Coco Montoya Dirty Deal(blues)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]

COCO MONTOYA DIRTY DEAL
Label: Alligator
Release Date: 16 Jan 2007
A grizzly-bear guitar tone and diamond-hard riffs are the strongest cards of this former Albert Collins and John Mayall sideman. Montoya turns them in often on these 11 tunes, right from the opening "Last Dirty Deal," which absolutely roars, to the climactic final solo of "There Ain't No Brakeman on This Train," which concludes the album with a flourish of six-string ferocity. Even the ballads, like "How Do You Sleep at Night," scream with edgy intensity. That's partly because producer Paul Barerre of Little Feat succeeded at capturing the essence of Montoya's live sound, but mostly because Montoya's mentor Collins put his fiery brand on his apprentice's style. It still burns, six albums into Montoya's solo career

Recording information: The Lair Recording Studio, Los Angels, CA; Unlisted Number Recording, Los Angels, CA.



Personnel: Coco Montoya (vocals, guitar); Coco Montoya; Paul Barrére (guitar, slide guitar, percussion, background vocals); Fred Tackett (guitar); Tony Stead, Tony Stead (keyboards); Kenny Gradney, Steve Evans (electric bass); Randy Hayes, Randy Hayes (drums); Ed Kanon, Ed Kanon (percussion); Bill Payne (keyboards); Richard Hayward (drums); Roger Cole (percussion, background vocals).



Coco with Albert Collins