7959 - THE STONE COYOTES - ROCK ANOTHER DAY (2014)

THE STONE COYOTES
''ROCK ANOTHER DAY''
SEPTEMBER 8 2014
44:48

1 The Fall Of Babylon 04:35
2 Mary, Where Were You 03:15
3 Peace In The Valley 04:29
4 A Ghost Of A Chance 04:17
5 Let The Wild Horse Run 03:36
6 The Hard Hills 04:24
7 Rock Another Day 04:08
8 Pretty Baby Jane 04:24
9 Don't Come Cryin' To Me 03:52
10 It Changed Me 04:24
11 A Rude Awakening (Revisited) 03:18

BIOGRAPHY
By Roxanne Blanford
As an unlikely rock trio in the form of a New York City guitarist and vocalist (Barbara Keith aka mom), a former television sitcom writer-turned-drummer (Doug Tibbles aka dad), and a bassist playing since the age of 11 (John Tibbles aka son), the Stone Coyotes have paved an esoteric musical path from New York City to Los Angeles all the way to Western Massachusetts in their quest for rock & roll respectability. Eschewing major-label distribution, the band released its initial recording, Church of the Falling Rain, through an exclusive agreement with Amazon.com and caught the ear of Jackie Brown/Get Shorty novelist Elmore Leonard. Leonard then appeared with the Stone Coyotes in a tour of reading/music shows and partnered with the band to include their music in his next film. Their follow-up, Situation Out of Control, was released through Red Cat Records in the summer of 2000. Enjoying their time on the label and its non-corporate approach, Ride Away from the World became their second release on the Massachusetts label.

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2894 - THE STONE COYOTES - A Wild Bird Flying (2012)

THE STONE COYOTES
''A WILD BIRD FLYING''
JUNE 21 2012
39:52

1. A Wild Bird Flying/3:53
2. Powder Keg/3:38
3. Your Fall from Grace/4:28
4. Sing Me a Hymn/4:31
5. Close to the Bone/4:17
6. Red Letter Day/4:07
7. A Dangerous Game/4:15
8. Big Bad Wolf/4:03
9. Goin' Down for the Third Time/3:39
10. You Got Rolled/3:01

BIOGRAPHY
by Roxanne Blanford
As an unlikely rock trio in the form of a New York City guitarist and vocalist (Barbara Keith aka mom), a former television sitcom writer-turned-drummer (Doug Tibbles aka dad), and a bassist playing since the age of 11 (John Tibbles aka son), the Stone Coyotes have paved an esoteric musical path from New York City to Los Angeles all the way to Western Massachusetts in their quest for rock & roll respectability. Eschewing major-label distribution, the band released its initial recording, Church of the Falling Rain, through an exclusive agreement with Amazon.com and caught the ear of Jackie Brown/Get Shorty novelist Elmore Leonard. Leonard then appeared with the Stone Coyotes in a tour of reading/music shows and partnered with the band to include their music in his next film. Their follow-up, Situation Out of Control, was released through Red Cat Records in the summer of 2000. Enjoying their time on the label and its non-corporate approach, Ride Away from the World became their second release on the Massachusetts label.

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1149 - THE STONE COYOTES Live (4 Song EP) (2010)

THE STONE COYOTES
''LIVE: 4 SONG EP''
NOV 2010
RED CAT RECORDS
17:19
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1. Land of the Living (live)/4:15
2. Desperate Times (live)/3:40
3. Blue Mountain (live)/4:44
4. Threw A Rock In the River (live)/4:40

1127 - THE STONE COYOTES - My Turn (2010)

THE STONE COYOTES
''MY TURN''
2010
RED CAT RECORDS
40:29
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1/My Turn Keith, Tibbles/4:26
2/The Boy From the Rodeo Keith, Tibbles/4:56
3/I Sympathize With You/Keith/4:37
4/Ship of Fools/Keith/3:58
5/Threw a Rock In the River/Keith, Tibbles/4:15
6/Set the Wheels In Motion/Keith/2:56
7/Almost Sounds Like California/Keith/4:18
8/Disturbia/Allen, Brown, Merritt, Seals/4:37
9/Spin Around the Sun/Keith, Tibbles/3:07
10/Roses and Bones/Keith/3:19

