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Coco Montoya - Songs From The Road (2014) 2CDs

Posted By: Designol
Coco Montoya - Songs From The Road (2014) 2CDs

Coco Montoya - Songs From The Road (2014) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 770 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 308 Mb | Scans ~ 33 Mb
Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues, Blues-Rock | Label: Ruf | # RUF 1203 | 02:00:22

This live double album features Coco Montoya and his band on the Road, as part of a RUF records series of on The Road albums delivered from their catalogue of blues artists. The opening track I Got A Mind To Travel, is an apt starting point and introduces us to the full band of musicians Coco Montoya uses to augment his vocal and guitar skills the use of Hammond Organ delivered with panache by Brant Leeper who also adds to the vocals. Throughout the album there are glimpses of Coco Montoya’s exceptional musical career especially the influence he certainly gives the feel of movement and the guitar sound is an homage to his old boss Albert Collins while playing the guitar left-handed and upside down like the other Albert King! Coco’s playing is instinctive full of fluidity

The whole album is easy on your ear and an enjoyable listening experience BUT at times you want Coco to let loose and really show us what he is capable of.

On Love Jail his guitar takes on the shape and form of Albert Collins and all the better for it, even his vocals strengthen as the beat picks up, this is a stylish ten minute track. This album has fourteen tracks where Coco and his band just want to please as they play for the length of time need ( Never less than 5 minutes and up to a mighty 15 minutes) to explore all the alleyways and nooks and crannies they feel the music is taking them on their journey of discovery with you, there is freedom of expression that only live music free from the constrains of a studio walls and mixing desk.

Fannie Mae is a an example of this with the applause at beginning before some driving chugging guitar and Coco’s vocals this is trip everyone wants to take as the tale unfolds and some glorious keys from at the end the beguiling chuckle from Coco This is an album that brings the live performance directly into your living room, but do not be fooled this is a poor imitation to actually being at a performance of Coco and his band performing live you get not just the sound but the heat and energy of the man in action and the emotional engagement of the audience you are an integral part off.

This is Blues where the solo’s and instrumentals are there to provide a backbone of support to the vocals not to dominate. We have shuffles that is full of tones that are as clear as a bell from his guitar on Love Chairs, whilst Hey Senorita brings some Latin magic to the proceedings. This is a double album full of textures and musical tones, and the funky groove on Don’t Go Making Plans has all the feel of a jam and an artist out front of an audience enjoying himself as he entertains.

This is a double album you will listen to time and time again as this form John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers entertains with a live sound in your home; it is the next best thing to seeing Coco live on stage!

Review by Liz Aiken, BluesDoodles.com

The latest in Ruf’s “Songs From The Road” sees experienced singer and guitarist Coco Montoya featured with his regular road band of Brant Leeper (keys and vocals), Rena Beavers (drums and vocals) and Nathan Brown (bass) on excellent live set recorded in Seattle across two nights in August 2013 and produced by Jim Gaines. Ruf often issues a CD/DVD package but on this occasion we get two CDs, so no viewing the players but you do get a lot more music in the package than usual.

The set provides compelling evidence of what a great back catalogue Coco has and the material has clearly been selected to give listeners a broad taste of Coco’s abilities with songs chosen from across his career, most of Coco’s albums being represented here. In fact the only obvious gap in his discography was a live album, so this neatly fills that hole! Coco had a hand in writing seven of the tracks here, including two written with Doug McLeod (a former Blues Blast Award winner) and three with David Steen. Covers inevitably include an Albert Collins tune as Coco always pays respect to the man who taught him to play guitar and encouraged his early career.

In fact CD1 opens with Gwen Collins’ “I Got A Mind To Travel” and Coco’s debt to Albert’s style is immediately evident here: Brant’s swirling organ solo is the central feature but Coco takes a solo late on that is very much in Albert’s style. Two other tracks come from Coco’s debut CD as he plays sets of cascading notes in wonderfully relaxed style on his and Doug McLeod’s “Too Much Water” and hits a great groove on an extended version of his own composition “Love Jail” that gives both Coco and Brant plenty of solo space.

Three cuts from his most recent studio album “I Want It All Back” appear, including the summer beach sounds of The Penguins’ “Hey Señorita”, a spare and appealing version of Smokey Robinson’s “The One Who Really Loves You” and “Don’t Go Making Plans”, a co-write with Little Feat’s Paul Barrère and Roger Cole which is suitably funky and rhythmic with some super bass playing from Nathan. “I Wish I Could Be That Strong” closes the first disc in fine, anthemic style with Coco’s strong vocal and solo.

On CD2 there are lots of highlights, none better than the barnstorming version of “I Need Your Love In My Life” (a Coco original once covered by Solomon Burke). There is plenty of variety here: “My Side Of The Fence” is a classic shuffle whilst the catchy “I Won’t Beg” has almost reggae overtones, especially in the organ solo.

The pleading ballad “Good Days, Bad Days” is given a lengthy treatment which gives solo space to bassist Nathan and Brant on piano as well as plenty of opportunity for Coco to play in very relaxed mood. Another gentle track is “I Want It All Back”, the title track of Coco’s last studio album which is beautifully played with superb harmonies from his band members and a striking solo from Coco before he thanks the stage crew and introduces his band members.

A further reprise from that same album is Buster Brown’s “Fannie Mae” which is played a little more slowly than on the studio version, providing a chugging shuffle intro to disc 2. Coco closes the CD by looking back to his 1996 album in “You’d Think I’d Know Better By Now”, the second collaboration with Doug McLeod here. This one is a classic mid-paced blues with some solid ensemble playing, Brant switching from organ accompaniment to rolling piano in his solo and Coco coming back in on slide to show us another side to his playing.

Coco Montoya has been around for a long time, playing with John Mayall before starting his solo career. This double set demonstrates the full range of Coco’s abilities and with his excellent band behind him it is a thoroughly entertaining listen, recommended to anyone who has enjoyed any of Coco’s studio albums or would make an ideal place to start for anyone new to Coco – highly recommended!

Review by John Mitchell, BluesBlastMagazine.com


Coco Montoya - Songs From The Road (2014) 2CDs



Tracklist:

CD1 (54:58)

01. I Got A Mind To Travel (5:21)
02. Hey Senorita (5:45)
03. Too Much Water (6:10)
04. The One Who Really Loves You (8:43)
05. Love Jail (10:35)
06. Don't Go Makin' Plans (11:14)
07. I Wish I Could Be That Strong (7:10)


CD2 (1:05:24)

01. Fannie Mae (7:45)
02. I Need Your Love In My Life (7:07)
03. Good Days, Bad Days (15:40)
04. I Want It All Back (10:35)
05. I Won't Beg (7:29)
06. You'd Think I'd Know Better By Now (8:25)
07. My Side Of The Fence (8:22)


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