Montgomery Gentry
Sep 19, 2011
Average Joe's Entertainment group Montgomery Gentry will release their seventh studio album "Rebels on the Run" on October 4th. The album features 11 new songs.
"In a lot of ways the past year has been has been nothing but hell," said Eddie Montgomery, whose life was upended by prostate cancer and divorce late last year. "Man, without T-Roy and my family, this music, our fans and the Man upstairs, I don't know how I would've gotten through it." The cancer was fortunately caught early, promptly treated it and is now in remission. A short time later, his wife filed for divorce.
"I don't know if we would have made the same album if we hadn't been through everything we've been through in the last year," added Troy Gentry. "We've always tried to record songs about things we've lived or seen, but the depth of all of those experiences really comes out in this album."
The biggest career change in the last 10 months was a move from the only label the duo had ever been on, Columbia Records, to Average Joe's Entertainment.
"They had gotten away from the music that made people fall in love with them in the beginning," said Tom Baldrica, President of Average Joe's Entertainment. "Eddie and Troy know their audience better than anyone, because they are their audience. That made it easy for them figure out what kind of songs they wanted on this album. They have also developed incredible relationships with the best songwriters in the business, which in turn helped them get the absolute best songs."
Eddie and Troy collaborated with songwriters like Jim Collins, Ira Dean, Wendell Mobley, David Lee Murphy, Rivers Rutherford, and Neil Thrasher for the album. Rodney Clawson and Dallas Davidson co-wrote the duo's first single off the album "Where I Come From,"
In other Montgomery Gentry news, they are scheduled to headline the 28th Annual Love Ride motorcycle rally with Jay Leno outside Los Angeles on Sunday, October 23, 2011. The fundraiser will raise funds for Autism Speaks. More details and ticket information can be found at www.glendaleharley.com/love-ride.htm.
For more from Montgomery Gentry and to see their full tour schedule, visit www.montgomerygentry.com.
By Karen Goodner
