Songs From The Road Coco Montoya

• 1 I Got A Mind To Travel 05:22
• 2 Hey Senorita 05:45
• 3 Too Much Water 06:10
• 4 The One Who Really Loves You 08:43
• 5 Love Jail 10:34
• 6 Don't Go Making Plans 11:14
• 7 I Wish I Could Be That Strong 07:09
• 8 Fannie Mae 07:45
• 9 I Need Your Love In My Life 07:07
• 10 Good Days, Bad Days 15:40
• 11 I Want It All Back 10:35
• 12 I Won't Beg 07:29
• 13 You'd Think I'd Know Better By Now 08:25
• 14 My Side Of The Fence 08:22
• Total Runtime 02:00:20

Info for Songs From The Road

Die Songs From The Road-Reihe von Ruf Records hat sich mittlerweile zweifelsfrei einen Namen gemacht. Auch 2014 wird dieses Erfolgsrezept beibehalten und präsentiert nun eine Coco Montoya-Show in Seattles berühmtem Triple Door-Club, die am 17. August 2012 und am 18. August 2013 in Zusammenarbeit mit Produzent Jim Gaines aufgenommen wurde.

Neben Jim Gaines hatte Coco Montoya zudem noch ein perfektes Team, das ihn an diesen Abenden in Seattle flankierte: Brant Leeper (Keys), Nathan Brown (Bass) und Rena Beavers am Schlagzeug. Für die Fans war der Star des Abends natürlich der Mann am Mikrofon mit der Gitarre, der sich durch eine hochkarätige Setlist spielte, die das Publikum in Washington atemlos machte. Coco Montoya klang nie besser.

Songs From The Road vereint nun 14 seiner besten Solosongs, die Coco Montoya seit Mitte der 90er Jahre schrieb. Vom Album Gotta Mind To Travel (1995) gibt es eine Liveversion des groovigen Titeltracks sowie den Song Love Jail und das ergreifende Too Much Water. Vom 1996er Album Ya Think I d Know Better ist das nachdenkliche You d Think I d Know Better By Now dabei, während vom Album Just Let Go aus dem folgenden Jahr der Song My Side Of the Fence den Finalsong bildet.

Nachdem er bei Alligator unter Vertrag war, stieg Cocos Sammlung an Soloalben weiterhin an. Auch diese sind bei Songs From The Road gut vertreten: I Need Your Love In My Life sowie I Wish I Could Be That Strong vom 2000er Suspicion-Album, von Can t Look Back (2002) das mit Funk gewürzte I Won t Beg und sogar vom Debutalbum bei Ruf Records I Want It All Back sind The One Who Really Loves You, Fannie Mae und die sonnigen Rhythmen von Hey Señorita dabei. Wenn Euch die Studioaufnahmen gefallen haben, werdet Ihr diese Liveversionen lieben. Und falls Ihr Coco Montoya erst noch für Euch entdecken müsst, dann ist die Setlist von Songs From The Road genau der richtige Einstieg.

„Prima Mischprogramm auf hohem Niveau.“ (Good Times)

„Die zwei Shows von US-Blueser Coco Montoya aus Seattle (2012 / 13) verdienen das Prädikat: sehr old-school, sehr gut.“ (Audio)

Coco Montoya, guitar, vocals
Brant Leeper, keyboards, vocals
Rena Beavers, drums, vocals
Nathan Brown, bass

Live aufgenommen im „The Triple Door“ Club, Seattle, USA

Coco Montoya
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!

Montoya is a self taught guitar slinger who plays with an emotional intensity few string benders possess. Playing left-handed and upside down like Albert King, Montoya learned his guitar techniques from his years with Collins. “I never had a lesson in my life. “I would watch other guitar players to catch what they did. I would wait for that one moment when they would do it, and just stare at them and try and remember where their hand was, where their fingers were.

“People ask, ‘Did you take lessons from Albert?’ It’s more from just hanging out in the hotel rooms. He would grab his guitar and I would pick up one and we’d play I just learned by listening, all by ear. I just play it the way I hear it. He was always saying, ‘Don’t think about it, just feel it.’ He taught me to tap into an inner strength. I don’t know all the licks in the world, but I know the ones I can express happiness or sadness or emotion.”

From 1976 until 1984, Montoya had lost some of the feel for music and worked bartender jobs to survive. In 1984, his second mentor, John Mayall, was celebrating his birthday in a bar where Montoya was performing. Montoya’s from the hip version of “All Your Love” caught Mayall’s ear and Coco was asked to pack his Strat and follow previous Bluesbreaker guitarists Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor in the Bluesbreakers. “I would never be doing what I’m doing now if I hadn’t gotten the phone call from John Mayall.”

After three records with Mayall as a member of the Bluesbreakers, Coco decided in 1993 it was time to take the lessons from his two musical fathers and begin to sculpt a solo career. In the early 1990’s he was signed to Blind Pig Records and released three critically acclaimed discs, Gotta Mind To Travel, Ya Think I’d Know Better, and Just Let Go. In the middle of his Blind Pig days, Coco also received national recognition when he was named the Blues Foundation’s Best New Blue Artist at the 1996 Blues Music Awards.

In 2000, Coco took his music up a notch and signed with Alligator Records, the country’s top blues label. In his seven years with Alligator, Coco released three more outstanding records, Suspicion, Can’t Look Back, and 2007’s Dirty Deal. In 2009, Coco Montoya found a new home in the old world. Germany’s premier blues label, Ruf Records, signed the guitar giant and is poised to bring Coco Montoya’s heart to a world audience. I Want It All Back was the first step in that commitment.

“This is an exciting journey,” said Coco. “To my fans who love my guitar, I say come to me with open ears. The guitar is still there, but it’s not the only voice I have. Listen to me as an artist who is growing and grow with me.” Look for a NEW Live Record to be released on Ruf Records in early 2014.

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