Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo founded by singers Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, both Kentucky natives.
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27 Facts About Montgomery Gentry
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On September 8,2017, Montgomery Gentry died in a helicopter crash in Medford, New Jersey, where the duo was scheduled to perform that evening.
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Gerald Edward Montgomery Gentry was born September 30,1963, in Danville, Kentucky.
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When Montgomery Gentry was 13 years old, he played drums in his parents' band, Harold Montgomery Gentry and the Kentucky River Express.
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In 1990, Montgomery founded the band Early Tymz, which included his younger brother, John Michael Montgomery, and Troy Gentry.
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Montgomery Gentry went solo and won the Jim Beam National Talent Contest in 1994, which led to him opening for Patty Loveless and Tracy Byrd.
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The duo later changed its name to Montgomery Gentry, and signed with Columbia Records' Nashville division in 1999.
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Montgomery Gentry released its debut single, "Hillbilly Shoes", in early 1999.
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Montgomery Gentry allowed them to pick different session musicians than typically used on mainstream country albums, such as Chuck Leavell and Johnny Neel of The Allman Brothers Band, whose "Good Clean Fun" was covered on it.
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Montgomery Gentry toured in late 2004 – early 2005 with Trace Adkins in support of the album.
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Toby Keith, with whom Montgomery Gentry toured in mid-2008, contributed a guest vocal on the Terri Clark co-write "I Pick My Parties", and Lillie Mae Rische of Jypsi made an appearance on "God Knows Who I Am".
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On May 26,2009, Montgomery Gentry was formally invited by Charlie Daniels to become members of the Grand Ole Opry.
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On November 30,2009, Montgomery Gentry released the single "Oughta Be More Songs About That".
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Montgomery Gentry signed to Average Joes Entertainment, a label co-owned by country rap artist Colt Ford, in March 2011.
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On October 29,2021, Montgomery Gentry released his first studio album as a solo artist titled Ain't No Closing Me Down via Average Joes Entertainment label.
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Montgomery and Gentry alternated as lead vocalists, with Gentry often accompanying on acoustic guitar.
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Gerald Edward "Eddie" Montgomery Gentry was born in Danville, Kentucky, on September 30,1963, to parents Carol Dean and Harold Edward Montgomery Gentry.
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In November 2010, Eddie Montgomery Gentry told Great American Country that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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Montgomery Gentry subsequently married his longtime girlfriend, Jennifer Belcher, in 2014.
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On September 27,2015, Montgomery Gentry wrote that his and ex-wife Tracy Nunan's 19-year-old son, Hunter, had been killed in an accident.
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Troy Montgomery Gentry was born on April 5,1967, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Patricia and Lloyd Montgomery Gentry.
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Montgomery Gentry had a brother, Keith Gentry, and a sister, Jana Gentry Eckhardt.
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Montgomery Gentry graduated from Lexington Community College and attended the University of Kentucky.
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In 2004, Montgomery Gentry purchased a black bear named "Cubby" from a facility called the Minnesota Wildlife Connection and subsequently shot the bear from inside an electrified enclosure, a practice commonly known as canned hunting.
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On November 27,2006, Montgomery Gentry pleaded guilty to a charge of falsely tagging a bear that was killed in a fenced enclosure as if it had been killed in the wild.
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