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The boys are back! Montgomery Gentry has just announced the release of their new cd - You Do Your Thing, available in stores May 18th. Their first single "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" has been sent to your favorite radio stations - so request it today!
The 37th Annual Country Music Association Awards have been completed once again. This year's top winners are Alan Jackson and the late Johnny Cash. Other winners included Martina McBride, Joe Nichols, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Jimmy Buffett, Randy Scruggs, Doug Johnson and Kim Williams. For more visit www.cmaawards.com/2003/.
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This year's Country Music Association awards will feature a star-studded tribute to country music legend Johnny Cash. The segment will feature Sheryl Crow and the remaining members of "Highwaymen" including Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. Also appearing during the segment will be Travis Tritt and Hank Williams Jr.
Montgomery Gentry are nominated for 2 CMA awards including "Vocal Duo of the Year" and "Vocal Event of the Year" for "The Truth About Men" featuring Tracy Byrd, Andy Griggs and Blake Shelton.
From Cape Girardeau, MO to Lexington, NC to Mobile, AL. This may sound like a normal week for the guys... except they did it all in less than 24 hours.
Friday at 9:05PM (EST) the boys hit the stage at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, right after the show they were picked up at the airport by NASCAR magnate Richard Childress's private jet and whisked off to Lexington, Kentucky to perform in front of the 135,000 plus showing at the 20th Annual Barbecue Festival presented by WTQR radio. By 3:00PM they were back in the Richard Childress Racing jet headed to Mobile, Alabama to perform in front of the rain-soaked, but still wild crowd.
"Those were three great shows - we were running on adrenaline (and may be a little Jim Beam). But, man I don't want to try that every weekend. Whew!," said Troy Gentry."
Montgomery Gentry had a central role in raising more than $268,000 for the March of Dimes over the weekend. The guys performed at a March of Dimes benefit concert, then they got to participate as grand marshals in a fund raising motorcycle ride through the streets of Atlanta. This was their 3rd motorcycle ride-in of the season.
It may not be a front page story, but Montgomery Gentry's "Hell Yeah" was used as bumper music during the 10/06/03 Monday Night Football meeting between Tampa Bay and Indianapolis on ABC. It shows how far Eddie and Troy's music has come when it is featured during primetime on a major network.
TouchTunes Music Corporation, purveyor of high-tech digital jukeboxes has inked an agreement with Sony Music to carry Sony's artists on their jukeboxes. All music played in establishments must be liscensed through the artists record company, and this deal now gives TouchTunes the right to carry Montgomery Gentry's music. Now you can hear your favorite MG tunes at any establishment that carries a TouchTunes Digital Jukebox.
Montgomery Gentry's "Cold One Comin' On" is featured on the new CMT (Country Music Television) Most Wanted Volume 1 CD. The CD also contains hit singles from Mark Wills, Chris Cagle, Jennifer Hanson, Joe Nichols, Jo Dee Messina, Dwight Yoakam, Trace Adkins, Dierks Bently, LeAnn Rimes, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, as well as some songs you probably didn't hear on the radio from Cross Canadian Ragweed, Alison Krause and Rhonda Vincent. You can pick this great new CD up just about anywhere, or more conveniently right here at Montgomery-Gentry.com.
If you happen to be in the Tioga, TX area the weekend of September 26th, make sure you stop at the 3rd annual Gene Autry Festival. The event features strolling cowboys, rope tricksters, gunfighters and pavilion dancers who will celebrate the birth of the Singing Cowboy: Gene Autry.
A guitar autographed by various artists performing at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth will be auctioned Saturday evening. The Samick acoustic guitar has been signed by Gary Stewart, Aaron Tippin, Charlie Robinson, Kenny Chesney, Charlie Daniels, Joe Nichols, Mark Chestnut, Wade Hayes, Chad Brock, Mark Wills, Loretta Lynn, Daryle Singletary, Deryl Dodd, Joe Diffie, Ray Benson, Rhett Akins, John Conlee, Junior Brown, Phil Vassar, Eddie Montgomery, Troy Gentry, Sammy Kershaw, Neal McCoy, Earl Thomas Conley, Darryl Worley and Tracey Lawrence.
Continuing with their motorcycle-event filled summer, Montgomery Gentry is set to ride in the "Trail of Tears" motorcycle rally this weekend. As many as 35,000 riders from as far away as Germany and Australia are set to ride in this year's fund raising event. The ride is said to be the largest organized ride in the world, which starts in Chattanooga's Riverfront Parkway and winds through to Waterloo, Alabama. Montgomery Gentry will perform a concert at BellPark South on Saturday evening (9/20/03) to commemorate the event. Joining Montgomery Gentry will be country star Marty Stuart.
