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X-WR-CALDESC:When your teacher and mentor is iconic blues guitarist Albert 
 Collins\, you listen. That’s what guitar virtuoso and soul-deep singer Coc
 o Montoya did when Collins told him to “Just play what you feel\, be real 
 about it and enjoy yourself.” In a career spanning more than five decades\
 , Montoya has followed that advice. Self-taught and left-handed\, he learn
 ed from Collins and John Mayall while putting his own stamp on every song.
 \n\nHenry “Coco” Montoya was born in Santa Monica\, California into a work
 ing-class family. Growing up\, he listened to his parents’ collection of b
 ig band\, jazz\, salsa\, doo-wop and rock ‘n’ roll. His first love was the
  drums\, and he got his first set at 11. He got a guitar two years later. 
 “I’m sure the Beatles had something to do with this\,” he said. “I wanted 
 to make notes as well as beats.”\n\nGuitar\, though\, remained Montoya’s s
 econdary instrument\, turning his love for drumming into a profession and 
 playing in area rock bands while in his teens. He was becoming an in-deman
 d drummer and then\, in 1969\, he saw Albert King open for Creedence Clear
 water Revival/Iron Butterfly. He was transformed. “After King got done pla
 ying\, my life was changed\,” Montoya said. “When he played\, the music we
 nt right into my soul. It grabbed me so emotionally that I had tears welli
 ng up in my eyes. Nothing had ever affected me to this level. He showed me
  what music and playing the blues were all about. I knew that was what I w
 anted to do.”\n\nIn the mid-1970s\, Montoya had a chance meeting with Albe
 rt Collins. “Albert was coming through Los Angeles and needed to borrow my
  drum set\, which I left at the club where he was going to be playing\,” h
 e said. “I went down to see his show that night and it just tore my head o
 ff. The thing that I had seen and felt with Albert King came pouring back 
 on me when I saw Albert Collins.”\n\nCollins hired Montoya as his drummer 
 and mentored him on the guitar. “We’d sit in hotel rooms for hours and pla
 y guitar\,” Montoya said. “He’d play that beautiful rhythm of his and just
  have me play along. He was like a father to me. Collins called Montoya “h
 is son” and Montoya learned everything he could from the man known as the 
 “Master of the Telecaster.”\n\nNeeding a more regular paycheck\, Montoya t
 ook a job tending bar and jamming on weekends. Legendary British musician 
 John Mayall heard him play Otis Rush’s “All Your Love (I Miss Loving).” So
 on after\, Mayall asked Montoya to join the famous Bluesbreakers\, filling
  the shoes of previous Bluesbreakers guitarists like Eric Clapton\, Peter 
 Green and Mick Taylor. For the next 10 years\, Montoya toured the world an
 d recorded with Mayall on seven albums.\n\nMontoya’s debut as a bandleader
  came in 1995 with Gotta Mind to Travel. The album became an instant fan f
 avorite and made it clear that Montoya ranked among the best players on th
 e contemporary scene. Two more albums quickly followed.\n\nIn 2000\, Monto
 ya’s album\, Suspicion\, exploded onto the scene and his fan base grew exp
 onentially. After two more highly successful albums: 2002’s Can’t Look Bac
 k and 2007’s Dirty Deal on Alligator\, Montoya signed with Ruf Records\, c
 utting several albums. He returned to Alligator in 2017 with Hard Truth an
 d in 2019 with Coming in Hot. The UK’s Blues Matters commented that “Monto
 ya unleashes one career-topping performance after another.”\n\nHis latest 
 album\, Writing on the Wall\, features 13 tracks filled with Montoya’s fie
 rce guitar and passion-laden vocals. It is also the first to feature his l
 ong-time road band. Despite his busy recording schedule\, Montoya remains 
 a “road warrior\,” touring virtually non-stop around the world. He has a r
 eputation for his live performances\, with Billboard saying\, “In a world 
 of blues guitar pretenders\, Coco Montoya is the real McCoy. He exudes pow
 er and authority. Be prepared to get scorched by the real thing.”\n\nCome 
 play with fire.
