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Country Music Duo Montgomery Gentry Travel to the Persian Gulf Region to Perform for Troops
ARLINGTON, VA (SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT) - Troops in the Persian Gulf Region and Germany will be treated to performances by country music duo Montgomery Gentry on a USO tour this month. The trip, co-sponsored by Installation Management Agency-Europe's Morale Welfare and Recreation office and United States Army Europe, will bring Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry to the front lines of combat activities where they will perform shows and 'meet and greet' service men and women.
The pair's latest release is the greatest hits collection entitled 'Something to Be Proud of: The Best of 1999-2005.' The title track quickly climbed the charts and earned the No 1 spot on both Billboard and the R&R country charts. The second single, 'She Don't Tell Me To,' currently sits at No 10 on the same charts.
Before becoming one of today's most popular country acts, the pair played in several bands delighting honky-tonk audiences in and around Lexington, Ky. In 1999, the duo released their debut album 'Tattoos & Scars.' They scored immediate hits with 'Hillbilly Shoes,' 'Lonely and Gone' and 'Daddy Won't Sell the Farm.' The success of their first album led them to being crowned CMA's 'Vocal Duo of the Year' and the Academy of Country Music's 'Top New Vocal Group or Duo' in 2000. Over the next few years, the duo released three more successful albums and performed for more than one million fans. They also enjoyed a string of radio hits including, 'She Couldn't Change Me,' 'My Town,' 'Speed,' 'If You Ever Stop Loving Me' and 'Gone.'
For more than six decades, country music performers have been touring with the USO. Legends such as Gene Autry, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Roy Acuff, Loretta Lynn, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans are just a few of the entertainers who have taken a bow for the USO. Recent years have brought superstars Toby Keith, Lonestar, Reba McEntire, Charlie Daniels, Lee Ann Womack, Diamond Rio and Wynonna Judd to duty stations around the globe to perform for military personnel.
Country singer lends his support to charity lunch
The Alliance for Families and Children can offer downright staggering statistics: every 76 minutes in Virginia a child is abused or neglected; in Central Virginia alone, more than 125 kids were abused in 2003-04.
And those are the cases that have been reported.
The Alliance, hoping to raise awareness of the problem - and money to help combat it - has a rising star to help with the cause.
Country singer Jason Aldean will help the group at the March 9 Child Abuse Prevention luncheon, set for noon at Cattle Annie’s.
Aldean, known for hits “Hicktown,” and “Why,” will be available for one-on-one conversations and autographs.
“We are so thankful for the support of this rising country star,” says Tom Prest, CEO of The Alliance. “Jason Aldean is in the middle of a busy tour schedule, and we are very grateful that he is making the time to support this worthy cause.”
Tickets, $20, include a buffet lunch and one raffle ticket for the door prizes, which include an autographed guitar and gift certificates to area restaurants.
“I think anytime we can do anything for anyone it’s good,” says Aldean. “We just happened to be in a position where we could help out. … Anything that has to do with family and kids, it doesn’t take much convincing for me.”
All proceeds will go directly to Alliance programs - in-home support for at-risk families, parenting classes and building healthy relationships skills - and families in need in Central Virginia.
“The Child Abuse Prevention luncheon will raise critical funding for the 16 programs of the Alliance for Families and Children,” says Prest. “
It’s been a difficult year, as federal and state funding sources are reducing or eliminating their opportunities. (But) The Alliance for Families and Children helps families in our area through a variety of ways and with proven impact. One example is our Healthy Families program, which works with at-risk, first-time parents to develop a safe and healthy environment for the entire family. Of the 684 at-risk parents and children we served through Healthy Families in 2005, 100 percent had no reports of abuse or neglect - and that’s a very significant accomplishment.”
Cagle trying to rise above crowd of country clones
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Cagle seems to be - and sounds like - just another goateed fella in a cowboy hat playing the role of a today’s-hotyoung-country singer.
But according to his Web site, he isn’t just another face singing songs approved by mainstream music houses in Nashville, Tenn. His "secret weapon lies in his ability to rope the whirlwind, to capture its emotion and motion with his pen and his voice."
Indeed. On his third album, Anywhere but Here, he ropes in Sam Walton devotees (Wal-Mart Parking Lot) and Bon Jovi fans (with a cover of Wanted Dead or Alive).
