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Kenny Chesney shared a tribute to the Grammy-winning country songwriter, Brett James, who worked on many of his biggest hits, including “Out Last Night.” “I can’t believe I’m saying it but adios Brett James,” the country star wrote. “Thank you for being a lifer, for being a shirtless, sunburned troubadour, …

Brett James, the Grammy-winning country songwriter behind hits like Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and Kenny Chesney’s “Out Last Night,” died Thursday when the plane he was piloting crashed in North Carolina. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, which inducted James in 2020, confirmed his death in a Facebook …