Montgomery Gentry do it again and again, 80 times again
The second line of the song reads "Last Sunday when my Bengals lost, Lord it put me in a bad mood." In the edited versions, Montgomery Gentry replaced "Bengals" with every team in the NFL and Major League Baseball, several from the National Hockey League and numerous colleges.
In a move to spur a little extra competition between the two Super Bowl cities, the Colts version was sent to the country radio station US99 in Chicago, and the Bears version was sent to WFMS in Indianapolis.
"This is probably my favorite song on the whole album," said Eddie Montgomery. "T-Roy and I both grew up in Lexington, so we saw plenty of bad Bengals years - definitely a few good ones, but a lot of bad ones."
"Yeah, and this song really lent itself to plugging other teams in there," added Troy Gentry. "Every team has bad seasons just like we have good and bad seasons in our life. You just have to appreciate whatever you're going through - good or bad."
College versions of "Lucky Man" include: Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona Wildcats, Arkansas Razorbacks, Boston College Eagles, Clemson Tigers, Duke University Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Kansas Jayhawks, Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, LSU Tigers , Miami Hurricanes, Michigan Wolverines, New Mexico Lobos, Nevada- Las Vegas Running Rebels, North Carolina Tar Heels, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Wake Forest Deacons, Wisconsin Badgers
More news for Montgomery Gentry
- 08/27/21: Montgomery is "Alive and Well"
- 06/14/19: Montgomery Gentry, Green, Shiflett drop new music
- 05/16/19: Montgomery Gentry announces new EP
- 04/19/18: Montgomery Gentry plans to "Get Down South"
- 02/02/18: Montgomery Gentry releases new album
- 12/04/17: Montgomery Gentry plans tour
- 09/12/17: Gentry service slated for Thursday
- 09/08/17: Gentry of Montgomery Gentry killed in crash
CD reviews for Montgomery Gentry
Country music had an especially dark day on Sept. 8, 2017, when the world lost the voices of both Don Williams and Troy Gentry. One was an established legend, and the other was working on it. Gentry was only 50 years-old at the time of his fatal helicopter crash, but he had accomplished much: the longstanding partnership with Eddie Montgomery had yielded five number one singles, and dozens of other hits. 2018's "Here's To You" release was completed at the time of the tragedy. ...
It's impossible to listen to Montgomery Gentry's "Here's to You," without also feeling sad that it's the last studio album featuring Troy Gentry, who died in a helicopter crash. When they sing, "Here's to the ones who ain't in here tonight" during "Needing a Beer" and then go on to praise fireman and cops for being elsewhere fighting crime, you may be struck by the fact that Gentry also "ain't in here tonight. ...
Where once Garth Brooks was criticized for not being country enough, today we have hip hop artists making cameos and artists like Sam Hunt topping the country charts with EDM songs. With no release since 2011's "Rebels on the Run," we see Montgomery Gentry return to a radically different country music scene than the one they were a part of at the turn of the century. Bro country has enjoyed a large amount of success in recent years, and it is arguable that this duo is one of the ...
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