On the Cover – Montgomery Gentry

7/12/2002 – July 2002

Label: Columbia
Booking: Monterey Peninsula Artists, Steve Dahl/Ray Shelide
Management: Johnny Dorris, Hallmark Direction
Producers: Blake Chancey
Current Single: “My Town”
Current Album: My Town in stores Aug. 27
Current Video: “My Town”

Birth Date: Montgomery (9/30); Gentry (4/5)
Awards: 2000 CMA Vocal Duo of the Year; 2000 American Music Awards for Best New Country Group; 2000 ACM Top New Vocal Group or Duo
Hits: “Didn’t I,”“Cold One Comin’ On,” “She Couldn’t Change Me”
RIAA Certifications: Tattoos & Scars (Platinum); Carrying On (Gold) Musical Influences: Montgomery—Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hank Williams Jr., Charlie Daniels, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard; Gentry—George Jones, Randy Travis, Hank Williams Jr., Merle Haggard

In 1999, the rowdy, fun loving Montgomery Gentry struck a chord with country fans everywhere as “Hillbilly Shoes” hit the airwaves. The single helped propel their Columbia Records debut Tattoos & Scars to platinum heights. The follow-up, Carrying On, has already been certified gold, and the two hope to continue their winning ways this summer with the release of My Town, which hits shelves Aug. 27. As for their career goals, Eddie Montgomery explains, “The main thing is, 20 years from now, we’d like to walk into a honky-tonk, and see a bunch of guys up on stage playing, and doing one of our songs.That’s
when you know you’ve done something.”