Dan Montgomery

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Singer-songwriter Dan Montgomery will be releasing his seventh album Cast-Iron Songs andTorch Ballads April 7. It was recorded at The Shack in the Back studio in Memphis, TN withMontgomery and Robert Mache producing. It’s being issued on 12” vinyl LP, digital downloadand via streaming services by Fantastic Yes Records.It’s not unusual for an artist to signal a “return to their roots” a few albums into a career. Usuallythis brings out mandolins, banjos, and variations of the folk tradition. Cast-Iron Songs andTorch Ballads is NOT that.After six critically acclaimed Americana albums later, Montgomery reconnected with the rawrock he played in his youth. “I came into possession of a Danelectro, plugged it into an amp andnew songs immediately came pouring out. And they were songs with riffs. It was wild toexperience my current singer/songwriter self, meeting up with that Classic Rock kid from thepast. But it felt totally natural. I knew right away that I had to book time and cut an album withmy band while the moment was hot. And I did.”Dan’s roots may not be folksy and down home but they are no less real. Coming of age in SouthJersey in the early Seventies, he cut his teeth gigging at dances and parties when he was fourteen.“I was the youngest in the band,” says Montgomery. “The first songs I played on stage were byGrand Funk, Bad Company, and Bachman Turner Overdrive. It was wild. At one of our gigs aguy showed up with a gun because our drummer was fooling around with someone’s wife. Andhe was only a junior in high school!” The time and the place were ripe for Dan to begin hismusical education, performing what is now called Classic Rock. “It was just new rock backthen, pre-Freebird rock. I loved it.”Ultimately, Dan began writing his own songs and quickly found this environment to be unsuitedfor his compositions. “I became really serious about lyrics and that flew in the face of dancingand fist fighting so I began playing solo on the local coffeehouse circuit. It was great. I learned alot about folk and country songwriting and eventually, my electric guitar began to gather moreand more dust.”     Dan's Info  https://m.facebook.com/people/Dan-Montgomery/100058434918202/https://danmontgomery.bandcamp.com/https://twitter.com/DanMont18783799https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8NqgqEFDkEw6Pn-HZF9Xqw

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