day on Disney + and Hulu.

In the trailer, Chesney talks about getting his start. “I started playing in clubs, that’s where I learned how to connec

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