Monty Cotton is gearing up for his return to the Ravenswood Hotel for the A Boy Named Cash tour.
Taking to stages across Western Australia over the next few weeks, Cotton will play at the Ravo on May 11.
In an interview with the Mandurah Mail, Cotton said this year's gig would be "bigger and better".
"It's basically Johnny Cash's greatest hits," he said.
"I don't get many gigs out Pinjarra or Mandurah way so I always look forward to it and it's a great venue that we filled out last time."
If you're going to play Johnny Cash, you may as well start being Johnny Cash - I just couldn't help it.
- Monty Cotton.
Despite having a voice uncannily like the country legend, Cotton said he started his Johnny Cash tribute show "by accident".
"My dad was into country music so I've always liked Johnny Cash and that rhythm but it sort of happened by accident," he said.
"I was playing guitar in cover bands and then I started singing a bit and whenever I tried to learn a Johnny Cash song, I just couldn't help but bung it on a bit.
"If you're going to play Johnny Cash, you may as well start being Johnny Cash - I just couldn't help it.
"It just sparked in my head and I thought 'why don't I give this a crack?' So I learnt a bunch of his songs, put a little act together and it's been a cool few years."
Cotton's music career started with a sea change five years ago.
Following the love of his life from Sydney, he quit his corporate accountancy job to pursue the life of a musician in WA.
"I've never looked back - everyone was worried about it and thought I was a bit mad," Cotton said.
"I've done some cool things and been on some adventures and me and that girl ended up getting married, we just had our first baby boy."
Cotton now travels the globe performing his Johnny Cash tribute show at festivals, including Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, at corporate functions, weddings, pubs, clubs and on breakfast radio and morning television.
He also covers a broad range of other music styles from rock 'n' roll to RnB and modern pop, which Cotton said are all enjoyed by his fans at his Johnny Cash tribute show.
"There's all these different musical tastes that love his music," he said.
"As much of a big star he was, it was a combination of all these different fan groups.
"There's country music fans, rockabilly fans, rock 'n' roll fans, there's people who are into modern rock or modern grunge that found him through Nine Inch Nails because he covered a song from them."
Monty Cotton will perform A Boy Named Cash at the Ravenswood Hotel on Saturday, May 11.
He is also currently writing songs about his adventures and hopes to release his first album later this year.
For more information or to keep up with all the latest from Monty Cotton, visit his website. To purchase tickets to the show, visit the Oztix website.
