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Just moments into Montgomery Gentry‘s new music video, “Where I Come From,” viewers are thrust into the war zone. “The whole idea of the video treatment was having our guys in combat, and one of them is wounded,” explains Troy Gentry. “And to keep him awake and everything, one of [...]
Montgomery Gentry released their first new album in three years, Rebels on the Run, on Tuesday (Oct. 18). The album’s first single is “Where I Come From.” Produced by Michael Knox, the project is their first for the independent label Average Joe’s Entertainment. The duo’s next tour date will be [...]
Montgomery Gentry will release a new album, Rebels on the Run, on Oct. 4. Produced by Michael Knox, the project is their first for the independent label Average Joe’s Entertainment. The duo exited Columbia Records late last year. The album’s first single is “Where I Come From.” Their previous album, [...]
Montgomery Gentry will perform a concert Sunday (June 19) at Turner Field in Atlanta following the Texas Rangers’ game against the Braves. The concert is part of Major League Baseball’s Father’s Day celebration, an annual league-wide initiative to promote prostate cancer advocacy, awareness and research. Fans who purchase tickets for [...]
Biography
Gerald Edward (Eddie) Montgomery was born Sept. 30, 1963, in Danville, Ky. Troy Gentry was born April 5, 1967, in Lexington, Ky.
Both proud Kentucky natives, Gentry and Montgomery’s first joint musical effort was as part of a band called Young Country. After two years with that band, Gentry left to try his hand at a solo career. He won the Jim Beam National Talent Contest in 1994 and earned opening slots for Patty Loveless, Tracy Byrd and John Michael Montgomery (who is Eddie’s younger brother).
Without being able to turn up a solo deal, Gentry forged a duo with Montgomery, building on their rowdy fan base in the Kentucky nightclubs. They debuted in 1999 and notched a No. 5 single with “Lonely and Gone.” They won the CMA vocal duo award in 2000.
In 2001, they reached No. 2 on the country charts with the single “She Couldn’t Change Me,” from their album, Carrying On. The following year they released My Town and racked up three more Top 5 hits (“My Town,” “Speed” and “Hell Yeah”). They finally secured their first No. 1 in 2004 with “If You Ever Stop Loving Me” from You Do Your Thing; the album also included “Gone” and another No. 1 hit, “Something to Be Proud Of.”
The compilation Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005 collected their hits. Some People Change appeared in 2006, not long after Gentry made national news by shooting and killing a tame bear that he had purchased.