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But McCoy even snuck in his big solo hit “ Born Again in Dixieland,” which was a hoot, because I used to play that song in a country band back in the day. And how’s this for cool? The Hammers promised to meet everyone after their set and ended up signing autographs for throngs of enthusiastic fans in the concourse right through most of Montgomery Gentry’s set.
I’ve been looking forward to seeing Montgomery Gentry play for several years, mainly because my country band also used to cover their big hit “Hillbilly Shoes” But also because they cover a lot of songs from my favourite Nashvile songwriter Jeffrey Steele. So they made my night by playing “Your Tears are Coming” which is on their CD, Some People Change, however I prefer Steele’s original which was on his 2006 solo CD “Hell on Wheels” They did justice to other Steele hits like “My Town,” “Speed,” “Something to be Proud of,” “Hell Yeah” and “Gone” which ended their energetic set around 10 p.m. They had two lead guitarists who played some sweet dual leads, a slide guitarist, a keyboardist /harmonica player, bassist, drummer and an acoustic guitarist who was drowned out by everyone else.
Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry were having fun on stage, with Montgomery, clad in an outlaw trench coat and flat brimmed black cowboy hat, grinning a mile wide, while twirling his microphone, and Gentry taking his turn on guitar. They harmonized well, when you could hear them. And they do a pretty mean hillbilly dance too.
I enjoyed several of the new songs, “One in every Crowd” stood out as did “Long Line of Losers” and “What Do Ya Think About That”
