Bob Gentry

Bob Gentry is an American Singer-Songwriter who currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Biography

Bob Gentry was born in Detroit, Michigan and by the age of 7, was a self-taught pianist and guitarist who started songwriting and playing to express himself.[1]

Moisture

In the late-1990s, Gentry formed the rock band Moisture, then moved to Los Angeles, California and reincarnated the band with new members.[2] Moisture performed live on television and was offered a recording contract from Farmclub.com, a branch of Interscope Records.[2] Farmclub was canceled before Moisture was able to release or record a new album and the group eventually disbanded.[2]

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.[3] Later that year, his song Never Know was placed in the Fox TV Bones (TV series).[4]

Also in 2006, Bob joined the cast of the NBC show StarTomorrow, which featured David Foster as the head judge. Gentry made it to the finals.[5]

The Gentry song "Beat Into You" is on the soundtrack to the film Hollywood & Wine, which will be released in 2011.[6]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Quote from 2003 interview with K. Michelle Moran for the Arts and Entertainment section of The C and G News, http://www.candgnews.com/editorial/2003/june/11/artsandentertainment/gentry.html
  2. 1 2 3 A Quick History of Moisture from The Bob Gentry Journal, http://www.bobgentry.com/journal/2010/11/12/a-quick-history-of-moisture/
  3. ↑ Archived November 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Heard on TV http://heardontv.com/tvshow/Bones/Season+2/Aliens+in+a+Spaceship
  5. ↑ "Bob Gentry Reaches Final Week of NBC's Show 'StarTomorrow'" (Press release). Prweb.com. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  6. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196170/
  7. ↑ "Bastard - Moisture | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  8. ↑ "Moisture - Moisture | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. 2001-03-06. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  9. ↑ "Bob Gentry - Bob Gentry | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  10. ↑ "Bob Gentry | Seconds | CD Baby Music Store". Cdbaby.com. Retrieved 2013-12-26.

Notable Artists that Bob has either recorded with or opened up for

Ringo Starr, The Pretenders, Heart, James Lee Stanley, Tony DeFranco, Rod McKuen, David Tyson, Great White, Cat Power, Juliette Lewis, The Bangles, Edwin McCain, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar

External links

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