Troy Gentry

Country music singer Eddie Montgomery of Boyle County is true blue when it comes to his basketball. Montgomery is touring the country with partner Troy Gentry and entertaining Montgomery Gentry fans from coast to coast. However, Montgomery still follows his basketball. "I've got UK and the Cards in the Final Four. I've got the Cards and Illinois. I had Florida over North Carolina, but now it's going to be UK and North Carolina in the Final Four. UK wins it all. "

The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum recently host its annual induction ceremony. This year, Montgomery Gentry was presented the Kentucky Entertainers of the Year award. The duo was not able to be on hand to accept in person. Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry are on the road touring but were able to tape their reaction to be played back at the ceremony. "This is unbelievable!" said Montgomery. "I just wish my Dad could be here to witness this - what a special honor. We are just country boys doing what we love to do - and we're proud to say we're from Kentucky any chance we get. " Added Gentry, "It is such an honor to be recognized as entertainers, especially from our home state.

Montgomery Gentry will be performing live on the Best Darn Super Bowl Road Show Period Sunday from Jacksonville, Fla., during Fox Sports' Super Bowl coverage. The show will air from 1-2 p.m. and will be on FOX Network, not the usual FOX Sports Net, just prior to the start of the official Super Bowl pre-game festivities. The show's name was changed from Best Damn Sports Show Period, according to USA Today, because of sensitivity surrounding the Super Bowl broadcast since last year's incident with Janet Jackson.

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry of the hit country duo Montgomery Gentry on their induction into the Grand Ole Opry. I can't think of any two people more deserving of this honor than two good old boys from Kentucky. I have been a longtime fan of theirs, and I am so proud of them. Montgomery Gentry has a huge fan base. Like Eddie would say, "We don't call them fans, we call them friends," and he is absolutely correct.

Perryville's Eddie Montgomery will be on "Live with Regis and Kelly" Tuesday morning. Montgomery Gentry will perform from their No. 1 single, "Back When I Knew It All," on the show hosted by Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa. The show airs at 9 a.m. on WHAS-TV (ABC) in Louisville and 10 a.m. on WKYT-TV (CBS) in Lexington. The song just hit No. 1 on this week's Billboard and Country Aircheck country airplay charts. This is Montgomery Gentry's fourth No. 1 hit, but it is the fastest rising single the duo has had. The song is the lead-off single and title track from Montgomery Gentry's new album.

Eddie Montgomery, county music singer, will call Danville "My Town" as he raises money for the Christmas Toy Drive. The Montgomery Gentry tour buses will be set up Sunday near the Danville Fire Station to allow fans to look and to help raise money and awareness for the local toys program. Montgomery and his wife, Tracy, have offered to let fans tour the group's "home on the road" in exchange for donations to this year's toy drive. Two Montgomery Gentry tour buses will be in the US Bank parking lot at the corner of Fourth and Main streets from 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

Eddie Montgomery had "no clue" what was coming when he heard a voice telling Montgomery Gentry to stop playing during a performance Tuesday night at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. "Charlie Daniels, one of my heroes, had snuck into the audience and took his hat off so we didn't know it was him," said Montgomery. "They were running a little late and we had already played two songs, so we thought they were going to tell us just to cut it short. " Instead, Daniels asked them to join the Grand Ole Opry nine years after they made their Grand Ole Opry debut.

When Montgomery Gentry recently hit No. 1 with "Lucky Man," Eddie Montgomery was thrilled. To think another song off that same Columbia Nashville disc, "Some People Change," also could climb that high is almost more than the Perryville country music star can believe. Yet it seems "What Do Ya Think About That" has a chance to do just that based on early reviews. "People are already starting to play it, and are loving the heck out of it," said Montgomery. "We are coming off 'Lucky Man,' and that just doesn't happen.

(Editor's note: The following letter came to us by email through Kelly Howard, of Danville, who currently serves in Iraq as a Department of Defense contractor for Kellogg, Brown and Root, Inc. She saw the letter in Stars and Stripes, a military newspaper. She wanted everyone back home to know how much Montgomery Gentry lifted the spirits of the troops with their recent performances.) Dear Editor: I have had the honor to meet many celebrities, but the most genuine and most patriotic Americans today are Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, known as Montgomery Gentry.

Holly Henson, artistic director of Pioneer Playhouse, got a chance to thaw out from the Minnesota winter. Last month, she left her home to bask in the California sunshine for a weekend. Henson was the headliner at the American Culinary Institute convention in San Francisco. The comedian's assignment was to mix together jokes salted with a cooking theme. Montgomery named to country music board Eddie Montgomery of Boyle County has been named to the Academy of Country Music board in the artist category.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Average Joe's Entertainment's multi-platinum, hit-making duo Montgomery Gentry break into the Top 20 with its new single, “Where I Come From.” Positioned at No. 19 on both MediaBase and Billboard, the duo's chart success adds to more than 20 charted singles, with anthems such as “My Town” and “Hell Yeah” becoming indelible parts of the honky-tonk landscape. “It's a song that's about our fans. Regardless of where you end up in life, you always remember your hometown.

