Artist Information

Soulful, yet contemporary— delicate, yet fierce— youthful, but full of old world soul—these phrases describe not only the voice and character of Gentry Counce, but also her unique guitar style. Counce, now a fixture of the Oklahoma music scene, has her sights set on the region and beyond. She is truly an artist on the cusp of success. For well over four years Gentry’s nose has been to the grindstone. Carving herself a space in Oklahoma entertainment.

A true veteran of the stage and road, Gentry has courted major success for some time now. She’s no stranger to Nashville, or the grueling life of touring. Moving from Edmond, Oklahoma, to Nashville, Tennessee, in 96′ when she was twelve years old. After being pulled out of school at a young age, where she had already learned to play violin in orchestra, she went on the road with her two older sisters, ‘Ashley and Alexia’, for two years. Counce experienced early the painful lifestyle of the singing road, cushioned by the willingness of her sisters band mates to teach her how to play guitar.

Her early years spent in the shadows of her sisters’ burgeoning career, she honed her own unique craft in a one bedroom apartment, co-occupied by her family of six. Gentry Counce became a singer, a songwriter, and a musician in her own right, learning to play her guitar in the closet so as not to bother her older brother and sisters. Not yet old enough for bars, clubs, and casinos, Gentry played them anyway, always practicing guitar while hiding in the green room. Gentry would use this time to learn how to belt out a song and steal the show. On one such occasion Gentry secretly filled in for her older sister Ashley when she was too sick to sing for a contracted Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. She was only fourteen years old. Gentry and her sisters opened for major artists like George Jones, Jose Feliciano, Confederate Railroad, Bad Company & Glen Campbell. Gentry recorded her first demo in Nashville by seventeen, at eighteen years she led her band to perform for the Nashville Predators hockey team at the Gaylord Arena.

Song inducing ups-and-downs strewn throughout her personal life and career, Gentry has more than a snakes-in-a-bag repertoire of songs that span the terrain of hope, heartbreak, social observation and autobiography. These songs, like the artist, are strikingly unique in their beauty, yet grounded in the realism of the world’s way. Part prayer, part world-weariness is the tone of this truly gifted artist, whose guitar, a D50 sunburst GUILD guitar named ‘Humpty Dumpty’, carries the same likened tone. Humpty, like his owner, has been scarred, healed, and rebuilt again and again, a true physical metaphor for Gentry and her life’s story.

Now a household name spreading like wildfire throughout Oklahoma City and the greater region, Counce is preparing to record what will be her first full length studio album. Gentry looks forward to conquering the known world with her voice, her words, and guitar.

Video Gallery

Watch “Major Lazer – Powerful feat. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley (Cover by Gentry Counce)” on YouTube

Watch “Gentry Counce Band – Good Girl Feelin’ Bad (Official Video)” on YouTube

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Song List

I’ll Be – Edwin McCain
Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
Let Go – Landon Pigg
If You Could Only See – Tonic
Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin
What’s Up – 4 Non Blondes
Give Me One Reason – Tracy Chapman
Linger – Cranberries
Favorite Mistake – Sheryl Crow
A Change – Sheryl Crow
All I Want To Do – Sheryl Crow
Come To My Window – Melissa Etheridge
I’m The Only One – Melissa Etheridge
I Love Rock & Roll – Joan Jett
One Headlight – The Wallflowers
Black Velvet – Alannah Myles
Magic Man – Heart
These Dreams – Heart
Alone – Heart
Dancing Queen – Abba
Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
You Ought To Know – Alanis Morissette
Criminal – Fiona Apple
Rapture – Blondie
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
Heartbreaker – Pat Benatar
Vultures – John Mayer
Gravity – John Mayer
Slow Dancing In A Burning Room – John Mayer
Strong Enough- Sherly Crow
99 Problems – Hugo
Why Don’t You Do Right – Amy Irving, Jessica Rabbit
Cry Me A River – Julie London
Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You – Susan Boyde
Town Without Pity – Gene Pitney
Georgia – Ray Charles
Why Haven’t I Heard From You – Reba McEntire
Take It Back – Reba McEntire
Fancy – Reba McEntire
Strange – Patsy Cline
Boots Are Made For Walking – Nancy Sinatra
Son Of A Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
Stupid Cupid – Wonda Jackson
Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynet
Don’t You Ever Get Tired – Merle Haggard
You Don’t Seem To Miss Me – Patty Loveless
Tight Rope – Leon Russell
Someone I Used to Know – Gotye
Dancing Queen – Abba
Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
Lie To Me – Jonny Lang
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
Too Good To Be True – Ritchie Valenz
Buildings In America – Richard Swift
Peaches – In The Valley Below
Powerful – Ellie Goulding Major Lazer
Ooh la la/Paris – Grace Potter
Stay High/Habits – Tove Lo
You’re No Good – Linda Ronstadt
I Just Want To Make Love To You – Etta James
At Last – Etta James
Mercy – Duffy
One Chord Song – Stoney LaRue
Tennessee Waltz – Patti Page
Only Thing That’s Gone – Morgan Wallen
Fell In Love With A Boy – Joss Stone
Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Game Of Love – Carlos Santana/Michelle Branch
Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton
Country Boy Love – Earl Dibbles Jr.
Black Horse & A Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall
You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
At Little Sister – Stevie Ray Vaughan
Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ Top
Hard To Handle – Counting Crows
Wicked Game – Chris Isaak
The Same Love – Bill Withers
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
Every Step You Take – The Police
Georgia On My Mind – Ray Charles
The Night Time Is The Right Time – Ray Charles
Hello – Adele
Walking After Midnight – Patsy Cline
Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
Not The Doctor – Alanis Morissette
You Ought To Know – Alanis Morissette
Mendocino County Line – Lee Ann Womack/Willie Nelson
Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
Rain – Patty Griffin
Something To Talk About – Bonnie Raitt
I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt
Angel From Montgomery – Bonnie Raitt
Fallin – Alicia Keys
Me & Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin
Piece Of My Heart – Janis Joplin
Misery & Gin – Merle Haggard
Down & Dirty – Shannon McNally
Say It Right – Nelly Furtado
Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynet tell
Could Fall In Love – Selena
Love You Like A Love Song – Selena Gomez
You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch – Dr. Seuss,Thurl Ravenscroft
White Christmas – Bing Crosby
I’ll Be Home For Christmas – Frank Sinatra
Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
Merry Chlristmas Darling – The Carpenters
I’m Sorry – Brenda Lee
Ballroom Blitz – Sweet
Six Underground – Sneeker Pimps
Danger High Voltage – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplan
Dont Blame Your Daughter
Auld Lang Syne

PLUS: 31 Original Songs written by Gentry Counce