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SUMMARY:Coco Montoya - Writing on the Wall
LOCATION:Eddie's Attic
DESCRIPTION:**Coco Montoya - Writing On The Wall live at Eddie's Attic!**\n
 \n"Just play what you feel\, be real about it\, and enjoy yourself." That'
 s what Albert Collins taught me\," says the award-winning guitar virtuoso 
 and soul-deep singer Coco Montoya. The self-taught\, left-handed Montoya m
 astered his craft under Collins' tutelage. Incorporating lessons learned f
 rom his mentors\, the iconic Collins (for whom he originally drummed)\, an
 d UK legend John Mayall\, Montoya puts his own stamp onto every song he pe
 rforms. Since his first solo album in 1995 (which won him the Blues Music 
 Award for Best New Artist)\, Montoya's endlessly inventive guitar work and
  passionate\, hard-hitting vocals have kept him at the top of the blues wo
 rld. With his new Alligator Records album\, Writing On The Wall (his sixth
  for the label)\, Montoya delivers what he is already calling one of the b
 est records he's ever made. For the very first time on Alligator\, he deci
 ded to bring his road-tested band—noted keyboardist and songwriter Jeff 
 Paris (Keb' Mo'\, Bill Withers)\, bassist Nathan Brown\, and drummer Rena 
 Beavers—into the studio with him. Between the camaraderie of the long-ti
 me bandmates and the sheer talent of all involved\, the results have left 
 Coco\, in his words\, "over the moon."\n\nProduced by Grammy Award-winner 
 Tony Braunagel (Bonnie Raitt\, Taj Mahal) and co-produced by Jeff Paris\, 
 Writing On The Wall is a tour-de-force of memorable\, hook-filled songs\, 
 sung with passion and fueled by equally memorable\, top shelf musicianship
 . The 13 tracks include five written or co-written by Montoya. The set ope
 ns with a signature\, career-defining performance of the soul-baring I Was
  Wrong\, written for Coco by songwriter Dave Steen. From the blistering Sa
 ve It For The Next Fool to the enjoy now/pay later philosophy of Jeff Pari
 s' (I'd Rather Feel) Bad About Doin' It to the riveting reinvention of Lon
 nie Mack's Stop\, Montoya delivers each song with heart-pounding emotion. 
 Special guest Lee Roy Parnell adds his well-seasoned slide guitar to the s
 moldering A Chip And A Chair. And Coco's friend\, guitarist Ronnie Baker B
 rooks (son of late Alligator star Lonnie Brooks)\, joins in for some good-
 natured fun on the droll Baby\, You're A Drag and adds his blistering play
 ing to the searing cover of Bobby Bland's You Got Me.\n\n"I am so proud of
  this one\," Montoya says of Writing On The Wall. "We recorded in Jeff Par
 is' studio and everything just gelled together. And the band inspired me\;
  they all gave extra effort at every turn. Jeff\, Nathan and Rena played s
 o great\, they ended up making me play even harder. They made me sound bet
 ter than I am!"\n\nHenry "Coco" Montoya was born in Santa Monica\, Califor
 nia\, on October 2\, 1951. In 1969\, he saw Albert King play\, and his lif
 e was changed. "When he played\, the music went right into my soul\," says
  Montoya. "He showed me what music and playing the blues were all about. I
  knew that was what I wanted to do." A chance meeting in the mid-1970s wit
 h legendary bluesman Albert Collins led to Montoya joining Collins' band a
 s drummer\, with Collins later mentoring him on guitar. "He was like a fat
 her to me\," says Coco. Soon after\, legendary British musician John Mayal
 l heard Coco playing onstage and recruited him for his famous Bluesbreaker
 s\, where Montoya spent the next ten years touring the world and recording
  seven albums.\n\nMontoya's recorded debut as a bandleader came with 1995'
 s Gotta Mind To Travel\, which made it immediately clear that Montoya rank
 ed among the best players on the contemporary scene. In 2000\, Montoya's A
 lligator debut\, Suspicion\, became the best-selling album of his career. 
 Several more acclaimed releases followed\, including 2017's Hard Truth and
  2019's Coming In Hot.\n\nNow\, with the dynamic Writing On The Wall and a
  tour calendar busting at the seams\, Coco Montoya is as excited as he's e
 ver been to perform the new songs live with his burning-hot band. Montoya'
 s well-earned reputation as an eye-popping live performer precedes him. Vi
 ntage Guitar states\, "Coco keeps getting better and better. He plays with
  fire and passion rarely seen in this day and age." Billboard declares\, "
 In a world of blues guitar pretenders\, Coco Montoya is the real McCoy. He
  exudes power and authenticity. Be prepared to get scorched by the real th
 ing."\n\nBoletos: https://dice.fm/event/pydx88-coco-montoya-writing-on-the
 -wall-3rd-nov-eddies-attic-decatur-tickets
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