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Coco Montoya

Falling in love with music when he first heard Eric Clapton, Coco Montoya went on to follow in his heroes' footsteps, playing with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers and becoming a well-respected guitarist and songwriter on the blues rock scene for over 30 years. Growing up in Los Angeles, he initially started out playing drums in local R&B bands and backed Big Joe Turner before being recruited by legendary bluesman Albert Collins in the mid-1970s. Although he was still drumming, Collins became a mentor and father figure to Montoya and after five years of watching and learnin...