Huntington Beach Events

Rock 'n Blues with Coco Montoya LIVE

Rock 'n Blues at the Library  with Coco Montoya Live! November 22, 2014 Doors open at 6:00 p.m./Show starts at 7:00 p.m. Huntington Beach Central Library Theater Tickets: $20/$29/$37/$75 Guitar One Magazine calls guitarist/vocalist Coco Montoya “the hottest southpaw in the blues” and raves about his “master touch and killer tone.” The Boston Globe succinctly states that Montoya’s music is “hot, blistering soul.” From his early days as a drummer to his current status as one of the top-drawing guitarists and vocalists on the blues-rock scene, Montoya earned his status through years of hard work and constant touring. It all started with a chance meeting in the mid-1970s with legendary bluesman Albert Collins, who offered Montoya a gig as his drummer. Albert took an immediate liking to Montoya, becoming his mentor and teaching his new protégé the secrets of Collins’ “icy hot” style of blues guitar. Five years later, British blues icon John Mayall happened to catch Montoya at a jam session and was blown away. Mayall recruited him as his guitarist in the legendary Bluesbreakers, and Montoya spent the next 10 years touring non-stop, proving himself to be a world-class guitar master in one of the most renowned blues bands in existence. The rest is History! Diane & The Deductibles Opening. Tickets on sale at insurance-rocks.com.

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