2010 Concert Schedule
Montgomery Gentry
Friday, April 9th, 2010
Trask Coliseum, UNCW
8:00 PM
Montgomery Gentry’s journey into the front ranks of American music has been one of the most gratifying sagas of the past decade. Their road to gold and platinum albums, CMA and ACM awards, a Grammy nomination and highly successful tours has been paved with musical integrity and with an abiding respect for the people and the genre they represent.
“We’ve never sold out to anybody,” says Eddie Montgomery, whose soul-stirring baritone and 19th century outlaw look have become iconic among country’s rowdier fans. “What you see is what you get”.
“We’ve always been consistent with choosing songs that deal with the working class, songs people can identify with,” adds Troy Gentry, whose piercing tenor and classic good looks provide the perfect counterpoint.
Now in their 10th year on the national stage, Montgomery Gentry can look back on one of the country’s most impressive legacies. They have released more than 20 charted singles, with anthems like “My Town” and “Hell Yeah” becoming indelible parts of the honky-tonk landscape. They have hit the top of the singles charts three times with “If You Ever Stop Loving Me,” “Something To Be Proud Of” and 2007’s multi-week chart-topper “Lucky Man”. And now, with the release Back When I Knew It All, they have taken the next big step forward.
Their hits came with regularity, Eddie and Troy were named the CMA’s Duo of the Year in 2000, and received that year’s American Music Award for Favorite New Artist – Country, the Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Vocal Group or Duo and the 2000 and 2001 Radio and Record’s Readers’ Poll award for Top Country Duro. The duo performed for well over a million fans, both as headliners and as part of Kenny Chesney’s “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems” tours in 2002 and 2003, and the Brooks and Dunn “Neon Circus and Wild West Show” in 2001.
Their place as honky-tonk ambassadors has long since been established. They were part of the Rolling Stone 40th anniversary issue, they were an integral part of Farm Aid and Country in the Rockies, and they joined forces with May Angelou after the release of “Some People Change”.
Their humanitarian efforts are another example of that place where life, art and community come together in a meaningful way. And through it all, they remain one with their fans.
2010 Concert Schedule
Montgomery Gentry
Friday, April 9th, 2010
Trask Coliseum, UNCW
8:00 PM
Montgomery Gentry’s journey into the front ranks of American music has been one of the most gratifying sagas of the past decade. Their road to gold and platinum albums, CMA and ACM awards, a Grammy nomination and highly successful tours has been paved with musical integrity and with an abiding respect for the people and the genre they represent.
“We’ve never sold out to anybody,” says Eddie Montgomery, whose soul-stirring baritone and 19th century outlaw look have become iconic among country’s rowdier fans. “What you see is what you get”.
“We’ve always been consistent with choosing songs that deal with the working class, songs people can identify with,” adds Troy Gentry, whose piercing tenor and classic good looks provide the perfect counterpoint.
Now in their 10th year on the national stage, Montgomery Gentry can look back on one of the country’s most impressive legacies. They have released more than 20 charted singles, with anthems like “My Town” and “Hell Yeah” becoming indelible parts of the honky-tonk landscape. They have hit the top of the singles charts three times with “If You Ever Stop Loving Me,” “Something To Be Proud Of” and 2007’s multi-week chart-topper “Lucky Man”. And now, with the release Back When I Knew It All, they have taken the next big step forward.
Their hits came with regularity, Eddie and Troy were named the CMA’s Duo of the Year in 2000, and received that year’s American Music Award for Favorite New Artist – Country, the Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Vocal Group or Duo and the 2000 and 2001 Radio and Record’s Readers’ Poll award for Top Country Duro. The duo performed for well over a million fans, both as headliners and as part of Kenny Chesney’s “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems” tours in 2002 and 2003, and the Brooks and Dunn “Neon Circus and Wild West Show” in 2001.
Their place as honky-tonk ambassadors has long since been established. They were part of the Rolling Stone 40th anniversary issue, they were an integral part of Farm Aid and Country in the Rockies, and they joined forces with May Angelou after the release of “Some People Change”.
Their humanitarian efforts are another example of that place where life, art and community come together in a meaningful way. And through it all, they remain one with their fans.