Those of you who are fans of Austin music will tell me I'm way behind if I'm just now running across Monte Montgomery, but I ran across his music just this week.
The Saturday paper said he was playing at Antones, and the write-up made me think I'd probably like him. So I listened to clips on iTunes and downloaded a few songs. When I checked his website, I noticed in the discography that he had a song called "In the Gaze of the Spotlight's Eye." I knew that song from listening to Mark Heard albums about 20 years back. Heard died of a heart attack at 40 about 10 years ago or so, but I was a big fan back in my seminary days.
I couldn't make it out to the Antones show, but he was playing solo at the Saxon Pub this past Wednesday, so I went with Michael, Stephen and Angela.
It's a small venue, and he was standing by our table before he went on, so I introduced myself and told him it was our first night to hear him. I asked him about "In the Gaze," and how he knew about Heard. He said he used to listen to a lot of Christian music in the past. Sounds like an interesting story, but we didn't have any more time to talk.
About 4 songs into the show, though, he started in on "Moonflower," another Mark Heard tune from the same album (Eye of the Storm). He looked my way afterward and said, "Well, I tried; it's been a while." I let him know he did great with it! And the rest of his show was fantastic, too. Be sure to hear this local artist whenever you can! And if you're a Monte fan, let me know!
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