{{short description|American guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1966)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Monte Montgomery |image =Monte Montgomery Soave.JPG |caption = Monte Montgomery Soave during a live band |image_size = |background = solo_singer |birth_name = Monte Patrick Montgomery |alias = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|08|11}} |death_date = |birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama |instrument = 1988 Alvarez-Yairi DY62C Acoustic-Electric Guitar |genre = Acoustic rock, blues, pop rock |occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter |years_active = |label = Harmonic Records, Provogue |associated_acts = |website = [http://montemontgomery.net/ MonteMontgomery.net] }}
'''Monte Patrick Montgomery''' (born August 11, 1966) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter.
==Early life== Born in Birmingham, Alabama,<ref name="Wash Times">{{cite news|title=The Full Monte, Guitar and All; Energetic Texan Picker Prefers Acoustic for Electrifying solos|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-91693668|access-date=August 4, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Times|date=September 18, 2002}}</ref> at age 13 he moved to San Antonio, Texas.<ref>Unknown author and date [http://www.montemontgomery.net/discography/1st-repair-1998/ 1st & Repair] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124445/http://www.montemontgomery.net/discography/1st-repair-1998/ |date=December 9, 2018 }} Monte Montgomery website, album review</ref>
==Career== The Austin, Texas based guitarist first gained notoriety in 1999, after performing on an episode of the PBS series Austin City Limits.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.montemontgomery.net/press/|title=Press|website=MonteMontgomery.net|access-date=May 24, 2021|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618002959/http://www.montemontgomery.net/press/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/austin-music-awards/all-time-winners:monte-montgomery-54099/|title=39th Annual Austin Music Awards|website=Austinchronicle.com|access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref>
Montgomery composed for the ABC TV series Last Man Standing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2135252/|title=Monte Montgomery|website=IMDb.com|access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref> Montgomery authored music for the criminal drama ''Arc'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756618/|title=Arc|date=October 20, 2006|access-date=May 24, 2021|website=IMDb.com}}</ref> In 2008, Monte appeared on the music show Live From Daryl's House.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
In 2004, Alvarez Guitars created the MMY1 Monte Montgomery Signature Guitar, a model based on Montgomery's 1987 Alvarez-Yairi DY62C Acoustic-Electric Guitar.<ref>[http://www.harmonycentral.com/t5/News/Alvarez-Unveils-Monte-Montgomery-Signature-Guitar/ba-p/34652595 MMY1 Monte Montgomery Signature Guitar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232015/http://www.harmonycentral.com/t5/News/Alvarez-Unveils-Monte-Montgomery-Signature-Guitar/ba-p/34652595 |date=December 30, 2013 }}. – Harmony-Central.</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== *''Monte Montgomery'' [EP] (1990) *''Lost & Found'' (1993) *''1st & Repair'' (1998, Heart) *''Mirror'' (1999, Heart) *''Wishing Well'' (2001) *''The Story Of Love'' (2003) *''Architect'' (2004) *''Monte Montgomery'' (2008) *''Tethered'' (2012) *''Dragonfly'' (2016) *''A Call To Arms'' (2019)
===Live albums=== *''Live at the Caravan of Dreams'' (2002) *''New & Approved'' (2003) *''At WorkPlay'' (2005)
===Live DVDs=== *''At WorkPlay'' (2005)
==Personal life== Monte has four children and in March 2009, his eldest daughter, Sofia Anna Mondini<ref name=SAEN-obit-SAM>{{cite news |title=Obituaries: Mondini |newspaper=San Antonio Express-News |date=April 1, 2009 }}</ref> died in an accidental handgun incident.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Woman_shot_in_accident_identified.html |title=Woman shot in accident identified |newspaper=San Antonio Express-News |publisher=Mysanantonio.com |date=April 30, 2009 |access-date=April 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401082651/http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Woman_shot_in_accident_identified.html |archive-date=April 1, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Charged_filed_in_accidental_death.html |title=Charged filed in accidental death |newspaper=San Antonio Express-News |publisher=Mysanantonio.com |date=April 7, 2009 |access-date=April 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410014610/http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Charged_filed_in_accidental_death.html |archive-date=April 10, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Kapitan, Craig |date=April 12, 2010 |url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Shooting_death_nets_man_12-year_sentence.html |title=Shooting death nets man 12-year sentence |newspaper=San Antonio Express-News |access-date=July 25, 2010}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.montemontgomery.net MonteMontgomery.net – Official site]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Montgomery, Monte}} Category:American acoustic guitarists Category:American male guitarists Category:Living people Category:1966 births Category:Guitarists from Alabama Category:Musicians from Birmingham, Alabama Category:20th-century American guitarists Category:20th-century American male musicians Category:Provogue Records artists