CHESNUTT, MARK
(*1963)
CHESNUTT, MARK (b. Beaumont, Tex., September 6, 1963) Deep-voiced, broad-beamed Chesnutt is another in a long line of hunks-of-the-month who tip their ten-gallon hats to GEORGE JONES. Raised in Beaumont, Texas, Chesnutt came from a musical home; his dad had been a local country crooner before giving up his dreams of making it big to open a used-car lot. At age sixteen Chesnutt began performing locally, filling in with day jobs as necessary. He worked in the Beaumont area for twelve years…