Kevin Montgomery

The blog of the world-traveling, singer-songwriter/adventurist/dad

Home
Tour Dates
Important-Email, Socials, and Spotify
Discography
Listen to Kevin Montgomery
Buy a tank of gas, a coffee!

Protected: Thoughts on CASA of Orange County and an early holiday gift

Kevin

This content is password-protected. To view it, please enter the password below.

Password:

Tour Dates

Every…..damn……year……..Merry Christmas ya’ll! Hope

Every…..damn……year……..Merry Christmas ya’ll! Hope to see you in the tour! #christmas #mademelaugh

This is the closest I’ll ever come to having my ow

This is the closest I’ll ever come to having my own radio show. Some spectacular songs are featured this week. My ole’ pal Jeff Finlin’s “I killed myself last night”…..wow. I’ll update the playlist with this week’s songs after midnight, so listen and save this playlist. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bsvLkk4SO72nSCkhRYo1G?si=vnXWU-F1Q26gLYyelThNtw #jeff Finlin #kevinmontgomery #jimmywebb #ericfiedor #deanmiller #louisegoffin #buddymiller #judejohnstone #jacksonvrowne #karlabonoff #dardensmith #juliemiller #firstaidkit #spotifyplaylist #songwriterscampfire #mazzystar #singersongwriters

I woke up this morning in Liverpool to the horribl

I woke up this morning in Liverpool to the horrible news that my buddy David Roe Rorick had passed. I can’t believe it. Truly one of my favorite people on earth. Hilarious……when he walked into the studio I would look at him and just wait for something hilarious to come out of his mouth……which is what you want in the studio. This photo was taken after we recorded “Might as well smile” for the new record. Recently, he played on an artist’s record I produced. His credits included Johnny Cash, Dwight yoakum, Vern Gosdin, Jerry Reed, and a slew of others. He told me that when he was Vern’s band leader they went through around 120 drummers…….constantly firing drummers…..which I sort of understand, but that is another topic.
His stories were amazing, and I would have to consciously tamp them down in the studio with respect to time…….but could get lost in his road stories from his time with Cash. They were all hilarious and something we all live to hear.
One of my favorite memories was when we were recording a super country, two steppin’ tune……in the second verse he tried to throw in a little jazzy lick……I had my eyes closed and when he hit that lick….I opened one eye and looked at him……not giving the stink eye, but just to confirm visually what I wa hearing…….the take finished and it was mostly nailed, but I asked Mike to roll it back to that verse. Dave laughed and said, “ I thought I could slide that past you”……..we had a good laugh and he fixed the part. He said the look I gave him reminded him of my dad…..which made me feel good.
Dave had a way of placing the notes…….which could only come from years in the road with guys like Cash…….or Reed. The deepest pocket I’ve experienced.
Last week while I was driving through Texas I had his number ready to dial……just to shoot the sh*t……and I must have been distracted by another call. I didn’t make the call. I wish I had.
Dave has been on my mind all day. I can’t believe he is gone. Loved that guy. The world and Nashville has been diminished with his passing. Love to his family and friends. I spoke often and proudly of his wife, Leslie and his son. Prayers. Love you bud.

This photo makes me happy. Taken on the last tour

This photo makes me happy. Taken on the last tour in 2020. Me and the superlative Kelli Jones right before our show in Yarrow, Scotland. I announced the new UK tour dates today. Tickets are on sale. Find them on my website. Hope to see you there. #singersongwriter #tour #unitedkingdom #music #countrymusic #kevinmontgomery #kellijones

When you take your English friend to see your buds

When you take your English friend to see your buds in the E Street Band……and he loudly sings “Born in the USA”……..and you know that ain’t true………seriously though……what a show! @gwtallent’s bass part at the end makes it for me……he just hangs on that note forever! The best rock ‘n’ roll show on Earth. #brucespringsteen #springsteen #rocknroll #bornintheusabrucespringsteen #bornintheusa #estreetband #hydepark

Spent Father’s Day with my Dad’s muse Mr. Ron Oate

Spent Father’s Day with my Dad’s muse Mr. Ron Oates…..celebrated his birthday and felt good to spend some time with the man. We are also in the process of making some music together. We laugh so hard together and I feel like I’m a small part of something beautiful that we are creating. We got keys on the next song or two in between the laughter. I took this photo and showed @ronoates and he laughed his butt off. Ha ha. It is non-stop with him. Anyway, happy birthday Ron and happy Father’s Day to all.

Pre-production on “shattered” for the recording se

Pre-production on “shattered” for the recording session this Wednesday with the one and only Ron Oates. Ron is 82 and played on pretty much all of my dad’s records starting with “watching Scotty grow” by Bobby Goldsboro. Special to be able to make music with him. #jimmy webb #singersongwriter #nashville

Happy Birthday to Dad. His time came way to early.

