Coco Montoya celebrates new album with Carson City show

Blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Coco Montoya will celebrate the release of his sixth Alligator Records album (and first release in four years), Writing On The Wall, with a live performance at the Nashville Social Club’s Swan Music Hall in Carson City on Friday.

Mentored by the “Master of the Telecaster,” Albert Collins, and schooled by a decade on the road with John Mayall, Montoya has a hard-edged sound and style all his own. Since his debut album in 1995 (which won him the Blues Music Award for Best New Artist), Montoya’s endlessly inventive guitar work and passionate, hard-hitting vocals have kept him at the top of the blues world.

With Writing On The Wall, Montoya delivers what he is already calling one of the best records he’s ever made. For the very first time on Alligator, he decided to bring his road-tested band – noted keyboardist and songwriter Jeff Paris (Keb’ Mo’, Bill Withers), bassist Nathan Brown, and drummer Rena Beavers – into the studio with him. Between the camaraderie of the long-time bandmates and the sheer talent of all involved, the results have left Coco, in his words, “over the moon.” Upon its Sept. 1, 2023 release, Writing On The Wall debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart.

Performance information is as follows:

WHAT: Coco Montoya

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2024

WHERE: Nashville Social Club – Swan Music Hall, 1105 S. Carson St., Carson City

Ticket price: $30-$45, available online at www.thenashvilleclub.com

MORE INFO: www.cocomontoyaband.com/

“I Was Wrong”

Watch the visualizer video for Coco Montoya’s song, “I Was Wrong”:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCXkmUtsW6o