Monte Montgomery NAMM 2007 "Six String Wooden Friend"

[Saints198309]

wow, i wasn't expecting this at all!!! Very good!!!

[krlcomm1]

Off the chart! This video shared on Twitter and FB by Mark Tremonti. What an INCREDIBLE talent, the solo at the end is amazing!

[hexoman12]

Like if Tremonti got you here.

[shellybean9]

I'd never heard of this either till I saw him on a show called Bluegrass Underground...Man, what a beautiful love song to his guitar. This guy is amazing!!!!

[69rocketman]

How is it that :

A - I just NOW discovered this man?

B - This man is not more famous than any of these other people out there? He is truly an amazing talent!!!

[thesumo24]

4 persons did not watch the whole video.

[dwebster50]

Someone mentioned ...catch the guitar playing of Monte Montgomery .. holly cow man ... listened to him sing ...Got to get some of his music in my soul. Wow RIGHT ON MONTE ....

Thanks for the tip ...

Cheers

Dave

Alberta

[pinkystunes]

BEST LOVESONG EVER !

[flandrian15]

man, I feel exactly the same about my six string wooden friend!

certainly: "I'm half a man when I put you down"

This song is everything I ever wanted to say to my guitar. The guitar is not just an object, it is mans' best friend!

[bigkittysmile]

he doesnt write so many songs. but what he writes is gold. like this one.

[lonesalcornbug]

i will make a point of meeting him with or without my mrs.monte montgomery shirt..not shirtless,well i hope you know what i mean in not a naughty way,although i am cute.

[Johnny77ification]

@Slashrocks01

Amen! So different to any thing else I´m listening to... Great song

[bashmaster4000]

@Slashrocks01 amen, for real bruh.

[jrttool]

@Slashrocks01

Amen. I saw him a few weeks backs and spent some time after the concert talking to him. Not is he talented, he is a great person

[ymp5000]

Its dumbfounding to me that people like Justin Beiber, Christina Aguilera, Gucci Mane and M&M can get rich in music with people this talented out there struggling to eek out living playing road house after road house.

[suitabledude]

@ymp5000 beiber, aguilera, mane, m&m aren't really selling music though, they're selling image. i agree with you, it's sad but people are stupid out there nowadays and will buy whatever they're told to buy. in the long run though, i think monte will be remembered....50, 100 years from now, i expect monte's videos to be getting more hits than any of the clowns just mentioned.

[13shahin]

what kind of amp he use does any body knows please ?

[ymp5000]

@13shahin He used SWR amplifiers along with a few peddles in this video.

[GerBear]

GOD!!! He's freakin awesome.

[Number1StarsFan]

" YOU'VE BEEN BATTERED AND ABUSE. YOU'VE PAIED SO MANY DUES".

And yes the neck has been reattached 5 times. What a beast of burden.

[jeppenizer]

This video touches my Soul. The Situation (that nobody´s listening at first, but Claps and yells at the end), the Soulfull Voice, the Guitarplaying, and of course the great Song, makes my Day every Time i listen to this.Thanks Monte :-)

[13shahin]

what amp montgomery use guys anybody knows???he sound amazing.please if anybody knows what kindda amp he use ill be glad to know thank you gusy .

hi is amazingggggggggggggggggggg

[13shahin]

what amp montgomery use guys anybody knows???he sound amazing.please if anybody knows what kindda amp he use ill be glad to know thank you gusy .

[bpmhal]

@13shahin ,

It is a California Blonde II acoustic amp. I use the same amp with my Yairi DY-91C through a DD-20 GigaDelay and love the lashup.

[Just4Meeeee]

@Joefish628 - IF there's anything left of it when he's through. It looks like it's been in BATTLE! I read somewhere that's the ONLY guitar he takes with him when he's on tour.

Anyone else know anything more about it - did he name it? I mean BESIDES "Six String Wooden Friend"? Pretty cool for a GUITAR to have a song written about it!

[NelsonClick]

Those amazing fingers! Oh my God! It's hard to accept those same fingers also hold toilet tissue in a tight little ball that wipe his anus after he has a bowel movement.

