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Montgomery Music Collective

About Me

A collection of rough demos (some smoother than others) from an Australian songwriter getting by with a little help from his friends. A little bit of country - a little bit of blues - a little bit of folk - a little bit of whoknowswhat ........ .................... .................... ... ........... ...................................'Kerry's Lament' is the result of a collaboration with Carmel McCallum. ....................................... ........ "Til Your Promise Comes True" is the result of a collaboration with Andrew Winton - an amazingly talented Western Australian artist. Check out his work at: http://www.myspace.com/andrewwintonmusic http://www.andrewwinton.com/ ............................................................ ................................................These are mostly 'works in progress' but there are lyrics to more unfinished works and undisplayed songs in the blogs....................................................... ......................................................Please send me a message if you would like to obtain a copy of any of these songs.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/29/2007
Band Members: Not really a band - just Steve and some friends.
Influences: The Dixie Chicks, Judy Collins, Alison Krauss, Carole King, Eva Cassidy, Anne McCue, Iris DeMent, Lacy J Dalton, Linda Ronstadt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Alison Moorer, Dianne Reeves, Emmy Lou Harris, k.d. Lang, Roberta Flack, Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Banjo Paterson, Jimmy Buffett, Guy Clark, Henry Lawson, Tony Joe White, John Prine, Eric Clapton, Harlan Howard, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Waits, Gordon Lightfoot, John Fogerty, Shel Silverstein, Neil Young, Steve Earle, Eric Bogle, Joe Camilleri, Leonard Cohen, Bob Marley, Andrew Winton, Christy Moore, Ron Sexsmith, Lyle Lovett, Bobby Bare, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, Paul Simon, Van Morrison, John Mayall, Charlie Musselwhite, Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Ross Ryan, The Everly Brothers, Luka Bloom, The Rolling Stones, Townes Van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen
Sounds Like: Ourselves
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

More Songs shortlisted for Australian Songwriters Awards

I have just found out that four of my songs have been shortlisted for the lyrics category in the upcoming Australian Songwriters Awards. This is in addition to the two songs in other categories.&...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:58:00 GMT

Songs shortlisted for Australian Songwriters Awards

Two of my songs have been shortlisted across five categories in the upcoming Australian Songwriters Awards. 'A Bushman Remembers' is shortlisted in the Australiana, Ballad and Country categories while...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:23:00 GMT

New lyrics - Sorry is just not good enough

Sorry Is Just Not Good Enough. There's a mist rolling in 'cross the harbour and a jet trailing off to the east. Together isn't always forever and there's somewhere that I'd rather be. A gull b...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:08:00 GMT

New lyrics - Pure Australiana

This one is pretty much pure autobiographical. The lyrics are in the Banjo Paterson style and the tune is intended to be a tribute to Eric Bogle and Slim Dusty   A Bushman Remembers Verse 1 In a...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:12:00 GMT

Honorable Mentiion in International Songwriting Competition

Our song ’Kerry’s Lament’ has just been announced as having achieved an Honorable Mention in the International Songwriting Competition. The song was chosen as a finalist from thousa...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:50:00 GMT

International Songwriting Competition finalist

Today the International Songwriting Competition announced its finalists and semi-finalists. Our song "Kerry's Lament" has been selected as a finalist. The finalists were chosen from over 15,000 entran...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:53:00 GMT

International Songwriting Competition - semi-finalist

The semi-finalists in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition have just been announced. Our song "Kerry's Lament" has been named as a semi-finalist in the Lyrics category. This song won us the ...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:14:00 GMT

USA Songwriting Competition Finalist

Our song "Kerry’s Lament" was also selected as a finalist in the USA Songwriting Competition.
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:58:00 GMT

New lyrics - Its funny what an old photograph can do

The Raglin Street Fair Verse 1 I'm sitting alone and I'm shuffling memories and the photograph faces that roll back the years To the long faded voices that I've kept inside me and I'm laughing ...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 07:59:00 GMT

These are my principles. If you dont like them ... I have others.

Mr Cheney's dream Verse A morphine coloured darkness covered Baghdad through to Andrews In a flash of white the sirens fled down Georgia Avenue The liberator's welcome wasn't all that we had hope for...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:49:00 GMT