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DESCRIPTION:When your teacher and mentor is iconic blues guitarist Albert C
 ollins\, you listen. That’s what guitar virtuoso and soul-deep singer Coco
  Montoya did when Collins told him to “Just play what you feel\, be real a
 bout it and enjoy yourself.” In a career spanning more than five decades\,
  Montoya has followed that advice. Self-taught and left-handed\, he learne
 d from Collins and John Mayall while putting his own stamp on every song.
 \n\nHenry “Coco” Montoya was born in Santa Monica\, California into a work
 ing-class family. Growing up\, he listened to his parents’ collection of b
 ig band\, jazz\, salsa\, doo-wop and rock ‘n’ roll. His first love was the
  drums\, and he got his first set at 11. He got a guitar two years later. 
 “I’m sure the Beatles had something to do with this\,” he said. “I wanted 
 to make notes as well as beats.”\n\nGuitar\, though\, remained Montoya’s s
 econdary instrument\, turning his love for drumming into a profession and 
 playing in area rock bands while in his teens. He was becoming an in-deman
 d drummer and then\, in 1969\, he saw Albert King open for Creedence Clear
 water Revival/Iron Butterfly. He was transformed. “After King got done pla
 ying\, my life was changed\,” Montoya said. “When he played\, the music we
 nt right into my soul. It grabbed me so emotionally that I had tears welli
 ng up in my eyes. Nothing had ever affected me to this level. He showed me
  what music and playing the blues were all about. I knew that was what I w
 anted to do.”\n\nIn the mid-1970s\, Montoya had a chance meeting with Albe
 rt Collins. “Albert was coming through Los Angeles and needed to borrow my
  drum set\, which I left at the club where he was going to be playing\,” h
 e said. “I went down to see his show that night and it just tore my head o
 ff. The thing that I had seen and felt with Albert King came pouring back 
 on me when I saw Albert Collins.”\n\nCollins hired Montoya as his drummer 
 and mentored him on the guitar. “We’d sit in hotel rooms for hours and pla
 y guitar\,” Montoya said. “He’d play that beautiful rhythm of his and just
  have me play along. He was like a father to me. Collins called Montoya “h
 is son” and Montoya learned everything he could from the man known as the 
 “Master of the Telecaster.”\n\nNeeding a more regular paycheck\, Montoya t
 ook a job tending bar and jamming on weekends. Legendary British musician 
 John Mayall heard him play Otis Rush’s “All Your Love (I Miss Loving).” So
 on after\, Mayall asked Montoya to join the famous Bluesbreakers\, filling
  the shoes of previous Bluesbreakers guitarists like Eric Clapton\, Peter 
 Green and Mick Taylor. For the next 10 years\, Montoya toured the world an
 d recorded with Mayall on seven albums.\n\nMontoya’s debut as a bandleader
  came in 1995 with Gotta Mind to Travel. The album became an instant fan f
 avorite and made it clear that Montoya ranked among the best players on th
 e contemporary scene. Two more albums quickly followed.\n\nIn 2000\, Monto
 ya’s album\, Suspicion\, exploded onto the scene and his fan base grew exp
 onentially. After two more highly successful albums: 2002’s Can’t Look Bac
 k and 2007’s Dirty Deal on Alligator\, Montoya signed with Ruf Records\, c
 utting several albums. He returned to Alligator in 2017 with Hard Truth an
 d in 2019 with Coming in Hot. The UK’s Blues Matters commented that “Monto
 ya unleashes one career-topping performance after another.”\n\nHis latest 
 album\, Writing on the Wall\, features 13 tracks filled with Montoya’s fie
 rce guitar and passion-laden vocals. It is also the first to feature his l
 ong-time road band. Despite his busy recording schedule\, Montoya remains 
 a “road warrior\,” touring virtually non-stop around the world. He has a r
 eputation for his live performances\, with Billboard saying\, “In a world 
 of blues guitar pretenders\, Coco Montoya is the real McCoy. He exudes pow
 er and authority. Be prepared to get scorched by the real thing.”\n\nCome 
 play with fire.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T190000
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LOCATION:The Lyric Theatre\, 59 S.W. Flagler Avenue\, Stuart\, FL 34994 US
SUMMARY:An Evening with Coco Montoya  at The Lyric Theatre
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