Bob Gentry | tl
Having formed in the late 07/early08 with ex members of Red Organ Serpent Sound, Fighting With Wire and The Subtitles. The formidable HCTLG are hell bent on 2 things, writing great songs and playing great shows! The Recording or their first critically acclaimed 7 song live demonstration resulted in national radio play and big support slots with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Urban Voodoo Machine, Black Diamond Heavies and The Jim Jones Revue. The band go on to win the Roaring Meg all Ireland Busking Festival, and after touring Ireland inside out they record their second 8 track E.P. which was...
The Gentrys were an American band of the 1960s and early 1970s best known for their 1965 hit "Keep on Dancing" (in 1971 also a #9 hit for the Bay City Rollers). Follow-up singles charted outside of the top 40: "Every Day I Have To Cry" (1966), "Spread It On Thick" (1966), "Cinnamon Girl" (1970), "Why Should I Cry" (1970), "Wild World" (1971), and a 'Bubbling Under' Billboard chart entry "Brown Paper Sack" (#101, 1966).
The seven-member group of Treadwell High School (Memphis, Tennessee), alumni included Bruce Bowles (vocals), Bobby Fisher (saxophone, keyboards), Jimmy Hart (vocals), Jimmy Johnson (trumpet, keyboards),...
Bobbie Gentry (born July 27, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter. She was born Roberta Lee Streeter to Portuguese parents in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. She shot to international fame in the summer of 1967 with the quirky and intriguing Ode to Billie Joe, written by Gentry and sung in her warm, captivating style. "Ode" was listed as the most popular single of the year in many U.S. record surveys and was admired by Frank Sinatra and other singers.
Early years
Gentry spent her childhood living with her father in Greenwood, Mississippi, where she attended elementary school and began teaching herself to...
Montgomery Gentry was a country music duo, founded in the 1990s, consisting of Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. Eddie Montgomery is the older brother of John Michael Montgomery. Some sources say that Troy Gentry is the son of Bobbie Gentry, which is untrue. Troy's parents are Lloyd and Pat Gentry. Eddie, Troy, and John were in a band called Early Tymz. Eddie and Troy continued to perform after John left to pursue a solo career. The duo went through several name changes before they decided to call themselves Montgomery Gentry. Eddie Montgomery is bald and seemingly always wears a hat....
He's already an underground country music star who's performed in front of over a million ticket holders as a headliner; now get ready for Bill Gentry's long-awaited debut album, COUNTRIFIED!
The first single, "I Want What You Want," launches to radio this month. The song is a rocking celebration of the traditional country life. It is driven by a Duane Allman-inspired slide guitar, yet one of the dominant instruments is a banjo straight out of Earl Scruggs.
Bill Gentry spent months with famed Nashville producer Garth Fundis (Keith Whitley, Trisha Yearwood, Sugarland, Don Williams) sifting through hundreds of songs from...
