Montsinger Entertainment LLC

Who We Are

Shannon graduated from James Madison University with a degree in Communications, moved to Washington, D.C. and took her first job in the music business as a band promotion assistant for Cellar Door Entertainment. She helped promote college bands on the regional touring circuit, some of which included new bands just breaking onto the scene at the time such as fellow JMU alums Everything ("Who Got The Hooch") and The Dave Matthews Band. A ten year modeling career followed taking her to DC, Osaka, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Miami before Shannon settled back into her hometown of Richmond, Virginia to publish a local entertainment magazine called FAME-Fashion, Art, Music, & Entertainment. A stint with Richmond ad agency "Riddick" preceded an eight year run as Marketing Director & Booking Agent at Choice Entertainment before she founded and opened the doors to Montsinger Entertainment in 2013.

Today, in addition to running Montsinger Entertainment, Shannon enjoys photography, creating art, songwriting, playing guitar, recording music, connecting people, and co-writing new positive message music with her musician father, Buzz Montsinger as “Mobuzza Music”.

Beverly Montsinger

Entertainment Consultant | Special Event Coordinator | Talent Booker | Decor & Design

Beverly graduated from the Pan American Business School with continued studies at both VCU and University of Richmond, and enjoyed a thirty-year career in the Marketing/Advertising and Hospitality/Hotel industry. Next up was a long time run in advertising sales for statewide magazines such as Boomer Magazine and Virginia Living, where Beverly was able to do what she does best-- meet with people to talk about marketing their product in the best light possible. Today she assists clients with every aspect of their special event from the overall look and feel to choosing the best in entertainment.

Outside the office, Beverly enjoys interior decorating, spending time with her family, health & wellness, and walking her dog.

Lawson "Buzz" Montsinger

Mentor | Musician

A Richmond, Virginia native born and raised with an affinity for both athletics and music, Buzz was a rising football star as co-captain of the UR football team that took the Spiders to the Tangerine Bowl championship in 1969. From UR, Buzz was drafted to the Dallas Cowboys where he enjoyed a year of rigorous training camp before pulling his hamstring and ultimately ending his professional football career. When he returned home to Richmond, he threw himself into the entertainment scene, his true love, opening a restaurant in the west end known as Wimpydiddles. All along, he also played saxophone in local bands, taking up the instrument at the age of 11. It was at this time, the nickname “Buzz” came about and has become the moniker by which most everyone from Richmond to Florida know him best.

Buzz continued to play saxophone and played with the best in town-- Steve Bassett, Robbin Thompson and Ron Moody, among many. He moved to Florida in 1980 and continued to play with a list of well known R&B bands such as Alex Taylor’s band, Noble Thin Man Watts, The Midnight Creepers and Dr. Hector & The Groove Injectors.

Fast forward to 2006, and you find Buzz back in Richmond taking a fall at a friend’s house that would culminate in a spinal cord injury leaving him partially paralyzed. After two and a half months in the MCV spinal cord injury unit and extensive rehab, he was able to walk out of the hospital with the use of a cane. With help from hundreds of friends that came out for the First Annual “Give Love to Buzz” event in July 2003, Montsinger received monetary gifts that aided in the massive rehab efforts that he would undergo that year and which he still continues today.

In the spring of 2008, when Montsinger realized he would most likely not regain use his right hand (his saxophone playing hand) he went into the studio with longtime friend/producer/musician, Bruce Olsen and began sitting in on sessions as a “producer”. Together they came up with the idea for an album that would bring back “good ol'’ soul music” that Richmond enjoyed so much of during the days of their youth. They brought in Steve Bassett and Randy Moss (from Bassett’s current group The Mystic Soul Bubbas), and a backbone of Richmond soul musicians to form the Richmond Heart & Soul Revue. Buzz then set about finding the vocalists for a list of songs he had come up with for the album. Ray Pittman, Janet Martin, Page Wilson, Tommy Crowther, Ron Moody, Steve Bassett, Robbin Thompson, Gayle McGehee and Montsinger’s daughter, Shannon, agreed to sing the songs. This was the first time since the 70’s that Steve Bassett & Robbin Thompson had sung together on an album. The two do a duo rendition of “He Will Break Your Heart.” The end result is a collector's item CD of classic Richmond soul artists titled "The Richmond Heart & Soul Revue". What makes the CD even more special is the fact that everyone involved donated their time and talent to the album out of a place of pure love, heart and soul for Montsinger, who has been a well-regarded musician and friend to many Richmonders over the years.

Today, Buzz has begun a new venture, co-writing positive, uplifting message music with his daughter, Shannon, under the moniker “MOBUZZA Music”. Since the formation of MOBUZZA in 2019, they’ve written, produced and released six singles across all digital platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, www.MobuzzaMusic.com). Buzz enjoys listening to and sharing music with others and mentoring those interested in getting into the music business.

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