Chris Gantry

{{Short description|American country musician (b. 1942)}}

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| name = Chris Gantry

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| birth_name = Christopher Cedzich

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|12|29}}

| birth_place = Queens, New York, US

| genre = Country, outlaw country

| occupation = Country music artist

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| associated_acts = Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, and Glen Campbell}}

Chris Gantry (born December 29, 1942){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/990239-Chris-Gantry|title=Chris Gantry|publisher=discogs|access-date=14 November 2018}} is an American country musician and songwriter known for his involvement in the outlaw country genre.{{Cite news|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/12/08/chris-gantry-house-of-cash-story/|title=Chris Gantry's Dizzying 1973 Acid-Country LP Finally Sees the Light of Day|date=December 8, 2017|work=Bandcamp Daily|access-date=14 November 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-gantry-mn0000097796|title=Chris Gantry {{!}} Biography, Albums, Streaming Links {{!}} AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=14 November 2018}}{{Cite web|date=2017-10-27|title=Interview: Chris Gantry|url=https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-chris-gantry|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Songwriting Magazine|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/features/article/20982813/chris-gantrys-longshelved-lp-at-the-house-of-cash-is-progressive-even-by-2017-standards|title=Chris Gantry's Long-Shelved LP Is Progressive Even by 2017 Standards|work=Nashville Scene|access-date=14 November 2018}} Gantry is known for writing songs such as "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife."{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7896991/glen-campbell-songwriter-chris-gantry-remembers|title=Songwriter Chris Gantry Remembers Glen Campbell: 'He Used Every Bit of his God Given Gift'|work=Billboard|access-date=14 November 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://countrymusichalloffame.org/calendar/event/songwriter-session-chris-gantry#.W-uEVzFG3IU|title=Songwriter Session: Chris Gantry|website=Country Music Hall of Fame|access-date=14 November 2018}}{{Cite book|last=Alexander|first=John M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJlHDwAAQBAJ&q=The+Pilgrim%3A+Chapter+33+chris+gantry&pg=PA131|title=The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash|date=2018-04-16|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|isbn=978-1-61075-628-0|pages=131|language=en}}