Biography
Born in Danville, Kentucky and raised in Garrard County, Kentucky, Montgomery received musical encouragement from his father, who played in a local country band and taught him his first chords. John Michael joined the family band (which included his brother, Eddie Montgomery, who with Troy Gentry would form the duo Montgomery Gentry), playing guitar before becoming lead singing when his parents divorced. Later, he performed as a solo artist playing "working man's country." Atlantic Records spotted him and signed him.
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