Montgomery Gentry's rebel waltz in step with fans
Reuters, Mar 7, 2008 7:00 pm PSTNine years after breaking onto the country scene with its rebel rock/country sound, hard-charging duo Montgomery Gentry is still giving fans, and country radio, what they want.
The I've-done-some-growing-up single "Back When I Knew It All" (Columbia Nashville), the first from an album that will be released in early summer, is off to a rocket-fast start, moving from No. 49 to No. 28 in its three weeks on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.
Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry have scored 12 top-10 airplay singles and three No. 1s, including last year's two-week chart-topper "Lucky Man." They have sold 4.3 million albums in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, with their 2002 release "My Town" faring the best at 1.06 million.
Their renegade personas appeal to fans, according to Cody Alan, program director at Salt Lake City country station KEGA (the Eagle).
"How many real maverick artists are left in country music? These guys serve that void perfectly," he said. "Even in a conservative city like Salt Lake, their music does very well."
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