ARLINGTON, VA (SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT) - Troops in the Persian Gulf Region and Germany will be treated to performances by country music duo Montgomery Gentry on a USO tour this month. The trip, co-sponsored by Installation Management Agency-Europe's Morale Welfare and Recreation office and United States Army Europe, will bring Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry to the front lines of combat activities where they will perform shows and 'meet and greet' service men and women.
The pair's latest release is the greatest hits collection entitled 'Something to Be Proud of: The Best of 1999-2005.' The title track quickly climbed the charts and earned the No 1 spot on both Billboard and the R&R country charts. The second single, 'She Don't Tell Me To,' currently sits at No 10 on the same charts.
Before becoming one of today's most popular country acts, the pair played in several bands delighting honky-tonk audiences in and around Lexington, Ky. In 1999, the duo released their debut album 'Tattoos & Scars.' They scored immediate hits with 'Hillbilly Shoes,' 'Lonely and Gone' and 'Daddy Won't Sell the Farm.' The success of their first album led them to being crowned CMA's 'Vocal Duo of the Year' and the Academy of Country Music's 'Top New Vocal Group or Duo' in 2000. Over the next few years, the duo released three more successful albums and performed for more than one million fans. They also enjoyed a string of radio hits including, 'She Couldn't Change Me,' 'My Town,' 'Speed,' 'If You Ever Stop Loving Me' and 'Gone.'
For more than six decades, country music performers have been touring with the USO. Legends such as Gene Autry, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Roy Acuff, Loretta Lynn, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans are just a few of the entertainers who have taken a bow for the USO. Recent years have brought superstars Toby Keith, Lonestar, Reba McEntire, Charlie Daniels, Lee Ann Womack, Diamond Rio and Wynonna Judd to duty stations around the globe to perform for military personnel.
Country singer lends his support to charity lunch
The Alliance for Families and Children can offer downright staggering statistics: every 76 minutes in Virginia a child is abused or neglected; in Central Virginia alone, more than 125 kids were abused in 2003-04.
And those are the cases that have been reported.
The Alliance, hoping to raise awareness of the problem - and money to help combat it - has a rising star to help with the cause.
Country singer Jason Aldean will help the group at the March 9 Child Abuse Prevention luncheon, set for noon at Cattle Annie’s.
Aldean, known for hits “Hicktown,” and “Why,” will be available for one-on-one conversations and autographs.
“We are so thankful for the support of this rising country star,” says Tom Prest, CEO of The Alliance. “Jason Aldean is in the middle of a busy tour schedule, and we are very grateful that he is making the time to support this worthy cause.”
Tickets, $20, include a buffet lunch and one raffle ticket for the door prizes, which include an autographed guitar and gift certificates to area restaurants.
“I think anytime we can do anything for anyone it’s good,” says Aldean. “We just happened to be in a position where we could help out. … Anything that has to do with family and kids, it doesn’t take much convincing for me.”
All proceeds will go directly to Alliance programs - in-home support for at-risk families, parenting classes and building healthy relationships skills - and families in need in Central Virginia.
“The Child Abuse Prevention luncheon will raise critical funding for the 16 programs of the Alliance for Families and Children,” says Prest. “
It’s been a difficult year, as federal and state funding sources are reducing or eliminating their opportunities. (But) The Alliance for Families and Children helps families in our area through a variety of ways and with proven impact. One example is our Healthy Families program, which works with at-risk, first-time parents to develop a safe and healthy environment for the entire family. Of the 684 at-risk parents and children we served through Healthy Families in 2005, 100 percent had no reports of abuse or neglect - and that’s a very significant accomplishment.”
Cagle trying to rise above crowd of country clones
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Cagle seems to be - and sounds like - just another goateed fella in a cowboy hat playing the role of a today’s-hotyoung-country singer.
But according to his Web site, he isn’t just another face singing songs approved by mainstream music houses in Nashville, Tenn. His "secret weapon lies in his ability to rope the whirlwind, to capture its emotion and motion with his pen and his voice."
Indeed. On his third album, Anywhere but Here, he ropes in Sam Walton devotees (Wal-Mart Parking Lot) and Bon Jovi fans (with a cover of Wanted Dead or Alive).