MONTGOMERY DELANEY
Not your typical singer/songwriter, MONTGOMERY DELANEY comes to the Adult Contemporary genre with an extremely unique set of credentials. Born and raised in the Bronx, he learned how to sing by listening to James Taylor, Leonard Cohen, John Denver, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Jackson Browne and Carole King to name a few. He spent many youthful nights sitting on Mosholu Parkway with his best friend Brendan Perry (RIP 1989) singing to the Moon...as if the Moon was listening.
After joining the United States Marine Corps at the age of nineteen, he soon found himself walking down the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark, when he saw a guitar in a shop window. He bought it and took it back to his ship where, after several weeks of making noise, another Marine named Frank Scott showed him a few chords. That was more than 300 songs ago.
Since that time, Montgomery has raised three terrific children (all in college now so please buy the CD's), served as a police officer in the 44th Precinct/South Bronx for about 8 years (where he was an active and decorated patrolman), taught and coached at a Catholic High School (where he was part of several baseball championships and a New York State Basketball Championship in 1997), founded the Southsound Coffeehouse in 1990(where he presented such folks as Aztec Two Step, Martin Sexton, David Buskin, Brooks Williams, Jack Hardy, Sloane Wainright, Cliff Eberhardt, Richard Shindell, Richard Meyer, Donna Martin and many others until 1997), shared the stage over the years with folks such as Martin Sexton, John Prine, Loudon Wainright, Peter Yarrow, Richard Shindell, Jack Hardy, Bill Staines, Greg Greenway, Tom Chapin, Louise Taylor, Terence Martin, David Massengill, Cheryl Wheeler, Iris Dement, the late, great Dave Van Ronk and many others, made several recordings of his music including "23809" (1991), "Walking In The Light" (1997) and his latest release "Changing Shoes" (2005), went to Law School at night, became a practicing Trial Attorney in White Plains, New York and started his own firm, Laub & Delaney,LLP in 2005 (www.justice1.com).
Montgomery draws from all of these experiences to compose songs which are both melodically and lyrically captivating. His 1997 release "Walking In The Light" , produced by Rex Fowler of Aztec Two Step fame, has become widely regarded as a classic in the Adult Contemporary genre. His long awaited new release, "Changing Shoes" is getting substantial radio play, great initial reviews and developing quite a buzz.
Please be careful. If you start to listen to Montgomery's music you will have a difficult time removing it from your machine.