Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Cream Troy Gentry and the Bear
Posted by Edd Hurt on Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 11:26 AM
Troy Gentry, the non-hat-wearing half of country music's Montgomery Gentry, pleaded Nov. 27 to a charge of improperly tagging a bear he killed in 2004. Depending on what the U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minn. decides, he could face a $15,000 fine and forfeiture of his weapon. And of the bear, who now reportedly graces Gentry's Tennessee house. The press statement released by the duo's label, Sony/BMG, quotes Gentry: "I did participate in improperly tagging the animal I shot, without realizing the seriousness of what I was doing. For that, I am truly sorry. I relied on the experts around me for guidance, and I regret that today. Not so much because I was fined and punished, but because it appears that I don't have respect for the law."
Montgomery Gentry's new record is Some People Change. Reports that they plan to do a hell-raisin' cover of The Big Bopper's old rock and roll novelty number "Running Bear" (the Texas-born Bopper wrote it, Johnny Preston sang it), which was memorably revived by The Guess Who, are apparently just hot air. Yeah, I know "Running Bear" is about a Native American, not a bear, but we all have our troubles, even Troy Gentry and Burton Cummings.
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