John Michael Montgomery Biography

John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965 in Danville, Kentucky) is a country music artist and songwriter. John Michael is a younger brother of Eddie Montgomery, of Montgomery Gentry fame. Prior to getting a solo record deal with Atlantic in 1991, John Michael was the lead singer for the group Young Country, which was also comprised of Eddie Montgomery, and on occasion Troy Gentry.

 John Michael has had several hits during his 14-year career. Among the most memorable are "Sold" (Grundy County Auction Incident), "I Swear", "I Can Love You Like That" and "Letters from Home". 

At 2:20 a.m. on February 16, 2006, Montgomery was arrested at an intersection in Lexington, Kentucky for driving under the influence and possession of a controlled substance, which was identified as Endocet by the Lexington Herald-Leader. Police also found two loaded handguns in Montgomery's vehicle. Montgomery was charged with a count of a prescription drug not in its proper container, two counts of carrying a concealed deadly weapon, disregarding a traffic control device and performing an improper turn.

Montgomery's lawyer, Jon Woodall, has claimed that Montgomery is a hunter, and holds a concealed weapon permit (Woodall stated that Montgomery did not have the license with him at the time of arrest). Woodall also stated that the prescription was filled by Montgomery's physicians after Montgomery's recent hip replacement surgery .

Information obtained from John Michael Montgomery's website :http://johnmichaelmontgomery.com/index.htm and Montgomery Gentry's fanclub site, The Underground.