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You’ve heard Gary Gentry’s handiwork as a
songwriter on such distinct country music
classics as “The Chicken In Black” (Johnny
Cash), “Drinkin’ and Drivin’” (Johnny
Paycheck), “The Ride” (David Allen Coe, Tim
McGraw), “We Didn’t See A Thing” (Ray
Charles &
George Jones), “1959,” (John Anderson),
"Who Cares" (Ray
Charles & Janie Frickie), "The Very Best Of
Me" and “The One I Loved Back Then
(The Corvette Song)” (George Jones), and
“Gas & Food Exit (Off I-24)” (Ronny
McDowell).
As those and dozens of other hit songs
attest, Gary Gentry writes country (as Bill
Ellis so aptly wrote in the Memphis
Commercial Appeal) “the way it was meant to
be written: unapologetically real, funny,
and truthful. On this, his debut album, he
also sounds the way country used to sound,
the honky-tonk steeped, working man’s
soundtrack to a life that still enjoys, as
the opening tune states, ‘cowboys,
turquoise, and Thunderbird wine.’ Singing
like Waylon’s rowdy yet philosophical
cousin, Gary delivers ten timeless sides
here.”
Among the stand out tracks Gary saved for
himself to sing, and which are included on
this set, check out “If The Lord Made
Anything Better Than A Woman,” “Jesus Got Me
Over You,” “If I Couldn’t Live In Texas,”
and “The World’s Three Greatest Lies.” |
