April 12, 2004

News, Country

Montgomery Gentry’s ‘My Town’ Settles On Platinum

Award-winning country duo Montgomery Gentry recently celebrated platinum sales success for their third Columbia Records CD My Town. The album yielded the smash hits "Speed," "Hell Yeah" and the title track. The duo's Carrying On album is approaching platinum, and their debut release, Tattoos & Scars is already certified for sales in excess of one million copies.

Leading the Jim Beam toast are Troy Gentry, Eddie Montgomery, Sony Nashville's John Grady and BMI's Paul Corbin.

Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry are nominated for two Academy of Country Music Association awards: Top Vocal Duo and Vocal Event of the Year, joining fellow BMI writers Tracy Byrd, Andy Griggs and Blake Shelton for "The Truth About Men."

Danny Wells, BMI’s David Preston, Chris Wallin

Montgomery Gentry's fourth Columbia album, You Do Your Thing -- which is co-produced by Jeffrey Steele and Rivers Rutherford -- hits stores May 18.

Sony Nashville’s Larry Pareigis, Buddy Jewell, Sony Nashville’s Bill Macky, Buffy Cooper and Dale Libby

Troy Gentry, Jeffrey Steele, Eddie Montgomery, Rivers Rutherford

Jack Lameier, BMI’s Paul Corbin, Hallmark Management’s John Dorris

Susan Myers, Sony Nashville’s Shawn Williams, Laura Huie

Photos by Deana Tackett

In this story: Tracy Byrd, Montgomery Gentry, Andy Griggs, Buddy Jewell, Blake Shelton, Jeffrey Steele, Danny Wells

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