Marvin Montgomery

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Marvin Montgomery

bj, *1919
Country and World
A.k.a. Marvin Wetter

Born in 1919, Montgomery joined the legendary Light Crust Doughboys in 1935 and was appointed bandleader in 1948. From the early through mid 1970's Montgomery worked as an arranger for the Texas Gospel label Rainbow Sound Inc. In 1995 the 74th Texas Legislature honored Montgomery as "a national treasure" and in February of 2011 he received a Grammy nomination posthumously in the category of southern, country or bluegrass gospel album for The Great Gospel Hit Parade. Montgomery remained the bandleader of The Light Crust Doughboys until his death in 2001.

Instruments

Banjo
Acoustic guitar
Vibraphone
Guitar
Strings

Genres

Country
World
Jazz
Folk

Plays With

Bearkats

Bill Boyd And His Cowboy Ramblers

Mel Cox And His Flying X Ranch Boys

The Dallas Banjo Band

The Light Crust Doughboys

Len Mink

Fay Crisp

Jerry Weatherby

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Jazz Banjo Man #1	Marvin Montgomery	2008	Compil.
Remember Me	Marvin Montgomery And The Light Crust Doughboys	1995	Compil.
Banjoy Party 67 All-Time Favorites	Marvin Montgomery	1989	Album
Texas Swing The Boogie Woogie,	John Parker, Marvin Montgomery	1987	Album
Texas Swing - Volume Three...And The Blues	Knocky Parker And Marvin Montgomery	1987	Album
Texas Swing – The Barrelhouse – Vol 1	John Parker And Marvin Montgomery	1987	Album
Volume Four: Texas Jazz	Bearkats With John Parker And Marvin Montgomery	1987	Album
Mostly Banjo	Marvin Montgomery	1979	Album
Sounds From My Place	Knocky Parker, Sherwood Mangiapane, Marvin Montgomery, Dr. Edmond Souchon	1960	Single
Slow Down Baby / Will I Ever Love Again	Bruce Channel With Marvin Montgomery	1960	Single
Mr. Banjo Himself In His Banjo Capers	Marvin Montgomery	1959	Album
The Scintillating Banjo Of "Smokey" Montgomery	Marvin Montgomery	1955	Album
Red River Valley / Put Your Arms Around Me Honey	Marvin Montgomery	1952	Album
Raggin' The Tenor Banjo	Marvin Montgomery	1952	Single
The Feudin' Boogie / Raggin' the Banjo	Cowboy Copas, Grandpa Jones, Marvin Montgomery	1950	Album

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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