John Michael Montgomery

John Michael Montgomery

  • John Michael Montgomery - NASHVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 19:  John Michael Montgomery performs onstage at the 5th Annual ACM Honors at Ryman Auditorium on September 19, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • John Michael Montgomery - LEXINGTON, KY - APRIL 07:  John Michael Montgomery attends the 2011 Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum Induction at the Lexington Center Bluegrass Ballroom on April 7, 2011 in Lexington, Kentucky.
Part of the '90s wave of honky tonk hitmakers that brought country to new commercial heights, John Michael Montgomery made his name primarily as a romantic balladeer. Yet despite his sometime adult contemporary leanings, his vocal style remained solidly grounded in country tradition. Montgomery was born in 1965 in Danville, KY, near Lexington and learned guitar from his father, a local musician. ...more