Bill Gentry is tagged as: country, rock, atlanta He’s already an underground country music star who’s performed in front of over a million ticket holders as a headliner; now get ready for Bill Gentry’s long-awaited debut album, COUNTRIFIED! The first single, “I Want What You Want,” launches to radio this month. The song is a rocking celebration of the traditional country life. It is driven by a Duane Allman-inspired slide guitar, yet one of the dominant instruments is a banjo straight out of Earl Scruggs. Bill Gentry spent months with famed Nashville producer Garth Fundis (Keith Whitley, Trisha Yearwood, Sugarland, Don Williams) sifting through hundreds of songs from Nashville’s top writers. The goal was to find great songs that Bill could believe he’d written, songs that echoed things he’d experienced and believed in. “Right now is when country music should be most alive,” Gentry says. “Country has always been about the common man, the people hardest hit by this economy, and they’re struggling right now. I want my music to speak to them, in a way that embraces the roots and values of America.” The dream of being a country music singer is rooted in Bill Gentry’s past. He grew up on a cattle farm in Carrollton, Ga., about 15 miles nor... Read More About Bill Gentry Biography... Send Bill Gentry ringtones to your cell |
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