Music on the patio with Monte Rose

Monte was born loving music.

 He drifted off to sleep each night as a young lad listening to KEWI, a radio station in Topeka, Kansas. The sounds of the great ones like Aretha Franklin, Paul  McCartney, Simon, and Garfunkel would fill his room and serenade him to sleep. 

Monte lived in Arkansas through college until I moved to Dallas in the early ’80s. With a “borrowed” guitar from a friend he began to teach himself to play and sing. He started playing in public in local churches and years later started acoustic performances as a solo artist as well as with duo’s and other bands. 

He began to write his own songs several years ago. Two songs, “Desperate Susan” which was recorded with Milo Deering who toured for years with the Eagles, and “Double Wide Heart” can be heard on Spotify, iTunes, and other music platforms. Parker Howard, a Nashville recording artist, recorded “Double Wide Heart”, a song Monte wrote on her Texas Girl CD.

Today, Monte lives in Waco, TX with his wife Jana and their dog, Jett. They spend as much time with their kids and grandkids in Dallas and Austin as they can. 

Monte travels all over north and central Texas playing at a variety of venues.