MONTE MONTGOMERY INTERVIEW

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;"> Today is Sunday, April 16^th, 2023 and I’m probably more excited about releasing this episode than almost any other I’ve ever been able to record up to this point in my journey as a podcaster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;">  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;"> This episode marks a full-circle moment in my life of music so indulge me for just a second while I take you down memory lane a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> On July 4^th, 1999 I was a twenty year-old wannabe musician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Several college friends and I had made the trek from North Central Kansas all the way to Luckenbach, TX for Willie Nelson’s 4^th of July picnic.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;">  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;"> That day I got to see many well-known and legendary musici