Coco Montoya
Biography
Coco Montoya (b. 1951 in Santa Monica, CA) is a blues guitarist and former member of John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers.
Montoyas career began in the mid-70s when Albert Collins asked him to join his band as drummer. Collins took Montoya under his wing and taught him his "icy hot" guitar style. The two remained friends even after Montoya left Collins band.
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In the early 80s John Mayall heard Montoya playing guitar in a Los Angles bar. Soon after Mayall asked Montoya to join the newly reformed Bluesbreakers. He remained a member of the band for 10 years.
In the early 90s Montoya decided it was time to go out on his own. He has recorded several highly acclaimed blues CDs.thankfully, he did it in Santa Cruz Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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