[Just4Meeeee]

@NelsonClick - He DOESN'T! He has his ASSistant guitar tech do it for him - those fingers are too valuable to risk hunting down "Clingons"(Klingons?).

[stratmaster808]

@NelsonClick ... Hahahaha... nice

[cajuncin923]

Monte is definitely the "Guitar Wizard"

[ga6strings]

Ripping it!

[anticlimacus81]

Vorrei avere la sua tecnica per un giorno soltanto...

[fatkid677777]

gotta go play now:)

[eddiesiegel]

And NO PICK!!

[kar9sk]

that bend @ 6:11 about knocked me out of my chair! wow!

[alethemagicbum]

My family is good friends with Monte. My sister baby-sits his little brother, and him and my brother play together. It's funny because his wife or ex-wife (I don't know if they're divorced) is our realtor.

[alethemagicbum]

@alethemagicbum I mean she baby-sits his son

[Kilty007]

Jeepers, get this freakin' song on an album, PRONTO!

[allmanbrother]

fuckin awesome Monte! there's no other way to put. Awesome voice too..

[thedeeliciousplum]

This is really an intimate performance. When Monte started to sing, I did not expect that much power and presence in his voice. The rule is that intense guitarists have gentle voices. Well, this vid proves me wrong :)

[cavecc6578]

That solo is amazing.

[Wehnman]

I saw Monte play live lastnight in Cave Creek and he was just godlike! Awesome experience!

[chesshirecat2]

wow 0_o

[TheTechyDeck]

What is the thing covering his soundhole?

[sjuozhunki]

@TheTechyDeck

feedback reducer

[SonnyBoyHavidson]

@TheTechyDeck

A device to avoid feedback when playing at high volume on stage.

[Lizard5571]

@TheTechyDeck Its Called a Micriphone,Oh Sound Hole,I thought you PIE Hole,This dudes the best,The namm shows where everygreat Guitar players go to see the lastest stuuf out and play aliitle,Monte Makes every Guitar player shut up and take Notes,He makes me feel Like a lazy player,Sorry got to go,Time to Practice,after watchin him again,damn why did I watch again,Ok Practice,Practice,Oh HELL,

[liquidbend]

This song is so fucking cool......he is amazing most players will never ever get to the level that this guy plays at.

[liquidbend]

I think that this is one of the coolest songs I think that I have ever heard

[boboskeeper]

One word is all I can say

Ph....ing......... Phenomenal!

Absolutely Phenomenal!

[TomBVoxman]

We got to interview Monte after his NAMM 2010 show. One of the nicest, humble guys I've met. Sometimes I'll tell someone to check out an amazing artist I've seen, their expectation is so high, then they're let down. With Monte, everyone agrees, he's the real deal. Phenomenal!

[Number1StarsFan]

The neck on this one has been broken 5 times.

[DeanLisi]

the insane thing about Monte is he plays all THAT on a $200. ACOUSTIC guitar.

Fuckin incredible.

[41antsmarching]

Look...Monte = GUITAR GOD, and he'd make a $2 Esteban POS sound like a Martin masterpiece but get your facts straight....He don't play all THAT on a $200 acoustic

He plays an Alvarez-Yairi (DY62C to be exact) and they're handmade guitars that can compete with any high-end maker in the the world.

The one he plays is close to $2,000 NOT $200

Sure, he COULD rock out on a $200 git better than 99.9% of the human population

but get your facts straight fellas...his weapon of choice is a sick Yairi

[andrewjon]

do you know what kind/guage of strings he uses?

[liquidbend]

@41antsmarching Thats right ....that guitar that he plays is amazing one of the best guitars on the planet in my thinking .......I play the yari wy1 and I love my yari.

[egernhat]

When I bought my first guitar, this guy in the store told me about Monte Montgomery. He said that I was buying the same kind of guitar as him, and that he'd had it for 30 years and even wrote a song for it and that I should check him out on the internet when I got home. I am much grateful to this man.

