Bob Gentry
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Bob Gentry is an American singer-songwriter.
Biography
Bob Gentry was born in Detroit. By the age of 7, he was a self-taught pianist and guitarist who started songwriting and playing to express himself.Quote from 2003 interview with K. Michelle Moran for the Arts and Entertainment section of The C and G News.{{cite web|url=http://www.candgnews.com/editorial/2003/june/11/artsandentertainment/gentry.html|title=Archived copy |accessdate=December 16, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101215334/http://www.candgnews.com/editorial/2003/june/11/artsandentertainment/gentry.html|archivedate=November 1, 2008}}
Moisture
In the late-1990s, Gentry formed the rock band Moisture, then moved to Los Angeles and reincarnated the band with new members.A Quick History of Moisture from The Bob Gentry Journal, {{cite web|url=http://www.bobgentry.com/journal/2010/11/12/a-quick-history-of-moisture|title=Archived copy|accessdate=December 16, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708075121/http://www.bobgentry.com/journal/2010/11/12/a-quick-history-of-moisture|archivedate=July 8, 2011}} Moisture performed live on television and was offered a recording contract from Farmclub.com, a branch of Interscope Records. Farmclub was canceled before Moisture was able to release or record a new album and the group eventually disbanded.
Solo career
As Moisture broke up, Gentry released his first solo album in 2005 and another titled Seconds in 2010. In 2006, he won the Los Angeles Music Award for Singer-Songwriter of the Year in the Rock category.[http://www.lamusicawards.com/2006.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119160203/http://www.lamusicawards.com/2006.pdf|date=November 19, 2008}} Later that year, his song "Never Know" was placed in the Fox TV series Bones.{{cite web|url=http://heardontv.com/tvshow/Bones/Season+2/Aliens+in+a+Spaceship|title=Music from Bones|website=Tunefind}} Also in 2006, he joined the cast of the NBC show StarTomorrow, which featured David Foster as the head judge. Gentry made it to the finals. The Gentry song "Beat into You" is on the soundtrack to the film Hollywood & Wine, which will be released in 2011.{{update after|2011|12|31}}{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
Discography
- Moisture – "Bastard" 1996{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bastard-r429156|title=Bastard – Moisture | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}
- Moisture – "Moisture" 2001{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/moisture-r523883|title=Moisture | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|publisher=AllMusic|date=March 6, 2001|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}
- Bob Gentry – "Bob Gentry 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bob-gentry-r654780|title=Bob Gentry | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}
- Bob Gentry – "Seconds" 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bobgentry1|title=Bob Gentry | Seconds|publisher=Cdbaby.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.bobgentry.com}}
- [https://twitter.com/bobgentry Official Bob Gentry Twitter ]
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Category:American male singer-songwriters
Category:American acoustic guitarists
Category:American male guitarists
Category:Guitarists from Detroit
Category:American male pianists
Category:21st-century American singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century American pianists
Category:21st-century American guitarists