Going back and forth across this country from the Yukon, Gordie has performed some 200 shows a year either solo or with his band. He writes his own songs, plays a guitar, uses a slide, blows a harmonica, and is sometimes touched with a voice like a bird on a warm spring morning belting out the last day on earth. He also does other things before he gets to share his music like book his tours, promote them, manage his band, radio track his records, act as an agent, road manager, publicist, apply for things, pay for everything, parent the kids and make time for the girl.

Feeling lucky to get this far with only his fortune amounting in friends, he continues to build a steady career upon Canadian tours, festival appearances, and showcases while garnering airplay in Canada, U.S, Europe and Australia. His debut album "29 Loads of Freight" was released in 2004 to rave reviews, more shows, a documentary (www.topoftheworldfilms.com) and the opportunity to munch on many a snack tray with his hero's. He is also a 2008 Official Folk Alliance Showcase winner representing Canada in Memphis, Tennessee.

In 2007 Gordie released his new album "Bottleneck to Wire' with special guests Roger Marin (Fred Eaglesmith Band)- pedal steel, Jaxon Haldane (D-Rangers)- banjo, Amelia Rose (Fishhead Stew)- fiddle, Aylie Sparkes- guitar and Kim Barlow- cello.

It is a landmark album.If there is justice in this business, years from now we may be looking back and talking about the recording that brought this Canadian singer songwriter to the forefront of his genre....

MAVERICK MAGAZINE 5/5 Stars (UK)
"by far the best album I have listened to for some time."

The band comprises of:
Gordie - Vocals, Dobro, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar
Ken Hermanson - Lapsteel, Electric Guitar, Harmony Vocals
Matt King - Upright Bass, Porch Bass, Harmony Vocals

"Another talented Canadian you need to investigate. I have discovered a new musical genre: ‘Yukon roots music’. And Gordie Tentrees is an ‘ambassador’...he is a phenomenon and it’s a shame that he has had so little coverage in the UK. He does create a unique sound that dips in and out of folk and acoustic blues. His use of the Dobro and crafting of songs is wonderful. For instance, the song Farm Boy opens with some bluesy slide guitar work to be immediately accompanied by banjo and harmonica.

It is great to listen to a record that oozes talent from the songwriting to the playing, to the arranging and to the mixing. Elsewhere in the industry, the art of great music seems to have somehow taken a backseat. Most record companies are trying to take music somewhere else.They are signing up some real talentless singers and songwriters whose output baffles me. Gordie Tentrees is the exception and by far the best album I have listened to for some time. He is supported by the Yukon Sound Recording Program, which has been established to encourage music in Yukon. He is also receiving sponsorship from Air North, Yukon’s airline.

I have no doubt that someone like Sony/BMG will offer him lots of money and take his record global. The album opens with Plenty to Hold, about being an itinerant musician. Gordie is a hardened touring musician who has done over 400 gigs in the past 2 years (according to his web site). This song gets to the heart of the problem: it’s lonely out on the road, especially when you sometimes play to empty venues ‘when the sound man and the waitress are your only fans’. The title track Bottleneck to Wire is a beautiful tribute to slide guitar, ‘a sound I wish I could hear longer’. The arrangement includes some fine backing vocals from Casey Smith and wonderful slide guitar and harmonica. Everton McEwan is a renowned Canadian boxer with 87 knockouts to his credit. 87 Men celebrates this.This song is a good old sentimental romp, a tribute to a Canadian legend who Gordie knows personally. The rest of songs are about seeing caribou drive trucks (because living in the remote Canadian countryside drives you nuts), the Tsunami and other personal tragedies in many guises. Fishing Fool is my favourite. I am great fan of slide guitar and this is an up-tempo piece that gives Gordie an opportunity to shine. His guitar style moves from finger picking on an ordinary acoustic guitar to using slide on a Dobro. He also plays a mean harp(harmonica). Jaxon Haldane needs a special mention. His banjo playing is awesome! Coming (I think) from Winnipeg, Jaxon is an accomplished band- leader, with a few rave albums to his credit as part of the D.Rangers.

Gordie’s album has opened up a whole new vista for me, on Canadian music and the Yukon way of life. Thank you, Gordie. You can catch him touring British Columbia, Yukon and Ontario in the summer.Hopefully, he will be back in the UK, soon."