John Michael Montgomery

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John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965 in Danville, Kentucky^[1]) is a country music artist and songwriter. John Michael is a younger brother of Eddie Montgomery, of Montgomery Gentry fame. Prior to getting a solo record deal with Atlantic in 1991, John Michael was the lead singer for the group Young Country, which was also comprised of Eddie Montgomery, and on occasion Troy Gentry.

John Michael has had several hits during his 14-year career. Among the most memorable are "Sold" (Grundy County Auction Incident), "I Swear", "I Can Love You Like That" and "Letters from Home".

[edit] 2006 Arrest

At 2:20 a.m. on February 16, 2006, Montgomery was arrested at an intersection in Lexington, Kentucky for driving under the influence and possession of a controlled substance, which was identified as Endocet by the Lexington Herald-Leader. Police also found two loaded handguns in Montgomery's vehicle. Montgomery was charged with a count of a prescription drug not in its proper container, two counts of carrying a concealed deadly weapon, disregarding a traffic control device and performing an improper turn.^[2][3]

Montgomery's lawyer, Jon Woodall, has claimed that Montgomery is a hunter, and holds a concealed weapon permit (Woodall stated that Montgomery did not have the license with him at the time of arrest). Woodall also stated that the prescription was filled by Montgomery's physicians after Montgomery's recent hip replacement surgery ^[4].

[edit] Discography

• Letters from Home (Warner Brothers Nashville) - April 20, 2004
• Mr. Snowman (Warner Brothers Nashville) - October 7, 2003
• The Very Best of John Michael Montgomery (Warner Brothers Nashville) - August 26, 2003
• Pictures (Warner Brothers Nashville) - October 8, 2002
• Love Songs (Atlantic Nashville) - February 5, 2002
• Brand New Me (Atlantic Records) - September 19, 2000
• Home to You (Atlantic Records) - May 25, 1999
• Leave a Mark (Atlantic Records) - May 5, 1998
• Greatest Hits (Atlantic Records) - October 14, 1997
• What I Do the Best (Atlantic Records) - September 24, 1996
• John Michael Montgomery (Atlantic Records) - March 28, 1995
• Kickin' It Up (Atlantic Records) - January 25, 1994
• Life's a Dance (Atlantic Records) - January 1, 1992

[edit] References

Information obtained from John Michael Montgomery's website :http://johnmichaelmontgomery.com/index.htm and Montgomery Gentry's fanclub site, The Underground.