Monty Byrom was born on 1958 and is an American rock, blues and country guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer.
14 Facts About Monty Byrom
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Monty Byrom fronted the rock band Billy Satellite, co-writing several songs for the band that later became hits for Eddie Money.
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Later while leading the "soul country" band Big House, Monty Byrom made a significant contribution to the new Bakersfield Sound, with a nod to his Bakersfield roots.
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Monty Byrom was born in Corpus Christi, Texas and raised in Bakersfield, California.
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Monty Byrom provided lead vocals and played guitar and keyboards for the Album-oriented rock band.
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Monty Byrom began writing songs for Eddie Money after the latter had a hit with a cover of "I Wanna Go Back" by Billy Satellite.
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Monty Byrom was the producer, engineer, and mixer on Money's 1991 album Right Here, along with providing backing vocals and playing guitar and keyboards.
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The duo shared song-writing for the band, and Monty Byrom played guitar and sang lead vocals.
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Monty Byrom's brother, Tanner, was a member of Big House, playing the drums.
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Monty Byrom played with The Buckaroos for thirteen years, from 2007 to 2019.
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In 2012, Monty Byrom formed the Zen Road Pilots with Tom "Fee" Falletti and Ira Walker, former bandmates from Billy Satellite.
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The producer of that track was Don Felder, who mentored Monty Byrom, leading to other projects with major acts.
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Monty Byrom played guitar on recordings by J'Son, New Frontier, and Kathy Troccoli.
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Monty Byrom worked on numerous movie and film soundtracks, including Blackdog, The Kids Are Alright, Made in America, The Slugger's Wife, Secret Admirer, and Sunset Beat.