Monty Criswell

Monty Criswell grew up on the coast of Alabama and began his professional songwriting career in 1993, after graduating from the University of Alabama and passing on an acceptance to law school.

Criswell is a two-time Grammy nominee for Country Song of The Year (“I Saw God Today” and “Just Fishin’) and won the CMA Single of the Year award in 2008 (”I Saw God Today”).

In 2021, his Eric Church song “Hell Of A View” won the Music Row Awards Song of the Year award and received a CMA nomination for both song and single of the year.

Criswell is also an ACM, Dove and Canadian CMA nominee. His songs have been featured on ESPN, ABC, The SEC Network, The Hallmark Channel and the hit tv series Yellowstone. Criswell’s had over 300 songs recorded over the span of his 30-year career as a full-time songwriter, having at least one #1 in each of the last three decades.

His songs have been recorded by such artists as Jake Owen, Kenny Chesney, Justin Moore, Brantley Gilbert, Chris Young, Darius Rucker, Eric Church, George Strait, Scotty McCreery, Tim McGraw, Josh Turner, Drake White, Riley Green, Breland, Parker McCollum, Dan Tyminski, Lainey Wilson, Luna Halo and Trace Adkins among others. On the most recent Trace Adkins album, several of Criswell’s songs include collaborations between Trace, Luke Bryan, Pit Bull, Keb Mo’, Stevie Wonder and Snoop Dogg.

Hits include “Loving Every Minute” (Mark Wills), "Tough" (Craig Morgan), "Like Jesus Does" (Eric Church), "I Saw God Today" (George Strait), "Just Fishin'" (Trace Adkins), "Five More Minutes" and “Fall of Summer” (Scotty McCreery), “Hell of a View” (Eric Church), Country’d Look Good On You (Frank Ray) and “Handle On You” (Parker McCollum) among others.

Criswell currently has the new radio single out on Tim McGraw entitled “Paper Umbrellas” featuring Parker McCollum as well as the Scotty McCreery single “Bottle Rockets” featuring Hootie & The Blowfish.