LOUISVILLE - This was one time Eddie Montgomery was smiling from the time he stepped foot in the KFC Yum! Center Tuesday until the time he left. Montgomery, an avid University of Kentucky sports fan, made himself right at home at the home of the Louisville basketball team, as part of the historic USO Homefront Concert. Montgomery Gentry was the headline attraction at the first USO concert ever in the United States to entertain families of the troops and volunteers who support them.

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry of the hit country duo Montgomery Gentry on their induction into the Grand Ole Opry. I can't think of any two people more deserving of this honor than two good old boys from Kentucky. I have been a longtime fan of theirs, and I am so proud of them. Montgomery Gentry has a huge fan base. Like Eddie would say, "We don't call them fans, we call them friends," and he is absolutely correct.

NASHVILLE - Eddie Montgomery can still remember those childhood moments sitting in a "junky station wagon" with his father listening to the Grand Ole Opry on the radio. His father told him then that to make it big in the country music business required performing at the Grand Ole Opry here. Now Montgomery, who lives in Perryville, has done that and more. He's a member of the Grand Ole Opry after being inducted along with Troy Gentry during a ceremony here Tuesday night honoring Montgomery Gentry.

Eddie Montgomery had "no clue" what was coming when he heard a voice telling Montgomery Gentry to stop playing during a performance Tuesday night at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. "Charlie Daniels, one of my heroes, had snuck into the audience and took his hat off so we didn't know it was him," said Montgomery. "They were running a little late and we had already played two songs, so we thought they were going to tell us just to cut it short. " Instead, Daniels asked them to join the Grand Ole Opry nine years after they made their Grand Ole Opry debut.

Eddie Montgomery loved NASCAR almost as much as he loved country music when he was a youngster growing up in Danville. Never did he dream, though, that he might be at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., one day as grand marshall for NASCAR's All-Star race along with partner Troy Gentry. Yet there they were saying, "Gentlemen, start your engines," to NASCAR's elite drivers before Saturday's race. "I never thought I would be a starter," Montgomery said. "That was just icing on the cake for a country boy like me. Just hanging out with the drivers was pretty wild and a dream come true.

For Eddie Montgomery, being a member of the hottest duo in country music is a dream come true. But this self-described Kentucky country boy isn't basking in the glory of success; he's following through on plans to give back to his homeland. After growing up in far less than ideal conditions, fame and fortune came quickly when he teamed up with Lexington native Troy Gentry. Since gaining their first record deal in 1999, the pair has soared to the top of the industry and currently has the number one song on the country charts with "Back When I Knew It All. " One country music magazine has reported that Montgomery-Gentry is "slowly replacing Brooks & Dunn as country music's super duo. " "The Good Man above has blessed me beyond my wildest dreams," says the Perryville native while standing amid several pieces of earth-moving equipment in a field just south of Harrodsburg.

Perryville's Eddie Montgomery will be on "Live with Regis and Kelly" Tuesday morning. Montgomery Gentry will perform from their No. 1 single, "Back When I Knew It All," on the show hosted by Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa. The show airs at 9 a.m. on WHAS-TV (ABC) in Louisville and 10 a.m. on WKYT-TV (CBS) in Lexington. The song just hit No. 1 on this week's Billboard and Country Aircheck country airplay charts. This is Montgomery Gentry's fourth No. 1 hit, but it is the fastest rising single the duo has had. The song is the lead-off single and title track from Montgomery Gentry's new album.

Considering the success Montgomery Gentry has had, it's rare for singer Eddie Montgomery to make bold proclamations about future success. However, the Perryville entertainer can't hide his enthusiasm about Montgomery Gentry's upcoming seventh album based on the popularity of its newest single, "Back When I Knew It All," the title track from its newest album. "The new single was not even supposed to have been out so early, but it was hitting the Top 30 in the charts before it was even officially out," said Montgomery.

Considering the success Montgomery Gentry has had, it's rare for singer Eddie Montgomery to make bold proclamations about future success. However, the Perryville entertainer can't hide his enthusiasm about Montgomery Gentry's upcoming seventh album based on the popularity of its newest single, "Back When I Knew It All," the title track from its newest album. "The new single was not even supposed to have been out so early, but it was hitting the Top 30 in the charts before it was even officially out," said Montgomery.