Monte Montgomery to guest on Live From Daryl's House

Daryl Hall’s free webshow, Live From Daryl’s House, has featured well-known performers like Nick Lowe, K.T. Tunstall and Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy, but the monthly performance series is always on the lookout for new talent. The ninth edition of the show features a Daryl discovery in Austin, TX-based acoustic guitarist and songwriter Monte Montgomery, who will appear with Hall from his New York home on July 15 at www.livefromdarylshouse.com.

“Someone sent me a clip of Monte performing ‘Sara Smile’ on YouTube,” says Hall. “And I immediately asked him to come on the show to play it with me.”

The Birmingham, AL, native, who now lives in Austin, TX, was named one of Guitar Player magazine’s “Top 50 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” in 2004, and has been featured on the covers of Frets and Acoustic Guitar magazines, with nicknames that include “The Evel Knievel of Guitar” and “The Acoustic Shredmaster.” His legend has spread after a widely seen appearance on the TV show Austin City Limits.

“This is quite an honor,” said Montgomery. “I never dreamed I’d be playing ‘Sara Smile’ with the guy who wrote it.”

The performance can be seen exclusively at www.livefromdarylshouse.com starting July 15th.

What started as a “light bulb” moment experienced by Daryl Hall has turned into a viral sensation, with the superstar “playing music with my friends and putting it up on the Internet, receiving kudos from Rolling Stone and the influential Lefsetz Letter. He calls it “just another way to see my environment. It’s a state of mind, you know?”

Previous archived episodes of Live From Daryl’s House have included appearances by legendary new wave performer Nick Lowe, U.K. singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy, a longtime Hall fan, Chuck Prophet and Mutlu, as well as a holiday special featuring songs from the Daryl Hall and John Oates release, Home for Christmas and a webcast of Daryl’s acclaimed SXSW solo show at Austin Convention Center performing a number of his classics. All can still be accessed at www.livefromdarylshouse.com.

Live from Daryl’s House has taken place at Hall’s residences in New York and London, as well as at the SXSW confab in Austin, TX, with upcoming versions slated for his other homes in New England and the Bahamas.

“These collaborations have really reinvigorated my music, both as a solo artist and in the stuff I do with John and the band,” says Daryl. “It’s like getting a new lease on life. And the response continues to be overwhelming.”