Richard Thompson meldet bei Facebook, dass der ehemalige Bassist von Bill Monroe und Lester Flatt, Johnny Thelbert Montgomery, am 04. September 2015 im Alter von 87 Jahren in Watertown, Tennessee verstorben ist. Das Älteste von 16 Kindern tourte auch mit George Jones und schrieb Countrysongs wie "The Fall", "Lonely Waters" und andere.

Richard Thompson announces on Facebook that the former bassist of Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt, Johnny Thelbert Montgomery, died on September 4th, 2015 in Watertown, TN. He was 87 years old. Montgomery was the eldest of 186 children. He also toured with George Jones and wrote songs like "The Fall", "Lonely Waters" and others.