Johnny Mortera and Los Blue

On Friday night, I went to a local club to hear two groups I'd never heard before: Johnny Mortera and Los Blue.

Los Blue is a relatively new band from nearby Winston-Salem and they play instrumental rock. The guitar player really gets into it, at one point he lay down flat on his back while continuing to play a guitar solo (I wasn't able to get a picture).



Johnny Mortera and his band play classic rock songs in Spanish and English. While the band is talented, especially the lead guitarist, Mortera's singing needs some improvement.




In the next to last song, Mortera's connection to regional mexicano came through as he had his band don giant sombreros and led them in a rock rendition of Jose Alfredo Jimenez's "El Rey."