Earl Montgomery (songwriter)

Omar Earl "Peanut" Montgomery (born February 6, 1941,^[1] Waynesboro, Tennessee) is an American songwriter and guitarist particularly known for his contributions to country music from the late 1950s through the 1970s. As a studio guitarist he played with Bob Dylan, Etta James, Patsy Cline, and Elvis Presley.^[2] He became a Christian in 1976, and later became a Baptist minister.^[3] In 2023 he was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame,^[4] and that same year a special tribute concert was given in his honor at the Ritz Theatre in Sheffield, Alabama that was sponsored by Tennessee Valley Museum of Art.^[2]

Earl was born on a farm in Tennessee close to the state border with Alabama. His sister is country music singer-songwriter Melba Montgomery and his brother is songwriter Carl Montgomery.^[3] He wrote hit songs for singers like George Jones, Dolly Parton, and Tammy Wynette.^[2]

• "I'm With the Wrong One" (1959)
• "Four-O-Thirty-Three" (1966)
• "Small Time Laboring Man" (1968)
• "Where Grass Won't Grow" (1970)
• "Right Won't Touch a Hand" (1971)
• "Loving You Could Never Be Better" (1972)
• "One of These Days" (1972)
• "We're Gonna Hold On" (1973)
• "What My Woman Can't Do" (1973)
• "What's Your Mama's Name" (1973)
• "Someday My Day Will Come" (1979)

• Earl Montgomery at IMDb