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Looking for Monty Powell? You don’t have to look far, he is usually
hanging around somewhere at the top of the Billboard and R&R charts. He
is also easily found on any one of the 40 million plus records floating
around containing one of his songs. As a music business veteran for
nearly 25 years, Monty Powell has successfully honed his songwriting
craft and found his niche as a songwriter who often collaborates with
such artists as Keith Urban, Chris Cagle, Rascal Flatts, James Otto,
Diamond Rio and many more.
Apart from
songwriting, Powell has worked as an independent A&R rep for Tony Brown
at MCA records and Mike Dungan at Capitol records. He co-produced
Diamond Rio’s first three albums, two of which are now platinum and one
is gold, as well as cut six sides on Keith Urban’s critically acclaimed
band The Ranch for Capitol records. In 1994, he won a CMA Album
of the Year award for his production work on Common Thread: The
Songs of the Eagles. .....READ
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