An Evening with Monty Criswell

Name: An Evening with Monty Criswell
Start: 2024-11-16T20:00:00-06:00
Location: 419 Main St, Franklin, TN, United States, Tennessee 37064

Schedule

Sat Nov 16 2024 at 08:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

419 Main St, Franklin, TN, United States, Tennessee 37064 | Franklin, TN

Monty Criswell is a thirty-one year veteran hit songwriter. During his tenure in Nashville, Monty has had over 300 songs recorded, hundreds of millions of streams, views and records sold. He has been nominated for multiple Grammy and CMA awards and has had at least one #1 song in each of the last three decades.

In an Evening With Monty Criswell, Monty takes a new twist on the traditional songwriters-in-the-round template. In this one man show, with one foot in the motivational speaker format and one foot in the writer round format, Monty takes the audience on a journey of how he became a hit songwriter and the stories behind the songs. From his humble beginnings in a small town to graduating from the University of Alabama to passing on law school, you’ll see how different forks in the road led him to Music Row. Patience, persistence, laughter and overcoming adversity are central themes as Monty shows you how he made it in a business that turns dreams into pawnshop guitars that buy bus tickets back home. You’ll hear firsthand how artists like George Strait, Trace Adkins, Eric Church and Scotty McCreery changed the trajectory of his career and life as Monty performs the hits.

Monty’s unique story doesn’t end there. In 2023, Monty battled stage 3 colon cancer. After eight rounds of chemo and a five hour surgery that removed a foot of colon and thirty-four lymph nodes, Monty was given a full cure and an incredible prognosis. During that year, Monty still managed to have seventeen songs recorded and have two number ones. He’ll take you through the maze of that year and show you how he did it with grace, courage and an unbelievable dose of humor. You’ll find An Evening With Monty Criswell to be both life affirming and life changing.