[WeatherLive]

It's 22 years actually but some of his songs like "Sunday song" he did write when he was about 15. He's in his early 40s now so the guitar and the talent are just amazing. Glad you have become a Montiac!

[ba6cu]

...Wow...

[gahe56]

I don't know anything about Monte - maybe he's humble, maybe he's arrogant - but I do know that many of us will, one day, look back over our lives and say to ourselves, "What did I do that was meaningful?" If Monte ever has cause to ask himself that question ... from 4.34 onwards.Simply wonderful. He's touched my life. No small gift.

[Englebarn78]

Where do I start?! This is THE most moving video I have ever seen on youtube. I just can't stop watching it! Like many of you on here, I'm also a guitarist, and this performance is just.. Out of this world. I feel truly privileged to have come across Monty. I'm just bummed it didn't happen sooner. I can't recall ever hearing a guitarist blow me away like this.

[peacequinto]

A beautiful song!!

[lonestar225]

Monte is beautiful....phenomal player

[tcambisi]

i think i watch this once a week, no words

[JaKasi]

Just mind blowing. What a really amazing performance. Kudos to you Monte.

[VIBRATO1]

Just incredibly beautiful chops....We caught up with Monte and his fabulous trio at the Smithfield Little Theatre (Va.) earlier this year....Thanks for putting this fine video out there...

[Joefish628]

I hope he comes to the northeast soon!!!

[outabounz]

I Was blown away when I met Monte in Arcadia California. I couldnt say much I just had a mouth surgery. He played an amazing solo set and signed my guitar strap. Made my day Thanks Monte

[poquito22]

beautiful!

[909junedog]

Monte is absolutely unreal. Why doesn't EVERYONE know who he is??????? Because the record companies SUCK!!!

[paule720]

2005 November issue of Acoustic Guitar, the 2005 Winter edition of Frets, Guitar Player Magazine in 2004 as one of "The Top 50 All-Time Greatest Guitarists" as well as listed atop of Guitar One Magazines "Top 10 Best Undiscovered Guitarists in America" list in the late 1990s. Montgomery has also won the "Best Acoustic Guitar Player" award at the SXSW Festivals Austin Music Awards seven years in a row (1998-2004) the only artist to have ever done so.

[BubsGA7]

that was epic

[szt1964]

Thanks for sharing this killer footage. Awesome.

[pb3ch]

check out his right hand technique while soloing...nice

[sshagerman]

Monte is absolutly amazing, I wish I was half the guitar player he is!!!

[timthehippie]

Monte rocks most excellently!

Timothy

:o)

[spellbiff]

...also, If anyone aspires to be one of the greatest guitarists ever, ...well, there is a look at one of the mountains you have to climb!!...LOLLOL

[spellbiff]

Is it just me , or does that song pull at your hear's strings? Kinda makes a lump in your throat. It is written beautifully. Monte is a class act.

[Gungosh]

monte should be known by all lovers of handmade rock, he's a living legend, an outstanding musician, lightyears better than most

[erzon]

G3:Satch,Stevie,and Monte...

[cp777ification]

@erzon That would be one AWESOME G3!!

[varalover]

Esp. love the last 2 mins of that song. Simply immense.

[EVILjewMan]

awesome I understand how he feels about his guitar, I feel the same way

[PalleSchultz]

awesome guitarplayer!

[brownbikedodo]

What a GREAT GREAT song!

[dima666]

monte is the man!! simply amazing that guy!!!

[79xd79]

This man astounds me

[DrewAnti1960]

great song,that guitar sounds real sweet

[Gungosh]

goose bumps.

he's so good, and so unique.

monte, the acoustic rocker, an outstanding artist.

[puika1987]

Love this song! Definitly one of my fave musicians/guitarplayers.

[TheJefferson1]

I love when Monte plays like this... "sunday song" is incredible too.

[nattydread666]

Yup he amazing, if u like this check out every single version of first & repair by him there all fuckin jaw dropiin'ling good.

[Johnoooh]

reminds me of "life by the drop" by srv :)

especially the opening words

[axeldelariva]

that was amazing.

