'NO WAR' IS AVAILABLE NOW. Listen
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Recorded in July and
August 2006 at
PopSmear
Studios in San Rafael, California and independently released
in
February 2007, this is what
Gentry
says about the record:
"The
songs on 'No War' are all about energy.
I wanted to write
something that people would put on in their iPods and
car stereos, and just drive and smile, but also make them think about
the world outside themselves at the same time.
The
statement 'No War', for me, is a statement against the violence and
struggle in the world. I don't believe in violence of any kind,
and I
believe that the wars inside ourselves, in our
minds and spirits, manifest themselves in the physical violence
occurring around
the world. Killing on the outside is just another way of killing
ourselves on the
inside.
So,
when I wrote the songs for this record, I was thinking about the
struggles I've had with love, violence, spirit, paying the bills, and
getting up in the morning. And I figured the best way to make
it through these life struggles was to say to
yourself, "Don't struggle, just accept things as
they are. Just surrender". So, I wrote the songs
with that in mind.
And
in the end, this is a rock record by a piano guy. And it's a
trilogy. And it's got love songs, and fast road music, and guitar
solos, and piano solos, and me singing high falsetto sometimes, and low
and breathy other times. I like it. I hope you do, too.
