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- Person
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- United States
- Active from
- 1951-10-02
blue-eyed soulblues
Discography
- Gotta Mind to Travel1994
- Ya Think I'd Know Better1996
- Just Let Go1997
- Suspicion2000
- Can't Look Back2002
- Dirty Deal2007
- I Want It All Back2010
- Hard Truth2017
- Hard Truth2017
- Coming in Hot2019
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Coco Montoya (b. 1951 in Santa Monica, CA) is a blues guitarist and former member of John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers. Montoya's career began in the mid-70's when Albert Collins asked him to join his band as drummer. Collins took Montoya under his wing and taught him his "icy hot" guitar style. The two remained friends even after Montoya left Collins' band. In the early 80's John Mayall heard Montoya playing guitar in a Los Angles bar. Soon after Mayall asked Montoya to join the newly reformed
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Santa Monica
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.cocomontoyaband.com
- Image
- Coco Montoya 7Dec2007.jpg
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- Coco Montoya
- date of birth
- 1951-10-02
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
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