Montgomery Gentry to Headline 2013 Richland County Fair

The Richland County Fair welcomes exciting concert line up as well as a new carnival. North Star Amusements out of Cody, Wyoming will be the carnival this year playing all 4 days.

The concert line-up, performing on Saturday, Aug. 3 is MONTGOMERY GENTRY with special guest Gloriana.

With a new album, a new label and a renewed sense of musical purpose, Montgomery Gentry is back in full swing. These two Kentucky boys first broke into the national country scene in 1999. With millions of albums sold, many sold out shows and tons of awards and accolades, Montgomery Gentry is back with their new album “Rebels On The Run”. The new album brings you back to the beginning, but with a fresh new attitude. “People are going to be able to touch on each one of our songs and say. ‘Yeah man, that song is a little bit about me,’ or ‘I know a person that lives next door to me that’s been through what you just got done singing about,’” Gentry continues. “People can associate themselves with our songs.”

Their induction into the Grand Ole Opry in 2009 is the thing that means the most to them. There’s no doubt that they’re hard-running honky tonkers, but they are also active participants in many charitable organizations, including Stand Up to Cancer, Make-A-Wish, USO and other military organizations.

The old saying “what you see is what you get” applies when you see Montgomery Gentry. Rowdy, fun loving, spontaneous, and awesome talent all describe what these guys are about. Whether you are fan already or not, the music and personalities are so infectious that you will instantly become a fan.

Their opening act will be Gloriana, made up of brothers Tom and Mike Gossin and Rachel Reinert. Achieving success takes strong motivation to commit, something these three young talents have proven willing to do as their career has exploded over the past two years. That motivation, as well as their authentic talent, have propelled the group to become the best-selling debut country act of 2009. Gloriana debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and No. 3 on the Top 200 chart and spawned the gold-certified hit single “Wild At Heart.” The album’s success led to two years on the road, during which the band performed in front of millions worldwide opening for Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, and the Zac Brown Band.

In 2010, Gloriana won the Academy of Country Music’s Award for Top New Vocal Group and were nominated for a Teen Choice Award for “Choice Country Group.”

Now Tom, Mike, and Rachel have funneled everything they’ve learned into their second album, A Thousand Miles Left Behind, released in the Summer of 2012. “On this record, we wanted to tell stories,” says Rachel. “I think people will be able to relate to a lot of these songs because they’re honest and come from a place that’s real.” The result is an appealing mix of up-tempo, good-time numbers including current single “(Kissed You)Good Night” and popular “Can’t Shake You“.