Monte Montgomery NAMM 2007 "Six String Wooden Friend"

[@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.

[@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 :-)

[@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!!

[@JeffersonKimbrough]

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

[@puika1987]

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

[@bwt167]

When your there live - it's just insane! Thanks Monty!

[@sshagerman]

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

[@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!!!!

[@Joefish628]

that guitar is going to be in a museum someday!!! : ) monte is the best

[@Gungosh]

goose bumps. he's so good, and so unique. monte, the acoustic rocker, an outstanding artist.

[@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.

[@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

[@boboskeeper]

One word is all I can say Ph....ing......... Phenomenal! Absolutely Phenomenal!

[@Wehnman]

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

[@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.

[@bigkittysmile]

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

[@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!

[@brownbikedodo]

What a GREAT GREAT song!

[@Kolja1337]

awesome...very sentimental

[@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!

[@theriven1]

no words. love

[@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.

[@Robertohn]

some new Monte stuff. cool. thanx OBhawaii

[@DrewAnti1960]

great song,that guitar sounds real sweet

[@3shiftgtr]

Melodic, soulful, soaring...Dig it!

[@Stits990]

Monte is THE man

[@szt1964]

Thanks for sharing this killer footage. Awesome.

[@Saints0717]

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

[@Vecsen12]

That solo is amazing.

[@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.

[@FKITMANE]

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.

[@kar9sk]

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

[@Joefish628]

I hope he comes to the northeast soon!!!

[@Gungosh]

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

[@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!

[@sickb2200]

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

[@deeliciousplum]

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 :)

[@allmanbrother]

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

[@rm8rockman]

4:30~6:30 the best 2 mins guitar solo EVER

[@ZappaDjango]

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

[@thedixiecat92]

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

[@dragontree69]

It is likely to come to Japan when. I want to go for hearing early.

[@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.

[@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

[@PalleSchultz]

awesome guitarplayer!

[@Robertohn]

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

[@Sleepwalker106]

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

[@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.

[@cajuncin923]

Monte is definitely the "Guitar Wizard"

[@thedixiecat92]

whaow, just whaow...

[@ymp5000]

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

[@cp777ification]

@erzon That would be one AWESOME G3!!

[@Novacaineguitar]

BROVO!!!

[@DeanLisi]

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

[@SonnyBoyHavidson]

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

[@TheTechyDeck]

What is the thing covering his soundhole?

[@pb3ch]

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

[@andrewjon]

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

[@thesplekernsband]

G3:Satch,Stevie,and Monte...

[@chesshirecat2]

wow 0_o

[@anticlimacus81]

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

[@LinusMaximus007]

I saw Monte play this last Feb. in Sellersville, Pa. This says NAMM 2007. It's such a beautiful song, but when does he plan to release it? When he played it live for us, I got the feeling he was frustrated about the release date.

[@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.

[@thesumo24]

4 persons did not watch the whole video.

[@SantaCruzOM]

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

[@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.

[@eddiesiegel]

And NO PICK!!

[@alethemagicbum]

@alethemagicbum I mean she baby-sits his son

[@hauulakid]

WOW! is he BAD or what?!

[@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.