I met Monte in 1961 in New York, and am posting to this thread to let you (and, mostly, his family) know that you can catch a glimpse of Monte in a short film on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEvKe2WLumI) of a protest at Washington Square Park in New York in April of 1961. Monte can be seen playing his Noah Wolfe guitar at 2:35 (he's on the far left of the shot). I'm carrying a sign "Commissioner Morris, of Thee We Sing" at 2:55.
I haven't checked out the rest of the film, but wanted to let those of you who knew Monte to know it's there.
Monte was then, and in the years I knew him (early '60's) a compulsive musician, and apparently stayed that way over the years.