Happy Birthday to Dad. His time came way to early. I was hoping we would have these years together. Raising Beau, who was born at 10pm…..2 hours off his birthday…..it is a little like raising my Dad. I yearn just to be able to reach out and speak to Dad and I know that he would have loved to see Beau reach 18 as he did yesterday. Milestones hurt the worst. Anyway, miss you Dad. You were an amazing person and your memorial was one for the ages…….so many men and women got up and spoke about how you changed their lives. You were special. Your first visit to Nashville with Buddy, J.I., and Sonny Curtis led to ya’ll being sent back home to Lubbock with no money and sharing one cheeseburger between the four of you, yet years later you were one of the guys making waves in Nashville in that very same building that housed the studio ya’ll recorded in. Happy birthday. I love you and miss you and so wish Beau could see his grandad again at this age. Knowing where you came from……this song you wrote for Roy Orbison is so damn poignant…..perfect, actually.

Spent some time with my second parents, Annette an

Spent some time with my second parents, Annette and Jerry Fuller. Jerry is one of my dad’s closest friends and these two took me in and were my counselors during my five years in Hollywood. I probably spent 3 nights a week at their house….usually including dinner. I was able to absorb incredible stories from these two lovebirds. They have lived a beautiful life and are still going strong. Jerry produced everyone from Gary Puckett and the Union Gap to Johnny Mathis, and eventually Colin Raye. Dad said that Jerry was one of his all-time favorite singers. Jerry wrote “traveling’ man” for Ricky Nelson in 10 minutes while sitting in his car, waiting on Annette to get off work. He played it for Al Green’s manager and when he left his manager threw it in the trash. Ricky’s bass player heard it through the walls and went into green’s manager’s office and asked what song he had been playing. Green’s manager picked it out of the trash and gave it to him. He took it to Nelson and it ended up selling 6 million copies. I love these two and feel very grateful to have spent another evening with them. They broke the mold with these two….. #dontstopbelieving #jerryfuller #travelinman #rickynelson #singer #songwriter #johnnymathis #hollywood #lucky

Happy Birthday, Johnny Mackinnon. We’ve literally

Happy Birthday, Johnny Mackinnon. We’ve literally been around the world together…..all over Europe, UK, Ireland, the US, and as far afield as Japan. A consummate gentleman, and wonderful pianist and great human. This was photo was taken when we were both young and bursting with innocence……….

Live rehearsal for the show in Kinross, Scotland t

Live rehearsal for the show in Kinross, Scotland tomorrow night.

I get to go make some music with my friends, Grego

I get to go make some music with my friends, Gregor Philp and @johnnymackinnon at David Mundell’s wonderful venue in Kinross, Scotland this Saturday! Gregor will be playing some of his beautiful songs to open. It’ll be my only show in Scotland for awhile, so please join us. It is a hotel. It is the weekend. Roadtrip? Tickets are on sale now. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/149419990213

Not saying a word…….

Not saying a word…….

There are only so many sunsets you can see in a li

There are only so many sunsets you can see in a lifetime. Enjoy every one. Sponsored by Guinness………

No filter. The moon over the fields tonight. So be

No filter. The moon over the fields tonight. So beautiful. Hung the phone out the window and shot………#home

My time in Lubbock has been fantastic. It is one o

My time in Lubbock has been fantastic. It is one of the nicest places I’ve ever lived. Seriously polite and kind people from young to old. Caught my friend @dustingarrettmusic playing guitar with @ricktrevinomusic in the best music venue in Lubbock, Cactus Theater. Dad told me he and Buddy and Elvis went to see a movie when Elvis came through Lubbock and I would imagine it was at that very theater. I feel blessed to have spent some time in Dad’s hometown. Got to spend some time at Lubbock High and that was cool to walk those halls that Dad once walked…….nothing has changed and it is a masterpiece. Anyway, here’s to Lubbock. Time to move on soon……..and Rick Trevino puts in a classy show…..newfound respect.

The recording of “Good Thing” has officially begun

The recording of “Good Thing” has officially begun after a long wait. A special group of guys right here. @ronoates and @bill Hullett joined the sessions…….special to me as they played on many of my Dad’s productions through the years. @essertainment, Dave Roe, and John Mctigue grooved as the rhythm section. Thank you @robinruddymusic for providing such a great space to record in. Thanks for everyone’s patience………music coming your way soon. #singersongwriter #nashville #countrymusic #nashvillemusician #studiosession #singer #songwriter #thankfullness

She has been around the world with me. 30 years of

She has been around the world with me. 30 years of music together. Tonight we play Glasgow. #singersongwriter #music #glasgow #kevinmontgomery #gibsonguitars #nashville #gratitude

Happy Birthday, Dad. He would have been 84. Gone t

Happy Birthday, Dad. He would have been 84. Gone too soon. There is not a day that passes without him deep in my thoughts. Beau was born 2 hours from Dad’s birthday.....cosmic. Every single day I wish I could talk to him. This photo was taken at my mom’s parent’s house in Albuquerque. #missingyou

Checked into my hotel......and was feeling a littl

Checked into my hotel......and was feeling a little low.....and found this in the elevator. Exactly what I needed to hear. #thanksuniverse

Follow on Instagram

Join Kevin on Facebook.

Kevin Montgomery’s “Some Comfort”

Email Kevin

Email Kevin: Email Kevin

Booking

This site rocks with Focus.