Monte Montgomery Birthday Bash + support: Matt Kirk and The Güeyfarers (solo)

DANCEHALL SHOW
(RAIN OR SHINE)
Adv. Dancehall GA: $24.10pp (Everyone must have a ticket)

Hailing originally from Birmingham, AL, Monte never picked up a guitar until he moved to the Texas Hill Country in 1979 at the age of 12. His mother, Maggie, taught him his first chords on the guitar at the age of 13.

The Austin, Texas-based guitarist first gained notoriety in 1999, after performing on an episode of the PBS series Austin City Limits. He was named one of the "Top 50 All-Time Greatest Guitar Players" by Guitar Player Magazine and won the "Best Acoustic Guitar Player" Award at the Austin Chronicle's Austin Music Awards seven years in a row.

Montgomery composed for the ABC TV series Last Man Standing. Montgomery authored music for the criminal drama Arc (2006) In 2008, Monte appeared on the music show Live From Daryl's House.

In 2004, Alvarez Guitars created the MMY1 Monte Montgomery Signature Guitar, a model based on Montgomery's 1987 Alvarez-Yairi DY62C Acoustic-Electric Guitar