[Sleepwalker106]

Anyone know where i can Find the Chords for this song? its Just so god damn Beautiful it makes me Cry Q_Q

[alpertyo]

just a starting point:

intro and verse:

A C G

chorus:

C G Asus A B(1) B(2) F#

with

Asus: x00230

B(1): x7445x

B(2): 024400

i really love this song too but can't find the chords on the web!!

[dickchainey26]

i believe he is in Eb tuning but the chords are right

i would really like to get this song on itunes

[alpertyo]

mhh sorry i forget to mention that the guitar tuning is an half tone down from standard tuning!

i don't think Monte recorded that song in any album.. :(

[blueapple9]

amazing! today is the first time im listening to him. and im dazzelled. His way of playing is so unique and original. and his guitar feel is awesome.

[sickb2200]

Well, my friend, welcome to the world of Monte. I've been a fan since 1999. He is my guitar god and a great writer. You've gotta see him live. This song did not make it onto the new album, unfortunately, but a great album nonetheless. Pick up the At Workplay DVD or CD for a great live recording. The new album is awesom as are all of his works. I listen to him every day. I'm hoping to see him in December. Hoping? Hell, I'm going!

[blueapple9]

woa....dude.........this stuff is like holy shit...lol..amazing dude..why r u meetin him?:p

[sammy1978]

this song sounds like lynard skynards red white and blue...but it still rocks. Monte is by far one of the best guitarists ive ever heard

[mofrocrowe]

thanks for posting this fine gem!!! Much peace to you

[NelsonClick]

...a love song NOT about your guitar but sung directly TO your guitar; so sincere, loving and direct. I think this is the first one! I can't recall any others in the history of rock and roll - While My Guitar Gently Weeps? Totally different emotional narrative. How come nobody else thought of this before? Perhaps Monte's a songwriter who plays guitar instead of a guitarist who plays songs.

[CuzenicLionel]

whaow, just whaow...

[bloozintro]

Texas has a culture and heritage of superlative guitar playing. There are so many relative unknowns for every one of the guitar supermen. Like the old Lovin' Spoonful song about "Nashville Cats"... there are zillion guitar players in Texas and "every one of 'em can pick better than I will"

Think about it... Texas grows mindblowing pickers.

[morgenbrods]

Wow! Wow and Wow!

Danke

Liebe Grüsse aus Deutschland

S.M.

[pflugervilleD]

I'm blessed to live Austin, where Monte does. The Youtube videos don't do him justice. Guitar One magazine list him as one of the top ten live music guitar players in America - they're right. He's simply better than everyone else.

[ZappaDjango]

pflugervilleD----You are very lucky. I've been blessed to see him only once so far. He is by FAR, the most proficient and expressive acoustic players alive today.

[3partharmony]

This is one of my favorite songs. I listen to it quite a bit. It's right up there with Going to California by Zepplin in my opinion!

[outabounz]

Best guitar solo in a song..."You prove again you are the best"

[outabounz]

Great playing and singing.Even my girlfriend likes Montes singing and all she listens to is hip hop.

[dragontree69]

It is likely to come to Japan when.

I want to go for hearing early.

[tjplmn90]

you know i dont like his singing but dam can he rip on that acoustic f-in a

[MonsterEatsKids]

I just came back from one of Monte's show. It was unbelievable!

[0darkside]

He is awesome....

[steelbreezchazz]

awsome guitarist.! love the music.i feel each note thru my soul .your one in a million we are lucky to get to hear your sweet interpitations of little wing no other's can touch.keep rocking we hear you and feel it in sandston ,va

[bithellronnie]

I can't stop watching it

[averett5150]

Yes, you can see Monte Montgomery a lot in Austin, Texas. He plays a lot at the Saxon Pub. He is amazing in concert!!!!

[mondafrog]

where can you see Monte? and does he have any albums out there??

[ZappaDjango]

Oh yes!!!!!!!!!!!

[heywhatyadoin]

Monte needs to make a few stops along his journey. Stop for gas (Wichita, ks.), play a few songs, then go! One of the best guitarists I have ever seen on video. I would book your gig for you for FREE!

