Monte Montgomery Influenced by LB

[michelej1]

Excerpt from an article on Monte Montgomery in Tahoe.com

http://www.tahoe.com/article/2010082.../1020/WHATTODO

“So when I started my own band I would do both and open up with some acoustic sets,” he said. “Over time people were more receptive to the acoustic, and I was playing the acoustic just like I was playing the electric. People really seemed to like that so I just left my electric at home along with the heavy amps that went with it. It simplified everything, and I'm just really at home with my acoustic. It's just a much more expressive instrument for what I do.”


Montgomery was most impressed with Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham, the pop rock, fingerstyle innovator whose notes seem come directly from his heart.

“The fascination with Lindsey began early,” he said. “I can definitely point to him as being responsible for the whole fingerpicking thing that I do. He does some of the craziest stuff without a pick.”

Moreover, Montgomery absorbs styles from numerous guitarists, from “Michael Hedges to Steve Vai to everybody in between. Stevie Ray, Jeff Beck, Lindsey Buckingham, Mark Knopfler, I could go on and on. I love great guitar players. I think my versatility is the result of being open to all flavors of music. ... It's afforded me an unorthodox style. It's got a little bit of this, a little bit of that. I'm an ear guy. I just soak things up.”