About
Monty Cotton, a seasoned performer and musician woke up one day and realised he could imitate Johnny Cash. From this point on Monty has performed as Johnny Cash all around Australia and the UK including pubs, clubs, arts festivals, mine sites, corporate functions, breakfast radio, morning television, and ‘The Voice’ Australia.
A Boy Named Cash – Johnny Cash Tribute Show showcases the greatest hits of The Man In Black as performed by Monty Cotton – See it to believe it!
SOLD OUT Edinburgh Fringe 2016, Perth Fringe 2016, leading club venues across Australia.
From Sydney NSW, Monty has been supporting cover bands as a guitarist, drummer, bass player, backing singer and more since 2006. By chance he auditioned for Australian Idol in 2009 and managed to reach the top 40. Inspired by this and success in talent competitions around Sydney’s Eastern suburbs Monty quit his job as an accountant and began to chase a solo career as a musician in WA.
Monty’s style comprises his signature low voice and contrasting ability to belt out pub rock classics covering all styles; Rock & Roll, Pop, RnB, Country, Blues, Soul, Celtic, and Folk to name a few!
Monty’s command of his acoustic guitar remains second-to-none and his sharp wit and smile never fails to radiate from stage
‘A Boy Named Cash’ was born by accident when Monty woke up one morning and realised he could imitate Johnny Cash.