At 73 years old and nearly 50 years since Albert Collins took him on the road as a drummer, Henry “Coco” Montoya is enjoying the benefits that experience brings — to his playing and to his outlook.

At 72, touring isn’t getting any easier for blues guitarist Coco Montoya, but it’s still rewarding. “It’s definitely not gonna make me a millionaire,” he said Tuesday in a phone call from Charlotte, N ...