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Craig Morgan - 100% match to Montgomery Gentry

17 July 1965, Kingston Springs, Tennessee, USA. Country singer-songwriter Morgan began his career at the start of the new millennium, but his rise to the upper echelons of the charts was a gradual process and took in an abortive period with a major label. Raised in Nashville in the heart of country music land, Morgan nurtured dreams of becoming a country singer from an early Read more

Chris Cagle - 94% match to Montgomery Gentry

Christian Cagle, 10 November 1968, DeRidder, Louisiana, USA. This no-frills country rock artist grew up in Houston, Texas. Cagle learned to play guitar and piano as a youngster and dropped out of college at the age of 19 to pursue a musical career. He relocated to Nashville in the mid-90s where he struggled to make an impact before placing some songs with the up-and-coming p Read more

Joe Nichols - 94% match to Montgomery Gentry

26 November 1976, Rogers, Arkansas, USA. This US country singer’s father was an amateur country singer who instilled in his son a love of classic singers such as George Jones and Marty Robbins. After completing high school, Nichols landed a job as a car mechanic but also began DJing at the local country clubs. A chance meeting with producer Randy Edwards led to a record Read more

Keith Anderson - 85% match to Montgomery Gentry

Jason Michael Carroll - 79% match to Montgomery Gentry

13 June 1978, Houston, Texas, USA. This US contemporary country singer was raised in North Carolina by devout parents who would not allow him to listen to any secular music as a youngster. After leaving home Carroll was able to broaden his musical education, and he soon discovered he had a talent for singing. He performed at open mic slots while working during the day in a g Read more

Darryl Worley - 78% match to Montgomery Gentry

31 October 1964, Pyburn, Tennessee, USA. This country singer-songwriter made his breakthrough in 2002, when his second album I Miss My Friend reached the top of the US country charts. Worley was brought up in a strict Methodist family, and his decision to pursue a music career was reluctantly acceded to by his parents. He studied hard to complete a biology degree while learn Read more

Tracy Byrd - 77% match to Montgomery Gentry

17 December 1966, Beaumont, Texas, USA. Neo-traditionalist country singer Byrd paid $8 to sing Hank Williams’ ‘Your Cheatin’ Heart’ over a pre-recorded backing track in a shopping mall. The store manageress was so impressed by Byrd’s voice that she booked him for a talent show. On that show he sang ‘Weary Blues’ and ‘Folsom Prison Blue Read more

Jake Owen - 73% match to Montgomery Gentry

Phil Vassar - 72% match to Montgomery Gentry

28 May 1964, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. Vassar’s father was a club singer, who bought his own restaurant. Vassar did well in athletics and football in school and obtained a degree in Business Administration from James Madison University. He moved to Nashville in 1987 and began playing piano in the Hard Day’s Night bar, which he eventually bought. Engelbert Humperdin Read more

Trace Adkins - 72% match to Montgomery Gentry

13 January 1962, Sarepta, Louisiana, USA. Before entering the entertainment world and the Nashville music community, Trace Adkins was employed as an oil-rigger. What some critics have labelled his ‘blue-collar authenticity’ was first conveyed to audiences on the honky-tonk circuit on his evenings off work. This eventually led him to Nashville and a meeting with Sco Read more

Rodney Atkins - 71% match to Montgomery Gentry

28 March 1969, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. This country singer-songwriter negotiated a long and rocky path to the top of the mountain, battling childhood illness and recording problems before breaking through in the early 00s. Raised in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, Atkins had already moved through a series of foster parents and suffered a string of serious illnesses before begi Read more

Billy Currington - 70% match to Montgomery Gentry

19 November 1973, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Contemporary country singer-songwriter Currington made a notable impact on the national charts with his second album, 2005’s Doin’ Somethin’ Right. Raised in Rincon, Georgia, Currington’s early ambitions of pursuing a singing career led him through a number of talent shows while still at high school. He moved to N Read more

Chris Young - 68% match to Montgomery Gentry

Gary Allan - 68% match to Montgomery Gentry

Gary Allan Herzberg, 5 December 1967, La Mirada, California, USA. This country singer-songwriter and keen surfer grew up in southern California. As a precocious teenager he first appeared on stage with the Herzberg family band. A&M Records were soon expressing an interest in the young singer, but his father put a hold on this development. Several years down the line Alla Read more

Jack Ingram - 67% match to Montgomery Gentry

15 November 1970, Houston, Texas, USA. This US country rock singer-songwriter released his first major label recording in 1997, but was already an established star on the southern bar circuit and had issued two independent albums during the middle of the decade. Ingram first began playing seriously while studying for a psychology degree at Southern Methodist University in Da Read more