BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160319 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:* COCO MONTOYA (at Bull Run Restaurant) DESCRIPTION:COCO MONTOYA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuitar 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 prot g 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. Coco was asked by Mayall 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."\n\n\n\nMontoya 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. 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." \n\nIn 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." \n\n\n\nThe rest is History! \n\nVIDEO\n\n\n\nOPEN: THE BARRETT ANDERSON BAND - Boston Music Award's 2013 Blues Artist of the Year\, Barrett Anderson has learned from and played with the very best in the music world\, and provides a unique voice\, one equally informed by classic blues\, soul\, and rock & roll. And his band packs a mesmerizing\, backbeat-heavy\, hypno-boogie punch.\n\n\n\n"He can pick in the subdued\, lyrical style of Ronnie Earl\, or burn with the dynamics of a true rocker." - Steve Morse\, Boston Globe\n\n\n\n"He's just a wizard on the guitar." - Ronnie Earl X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\nGuitar One Magazine calls guitarist/vocalist \;Coco Montoya \;&ldquo\;the hottest southpaw in the blues&rdquo\; and raves about his &ldquo\;master touch and killer tone.&rdquo\; The Boston Globe succinctly states that Montoya&rsquo\;s music is &ldquo\;hot\, blistering soul.&rdquo\; 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 proté\;gé\; the secrets of Collins&rsquo\; &ldquo\;icy hot&rdquo\; style of blues guitar. Five years later\, British blues icon \;John Mayall \;happened to catch Montoya at a jam session and was blown away. Coco was asked by Mayall to pack his Strat and follow previous Bluesbreaker guitarists Eric Clapton\, Peter Green and Mick Taylor in the \;Bluesbreakers. &ldquo\;I would never be doing what I&rsquo\;m doing now if I hadn&rsquo\;t gotten the phone call from John Mayall."\;
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\nMontoya 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. 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&rsquo\;s he was signed to Blind Pig Records and released three critically acclaimed discs\, "\;Gotta Mind To Travel\,"\; "\;Ya Think I&rsquo\;d Know Better"\; and "\;Just Let Go."\; \;
\nIn the middle of his Blind Pig days\, Coco also received national recognition when he was named the \;Blues Foundation&rsquo\;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&rsquo\;s top blues label. In his seven years with Alligator\, Coco released three more outstanding records\, "\;Suspicion\,"\; "\;Can&rsquo\;t Look Back"\; and 2007&rsquo\;s "\;Dirty Deal."\; \;
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\nOPEN: \;THE BARRETT ANDERSON BAND \;- \;Boston Music Award'\;s 2013 Blues Artist of the Year\, Barrett Anderson has learned from and played with the very best in the music world\, and provides a unique voice\, one equally informed by classic blues\, soul\, and \;rock &\; roll. And his band \;packs a mesmerizing\, backbeat-heavy\, \;hypno-boogie \;punch.
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\n"\;He can pick in the subdued\, lyrical style of Ronnie Earl\, or burn with the dynamics of a true rocker."\; - \;Steve Morse\, Boston Globe
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\n"\;He'\;s just a wizard on the guitar."\; - \;Ronnie Earl LOCATION: UID:e.518.25981 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260427T051823Z URL:https://business.nvcoc.com/events/details/coco-montoya-at-bull-run-restaurant-03-18-2016-25981 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR