Showing posts with label flip side. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flip side. Show all posts

Friday, February 7, 2020

C’YA ON THE FLIP SIDE II BENEFIT CONCERT RAISES OVER $200,000 FOR TROY GENTRY FOUNDATION

Opry House Concert Featured Top Names In
Country and Rock Music

Online Auction Open Until February 12, 2020



Wednesday night’s C’Ya On The Flipside II Concert at the Grand Ole Opry House drew some of the top names in Country and Rock music and raised over $200,000 for The Troy Gentry Foundation. SiriusXM’s Storme Warren and Country star Tracy Lawrence hosted the event, which launched last year in an effort to keep Troy Gentry’s legacy and personal beliefs, “Love God, Love Others,” alive after a tragic helicopter crash in 2017 took his life.

Troy’s duo partner Eddie Montgomery and his nephew, rising Country star Walker Montgomery, kicked off the evening with a rousing performance of Montgomery Gentry’s signature hit “Hillbilly Shoes.” Rhett Akins then hit the stage, followed by Abby Anderson, Trace Adkins, Caroline Jones and T. Graham Brown. Classic Rock icon Don McLean made his debut appearance on the Opry stage lighting up the room with “American Pie” and “Headroom.” Terri Clark, Shenandoah, “The Voice” winner Jake Hoot, Mark Wills and Justin Moore performed, and the event brought 90s group Ricochet back together to perform “Daddy’s Money” for the first time in many years. Dallas Davidson sang the Montgomery Gentry hit “Where I Come From” before Eddie came back on stage to perform “Lonely and Gone” with Tracy Lawrence.


Tracy Lawrence, Angie Gentry, Eddie Montgomery, Storme Warren

Throughout the show, Troy’s widow Angie Gentry listened intently – often through tears - on the side of the stage, as each artist relayed story after story of the impact Troy’s life and music had on them. Halfway through the show, Angie presented checks from The Troy Gentry Foundation in the amount of $10,000 each to the concert’s beneficiaries The T.J. Martell Foundation, Make-A-Wish, The Journey Home Project, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center and St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Emotions were never higher during the evening than when Eddie set Troy’s guitar in the infamous circle on the Opry stage, as Troy’s vocal on “Better Me” was played and a slideshow of his life was displayed on the big screen.

The evening wrapped with an all-star finale of the duo’s hit “My Town.” Longtime Montgomery Gentry keyboard player Eddie Kilgallon, played the intro of the song on one of Elton John’s limited-edition red grand pianos that was brought in by Yamaha for the special evening.

The online auction of autographed items, concert tickets, experiences and more has already brought in thousands of dollars to the Troy Gentry Foundation. Additional items such as event posters, a Cabo private villa for six, tickets to see Lady Gaga, Yankees vs. Red Sox, CMA Awards, Grammy Awards, SEC basketball, a variety of framed and autographed items and more will be available on the auction site until Wednesday 2/12/20 at 9 p.m. cst. Visit https://e.givesmart.com/events/erI/ to see the list of exciting items.

Supporting sponsors of the event included Centurion Boats, Hemphill Brothers Coach Leasing, Carolina Watersports, Average Joes Entertainment, Tony Pence & Fred Noe, Rafa & Karla Calderon, The Journey Home Project, Charlie Daniels, Exterior Cladding Systems, Custom Entrance Solutions, WrightWay Building Solutions, The Mick Foundation, and Beasley Family Foundation.


Tracy Lawrence; Jackie Proffit, ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; Angie Gentry


Tracy Lawrence; The Journey Home Project representatives David Corlew, Angela Wheeler, Carolyn Corlew; Angie Gentry


 Tracy Lawrence; Beth Torres, Make-A-Wish; Angie Gentry


Tracy Lawrence; T.J. Martell Foundation Executive VP/GM Melissa Goodwin; Angie Gentry


Dr. Vandana Abramson, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center; Angie Gentry


Visit www.thetroygentryfoundation.org for more information.

Thursday, January 30, 2020

EDDIE MONTGOMERY, JUSTIN MOORE, TRACE ADKINS, DON McLEAN, TERRI CLARK, MARK WILLS, SHENANDOAH, RICOCHET, T. GRAHAM BROWN, RHETT AKINS, ABBY ANDERSON, JAKE HOOT AND CAROLINE JONES SET TO PERFORM AT THE “C’YA ON THE FLIP SIDE II” BENEFIT CONCERT FEBRUARY 5, 2020 AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE

TRACY LAWRENCE TO PERFORM AND CO-HOST WITH SIRIUSXM’S STORME WARREN

 SIR ELTON JOHN’S SIGNATURE RED PIANO TO BE ON STAGE AND USED DURING SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF “SOME PEOPLE CHANGE”


 The Troy Gentry Foundation was launched in an effort to keep Troy’s legacy and personal beliefs, “Love God, Love Others,” alive after a tragic helicopter crash in 2017 took his life. The inaugural “C’Ya On The Flip Side” event held at the Grand Ole Opry House in 2019 included performances by Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Dustin Lynch, Craig Morgan, Chris Janson among others including Troy’s longtime duo partner, Eddie Montgomery.

The second installment of the event will take place once again February 5 at The Grand Ole Opry House and include performances by Justin Moore, Trace Adkins, Don McLean, Terri Clark, Mark Wills, Shenandoah, Ricochet, T. Graham Brown, Rhett Akins, Abby Anderson, Jake Hoot, Caroline Jones and Eddie Montgomery plus a few surprise guests. Tracy Lawrence will perform as well as co-host alongside SiriusXM’s Storme Warren.

Tickets are available at TicketMaster and Opry.com and range from $45 to $125. In addition, fans can bid on exclusive one-of-a-kind items via the on-line auction (no need to be present to win.)

“I’m so excited for ‘C’Ya on the Flip Side II.’ It is going to be a great show with such a wonderful group of entertainers coming together to raise money for so many organizations that meant so much to Troy,” says Angie Gentry. “It is such an honor to carry on the legacy of helping others that Troy was so passionate about. The love and support we have received is amazing! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me to keep his spirit alive.”

In addition, since Elton John will be on tour in New Zealand and cannot be at the Grand Ole Opry House, Yamaha will be delivering one of the famous limited-edition Elton John Red Grand Piano’s to be used for this special evening.

Recordings of Elton and music recorded on these special red Grand Pianos will be played through the electronics within the Grand Piano as walk-in music for patrons to enjoy.  Permission has been granted for a special performance on the Red Grand Piano to take place during the evening.

The evening will benefit T.J. Martell Foundation, Make-A-Wish, The Journey Home Project, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, St. Jude Children’s Hospital and music education in Kentucky schools. Supporting sponsors of the event included Centurion Boats, Hemphill Brothers Coach Leasing, Carolina Watersports, Average Joes Entertainment, Tony Pence & Fred Noe, Rafa & Karla Calderon, The Journey Home Project, Charlie Daniels, Exterior Cladding Systems, Custom Entrance Solutions, WrightWay Building Solutions, The Mick Foundation, and Beasley Family Foundation.

Visit  www.thetroygentryfoundation.org for more information.