[shacong626]

The video is awesome. He is one of the best Guitarist,singer/songwriters around. He is gifted with an inner love of his music,which comes out in his live shows.

[shacong626]

I had the pleasure of seeing Monte live. The show was unforgetable. He is amazing on his guitar,awesome singer/songwriter.

[hauulakid]

WOW! is he BAD or what?!

[DickDallyThe3rd]

A deep, real, heartfelt song with technique, melody, some freakin impressive solos, and its about your guitar...Monte i think youve just nailed every guitarists dream. keep it up

[djteleboy]

MONTE YOUR VOICE IS great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[quintank]

This had better be on the next album! And I hope it comes out soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

I'd bet half of the plays for this video are me replaying it over and over.

[Stits990]

Monte is THE man

[paduchiu]

Awesome!

[Novacaineguitar]

BROVO!!!

[GBPLIFER]

The man continues to impress.

[sickb2200]

Dig it at 05:53. I'm ready for Monte's next album. Hope he includes this song.

[Kolja1337]

awesome...very sentimental

[drpepper4413]

that intro is sweet.

[3shiftgtr]

Melodic, soulful, soaring...Dig it!

[Agar101]

the lick at 4:43 is one of the sweetest things i ever heard :D

[moloko89]

a song dedicated to his guitar.. sweet :D

[Blackheart1211]

Wow...I'm dumbfounded. This is a beautiful song. Added to favorites. Thanks for posting these vids of Monte.

[theriven1]

no words. love

[kboarder420]

beautiful. monte is an inspiration to anyone who picks up a guitar. seen him countless times and i will continue to be wowed every time i hear the magic that is his playing

[nati60606]

from the moment I've seen this vid I'm paranoid every time i get close to my guitar. IT'S GOING TO GET ME

LOL I'm bored.... GREAT song by the way

[huxleyrain]

He was wearing that shirt yesterday at the cactus.

[quietkey05]

i just gave my six string wooden friend a big hug!!!

i love this song!! great musician!!!

[CuzenicLionel]

made me cried the fisrt time i heard....

[r43r]

i've seen him many times live. if you get the chance, go see and listen.

[jflorin]

Monte and a few other amazing pickers will be live in Madison, WI on October 13 for an All Star Guitar Night.

[taikoking]

Am I hearing this right? I think he got the guitar tuned to Eb. Does he always tune down?

[nmclay]

Notice how quiet the room got when he did his solo? Love it!

[Jerimiah2911]

When I met him he was wearin that same shirt! Whoa...

[BluzManSax]

I believe any musician no matter what his axe be, can certainly relate to this AWESOME song Monte has sent our way. I feel the same way about my original alto sax I have had since 1967. It is certainly

"everything I'm all about". Great job on this video OBhawaii, thanks for bringing it to us.

[spideyh2003]

very good musician!!!!

[awesomevideodood]

Monte's soloing throughout is remarkable -- hope to hear this tune on a future album soon.

[awesomevideodood]

Henceforth, let it be known that it is of the highest honor for awesomevideodood to deem your video a masterpiece of extraordinary calibur and sheer awesomeness. And while perhaps repetitive and unnecessary, it surely cannot be emphasized enough: that this upload (a reflection of such exquisite taste, mind you) is most definitely without a doubt...an awesome video, dood!

[SantaCruzOM]

awesomevideodood,

While you are spot on in your assessment of the video, I want some of whatever you're smoking....

[lpymaynard]

Only another guitar player can really relate to this song. Monte, you did it again!! You seem to always put into words what people have trouble saying. When I play my guitar, I forget all the problems in my life and for the moment nothing else exists but me & my guitar. THANKS!!

[BluzManSax]

I believe any musician no matter what his axe be, can absolutely relate to this AWESOME song Monte has sent our way. I feel the same way about my original alto sax I have had since 1967. It is certainly

"everything I'm all about". Great job on this video OBhawaii, thanks for bringing it to us.

[Robertohn]

and great solo as i expected.. he should give me some lessons..:P

[Robertohn]

some new Monte stuff. cool. thanx OBhawaii