COCO MONTOYA ‘Coming In Hot’ – CD

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In a career that spans almost four decades, Coco Montoya has gone from drumming for blues icon Albert Collins to holding the lead guitar spot in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers to leading his own band and touring worldwide. Now he is back with Coming In Hot, featuring 11 new songs by Montoya and various other established and respected writers.

The tracks range from blistering, hard-rocking blues to potent shuffles to fervent, moving ballads. Montoya delivers each song with uncompromising, dynamic energy, his unpredictable guitar playing and smoking, soulful vocals sounding truly inspired. It doesn’t hurt that his backing band features renowned musicians such as bassists Bob Glaub (Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Jerry Lee Lewis) and Mike Mennell (Jimmy Buffett, John Fogerty), keyboardist Mike Finnigan (Jimi Hendrix, Etta James, Taj Mahal), rhythm guitarists Billy Watts (Eric Burdon) and Johnny Lee Schell (Bonnie Raitt), and Tony Braunagel, who produced the album, on drums.

Montoya is one of only a few of his peers with the soulful vocals to match his six-string prowess. Coming In Hot is jam-packed with stellar, unpredictable, spiraling solos played with Coco’s signature full-bodied tone, and singing that carries fury and passion equal to his powerhouse fretwork.