With all of these country stars getting sober these days, here’s a different take on drinking.  Eddie Montogmery says the line in the new Monty G song “Long Line of Losers”  that says “I was born with a shot glass in my hand,” is actually almost literally true.  Eddie says his house growing up was a non-stop party.  His parents, who were also musicians, would often bring the bar home with them.  There was a lot of music and a lot of drinking going on at all hours, and no one seemed to mind if little Eddie joined in.  He says at one point he remembers saying to himself, “I wonder how come no kids are allowed to come to our house?”  While Eddie can joke about it, things didn’t turn out so fun for his brother John Michael Montgomery, who has struggled with addiction throughout his adult life.

It’s a dream come true for Eddie, who has always wanted to open a restaurant in his hometown of Herrodsburg, Kentucky.   It’s called Eddie Montgomery’s Steakhouse, and it’s a place that serves steaks, owned by Eddie Montgomery.  It actually sounds really nice:  a big log-cabin type place with stone fireplaces and top notch cuts of beef.  The best part is that Eddie says he plans to have lots of live, local music there, since nowadays there aren’t that many places for new bands to cut their teeth.