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 Eddie Montgomery (left) and Troy Gentry
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| Origin | Kentucky, USA |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Years active | 1993-present |
| Label(s) | Columbia Nashville |
| Associated acts | John Michael Montgomery Jeffrey Steele |
| Website | montgomerygentry.com |
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| Eddie Montgomery Troy Gentry |
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Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of Eddie Montgomery (brother of country singer John Michael Montgomery) and Troy Gentry. Both brothers and Gentry were originally members of a country band which had local success in clubs throughout the state of Kentucky. After John Michael left for a solo career, Eddie and Troy Gentry began performing as a duo. Both members of the duo alternate as lead vocalists.
Signed in 1999 to Columbia Records, the duo released its platinum-certified debut album Tattoos & Scars that year. They have since recorded five more studio albums: Carrying On (2001), My Town (2002), You Do Your Thing (2004), Some People Change (2006), and Back When I Knew It All (2008) as well as a Greatest Hits package. These albums have produced more than twenty chart singles for the duo on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the Number One hits "If You Ever Stop Loving Me", "Something to Be Proud Of", "Lucky Man", "Back When I Knew It All" and "Roll with Me" as well as ten more Top Ten hits.
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History
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Eddie Montgomery and his brother John Michael lived in Garrard County, Kentucky. Before the duo's formation, Eddie and Troy sang together with John Michael in a band called Early Tymz. In the early 1990s, John Michael left the group and started a solo career. Eddie and Troy, the remaining members of the group, then went through several name changes before they decided to call themselves Montgomery Gentry.[1] In 1994, Gentry won the Jim Beam National Talent Contest and he began to open for acts such as Patty Loveless and Tracy Byrd.
1999-2006
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Gentry was unable to find a solo record deal, so he teamed up with Eddie once again to form the duo Montgomery Gentry. They signed to Columbia Records Nashville in 1999, releasing their debut single "Hillbilly Shoes" that year. This song, which peaked at #13 on the Billboard country charts, was the first of five singles from their debut album Tattoos & Scars. Following this song was their first Top 5 hit, "Lonely and Gone", which was co-written by Bill McCorvey of the band Pirates of the Mississippi, and the #17 "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm". The next two singles — "Self Made Man" and "All Night Long", the latter of which also features guest vocals from Charlie Daniels — both reached #31, and the album was certified platinum. The duo won the Vocal Duo of the Year award at the Country Music Association Awards in 2000,[2] marking the first time since 1991 that Brooks & Dunn did not win that award. In early 2001, they also charted with a rendition of "Merry Christmas from the Family", a Christmas song originally recorded by Robert Earl Keen.
Montgomery Gentry's second album, Carrying On, was released in mid-2001.[1] Its lead-off single, "She Couldn't Change Me", reached #2, and the album's only other single, "Cold One Comin' On", reached #23. The album earned a gold certification. Also in 2001, they charted at #45 with the track "Didn't I", a cut from the soundtrack to the film We Were Soldiers. Carrying On was certified gold.
One year later, they released My Town, which produced three straight Top Five hits in its title track, "Speed", and "Hell Yeah", all three of which were co-written by Jeffrey Steele. Like their debut, My Town earned a platinum certification. This was also their highest-selling album, shipping more than 1.1 million units.
You Do Your Thing, their fourth album, was issued in 2004.[1] It was also the first to produce a Number One hit for the duo, with the lead-off single "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" spending one week at the top of the country charts. Following it were the album's title track at #22, "Gone" at #3, and a second #1 in "Something to Be Proud Of", of which the latter two were also Jeffrey Steele co-writes. Steele co-produced this album along with Rivers Rutherford, Blake Chancey, and Joe Scaife. This album became their third to receive a platinum certification.
Following the success of their four studio albums, the duo released Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005, their first greatest hits package, in 2005. This album included ten of their greatest hits, sssas well as "Didn't I", a rendition of the Robert Earl Keen song "Merry Christmas from the Family", and the newly recorded track "She Don't Tell Me To", which was issued as a single. This package was certified gold as well.
2006-present
Some People Change was the title of Montgomery Gentry's fifth album, which was released in 2006. Its title track, co-written by Neil Thrasher, Jason Sellers and Michael Dulaney, was previously recorded by Kenny Chesney. "Some People Change" was a Top Ten hit for the duo, and was followed by the two-week Number One hit "Lucky Man" and the #3 "What Do Ya Think About That". Despite a gold certification and the success of its three chart singles, Some People Change was the duo's lowest-selling album. Joe Galante, president of Sony BMG's Nashville division, thought that the album's poor sales were because it "strayed musically from what the base had been. They have an edge to their sound, and I think we got a little too soft." [3]
On November 27, 2006, Gentry pleaded guilty to a charge of falsely tagging a bear as if it had been killed in the wild. [4] It had actually been killed on a private game reserve. Under the plea agreement, he agreed to pay a $15,000 fine, give up hunting, fishing and trapping in Minnesota for 5 years, and forfeit both the bear hide and the bow used to shoot the animal in 2004. A statement has been put up on the official Montgomery Gentry website. Troy Gentry quotes, “I did participate in improperly tagging the animal I shot, without realizing the seriousness of what I was doing. For that, I am truly sorry.”[5]
In 2008, the duo went to the Ardent studios in Memphis, Tennessee to record their sixth album, Back When I Knew It All.[3] This album's title track, co-written by Trent Willmon, became their fastest-climbing single, reaching Number One in its twentieth chart week. Following it was "Roll with Me", on which rock singer Five for Fighting provides background vocals. This song also reached the top of the country charts in its twentieth week.
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Band members
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- Eddie Montgomery - vocals
- Troy Gentry - vocals, rhythm guitar
- Frank Bowers - lead guitar
- Jimmy Matajek - guitar
- Randy Sorrels - steel guitar, lap steel
- Bo Garrett - guitar, mandolin
- Eddie Kilgallon - keyboards (former member of Ricochet)
- Andy Bowers - bass guitar
- Tony Hammons - drums, percussion
Discography
References
- ^ a b c Huey, Steve. "Montgomery Gentry biography". Allmusic. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
- ^ Montgomery Gentry - 2005 CMA Nominee Profile [1]
- ^ a b "Montgomery Gentry gets "Back" in focus on new album". Yahoo! Music (2008-05-16). Retrieved on 2008-11-10.
- ^ Troy Gentry pleads guilty to bear charge [2]
- ^ Press Statement on behalf of Troy Gentry [3]
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