Your cart is empty.
Your cart is empty.Product Description
Coco Montoya's DIRTY DEAL is the Blues Rock masters first release in nearly five years and is produced by Little Feat's Paul Barrere. On DIRTY DEAL, Coco's soulful mastery of hard-hitting blues rock is on fiery display.
Amazon.ca
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--especially when he's covering Collins's "Put the Shoe on the Other Foot," a funky shuffle full of bellowing sustained notes and stiletto melodies that reply to his singing. That song's declamatory style also serves Montoya's narrow vocal range well. And while his lyrics occasionally stumble into blues clichés--falling tears, dirty deals--his playing is unfailingly eloquent. --Ted Drozdowski
gégé-blues
May 24, 2025
Coco Montoya est né en 1951 en Californie , il a commencé à jouer de la batterie et c'est Albert Collins qui lui a donné goût à la guitare. En 1980, John Mayall le repère en train de jouer dans un club et l'embauche dans son groupe "bluesbrakers" pour une dizaine d'années ! En 1993, Albert Collins le poussa à faire une carrière solo et au bout de 7 albums formidables, voici le dernier né, le 8ème, qui reste dans la lignée des précédents en nous régalant de bons blues-rock. Que ce soit dans des compositions bien blues "how do you sleep at night?" (titre de Mike Henderson) plus enlevés "love gotcha" "ain't no brakeman", notre guitariste nous tricote de sacrés solos rappelant parfois Albert Collins comme dans le morceau "put the shoes on the other foot" Cet album contient quelques reprises intéressantes: "it takes time" d'Otis Rush ou "it's all your fault" de Lowell Fulson. Un bon album qui ne décevra pas les amateurs de bons blues-rock, d'autant plus que le son est superbe !
Baddstuff
May 8, 2025
the fact of the matter is that I just now ordered this CD so I haven't heard it yet but I just caught Coco at BB King's Club in New York on March 9th and he was his usual brilliant self. He played a few songs from this disc and they were great. I have seen Coco 4 times now and his playing has so much soul and passion. He's got a great voice and and his guitar playing skills are absolutely superb. He might not have invented the blues but he sure as hell plays like it. If you like the blues and wicked guitar playing then do yourself a favor and get this man's discs. You won't be sorry![...]
Whiskey-a-go-go
February 19, 2025
出足のフレーズで「一気にグッと」引き込まれる一曲目。とにかく、カッコいいの一言。ギターは勿論だが、ヴォーカルもとても聞かせてくれる。程よくブルースぽくありながら、甘くもある彼の歌声は、アルバム全体を引きたてる。全体の構成もメリハリがあり、何度繰り返して聴いても飽きるとのないココの新作は、ギター好きやブルース好きには最高の作品であろう。ブルースを普段聴かない人でも、取っ付き易い仕上がりの作品となっているので、ブルース入門者でも全く抵抗なく受け入れることが出来るであろう。
Peter
February 15, 2025
Great CD
janet webster
January 15, 2025
first time I heard the title song . i liked it. so i got the album its good.
Recommended Products