Johnny Cash was laid to rest today in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Our hearts go out to the families and friends of Johnny Cash, who not only lost a great musician, but a wonderful person as well. Cash died Friday morning (9/12/03) due to complications of diabetes. He was 71 years old.
"There will only ever be one Man In Black," Montgomery Gentry's Eddie Montgomery says. "I hate to see our outlaw heroes leave because they have influenced country music so much. I don't know that anyone can stand on the mountain like they have."
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"Even though all of us try to wear black, there will only ever be one Man In Black. I hate to see our outlaw heroes leave because they have influenced country music so much. I don't know that anyone can stand on the mountain like they have." --Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry
Travis Tritt says Montgomery Gentry is "one of my favorite bands out there..." because they combine traditional country roots with rock and roll in "an honest way." Find more on this story at: http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/music/article/0,1406,KNS_349_2242179,00.html
Montgomery Gentry took the stage in front of a sold out crowd at Iowa's Tri-State Rodeo last weekend. Over 9,800 people packed the fairgrounds for Montgomery Gentry's show on Friday Night. The Tri-State Rodeo was also host to the Colgate Country Music Showdown and a three hour performance by the Honky Tonk Tailgate Party starring Joe Diffie, Mark Chesnut and Tracy Byrd.
September 23rd through the 25th, a small farm field somewhere near the Illinois-Indiana border will become a huge town. Soon the field will be filled with lights and streets, but after the 25th, you won't even know it was there. 50th Annual Farm Progress Days returns to Vermilion County Illinois.
The small community expects over 100,000 people to come through Farm Progress Days each day of the event. Country music concerts will be help by Brad Paisley on September 23rd, and Montgomery Gentry on September 25th. Tickets for the event are $7.00, and there is an extra $12.00 charge for each concert on the day of the shows. Parking and Camping is available for free.
Some fans are willing to go further than a postal worker in a hail storm to deliver themselves to the party which is a Montgomery Gentry Concert... Here's testimony from the Van Wert Times-Bulletin:
"...rain
stopped about 10 p.m. just as Montgomery Gentry took the stage. Some fans
made their way through the mud to the front of the stage to catch a close
glimpse of the duo. Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry greeted their
fans with handshakes, high-fives and even signed a few autographs during
their performance. One fan couldn't believe he was standing so close
to Montgomery Gentry. Instead of just keeping the memory to himself, he
took a picture with his cell phone and sent it to a friend. "Can
you believe I'm standing that close? I'm like two feet away from Montgomery
Gentry," said the fan. The bad boys of country entertained
the crowd with hits such as "All Night Long," "Speed"
and "Lonely and Gone." About 45 minutes into Montgomery
Gentry's performance, rain came pouring down forcing many fans to bring
their umbrellas and ponchos back out. Some fans left, but many stayed
and tried to dance to the music which was tough for some due to the soggy,
muddy ground. It were these diehard fans who lived out the I-just-want-to-party
attitude of Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry."
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
"Montgomery Gentry: No other act playing the Harley celebration at Maier Festival Park has a stronger contemporary profile than Montgomery Gentry. The duo's new album, "My Town," hit No. 3 on Billboard's country charts, and with their rough-and-ready visual image and songs like "Bad For Good," they seem like a perfect love match with the Harley constituency."
Montgomery Gentry gets set to headline the 2003 "Trail of Tears" Kickoff Concert the night before the annual "Trail of Tears" motorcycle ride. The group will headline the concert on Friday, September 19th at 6:30PM at Bell South Park in downtown Chattanooga. Gates open at 6:00pm, for more on the ride visit the Trail of Tears website at: www.al-tn-trailoftears.org
Fuzz Martin publishes the all new Montgomery-Gentry.com!!! The new site includes News, Reviews, a Biography, list of CD's, Picture Gallery, Links Page, Concert Schedule, and a chance for you to buy the Montgomery Gentry CD's and Merchandise you want the most!
Montgomery Gentry pick up one nomination for the 37th Annual Country Music Association Awards to be held Wednesday, November 5th at 8:00EST on CBS. Montgomery Gentry made history in 2000 by being the only artists to knock Brooks n Dunn out of the Vocal Duo of the Year top spot.
Montgomery Gentry become the first group to play in front of two sold out crowds at the Kentucky State Fair in the same year. Last week they played with Hank Williams Jr., then they surprised everyone with a guest appearance at Kenny Chesney's "Senoritas and Margaritas" Tour.
Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry are getting ready to head up to Milwaukee for the Harley Davidson 100th Anniversary Celebration at the Summerfest Grounds. The event will draw an estimated 500,000 motorcycles from around the world, and feature such acts at Montgomery Gentry, Tim McGraw, the Rolling Stones and Elton John.