Barbara Keith/Bass, Guitar, Piano, Slide Guitar, Vocals
Doug Tibbles/Collage, Drums, Percussion
John Tibbles/Bass Guitar

1107 - THE STONE COYOTES - A Rude Awakening (2009)

THE STONE COYOTES
''A RUDE AWAKENING''
2009
44:44
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1/A Rude Awakening/Keith/3:45
2/The Ones Who Rocked and Rolled/Keith/4:04
3/Might Have Been Memphis/Keith, Tibbles/4:07
4/The River's Mouth/Keith/4:33
5/Creepin' Like a Cat/Keith/3:55
6/Reunited/Keith/4:53
7/Thunder on the Left [Remake] /Keith/3:57
8/I Wanna Be a Punk Again/Keith/2:59
9/What a Pity/Keith/4:05
10/Never Say Die/Keith, Tibbles/3:48
11/A Deep and Abiding Love/Keith, Tibbles/4:38

1086 - THE STONE COYOTES - VIII (2008)

THE STONE COYOTES
''VIII''
2008
RED CAT RECORDS
49:08
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1/Tomorrow Is Another Day/Keith/3:24
2/Land of the Living/Keith/4:55
3/Not Right Now/Keith/4:39
4/The Lights of Home/Keith/3:41
5/All for Angelina/Keith/4:32
6/The Beat's Got a Hold on Me/Keith/4:37
7/Trouble Down in Texas/Keith, Tibbles/4:05
8/Brand New Car/Keith, Tibbles/4:44
9/A Charmed Life/Keith, Tibbles/3:40
10/If I Knew How to Dance/Keith, Tibbles/2:53
11/Kern River/Haggard/4:07
12/The Grey Robe of the Rain/Keith/3:51

Barbara Keith/Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Piano, Vocals
Doug Tibbles/Drums, Percussion
John Tibbles/Guitar, Guitar (Bass)

REVIEW
by Joe Viglione/ALLMUSIC
The musical development of the Stone Coyotes over their eight discs -- almost one each year since the start of the new millennium -- is evident right from the get go, opening track "Tomorrow Is Another Day"'s gritty chord changes giving singer Barbara Keith her platform to reference Gone with the Wind and Scarlett O'Hara; Keith always able to tuck a cultural icon into her unique rock & roll tales. St. Peter and John Lee Hooker get referenced in the third track, "Not Right Now," though the blues master actually becomes the hook in the song which follows a revamp of the famous "Brown Sugar" riff on "Land of the Living," a good bridge for these captivating melodic guitar phrasings. The ballad "The Lights of Home" breaks up the onslaught, the Coyotes knowing how to place the material for maximum effect. The first half-dozen compositions are solely from Keith's pen, including one of the standouts -- a slow mantra about a "magnetic pull" which puts the protagonist "in the spirit" -- "The Beat's Got a Hold on Me." It's the other side of Vicki Sue Robinson's "Turn the Beat Around," but with as much hit potential as that radio favorite. Husband/drummer Doug Tibbles co-writes the next four compositions with his wife including "Brand New Car," which would've fit nicely on Big Brother & the Holding Company's first post-Janis Joplin discs back in the early '70s. Nick Gravenites could have a ball playing with the lyric placed over half the "Feelin' Alright" riff the piano toys with. Merle Haggard's "Kern River" sounds like a Barbara Keith original (a/b it with "The Ghost of Vicksburg" from the groups 2005 release Fire It Up for comparison), Keith's voice giving it a new and favorable flavor. The power trio keep the clever guitar sounds going with "A Charmed Life" and another song ready-made for the early days of the Eagles, "If I Knew How to Dance," blitzing with more edge than that venerable group's 1974 hit "Already Gone." The seventh fine Barbara Keith original, the acoustic rocker "The Grey Robe of the Rain," closes out this disc in the best Roger McGuinn middle Byrds period fashion. Indeed, that style suits this ensemble quite well and fills the void Byrds fans have been jonesing over. Yes, the repeating guitar of "All for Angelina" balances the slower tunes out, and sustains the minimal approach these musicians have perfected over this octagon of music represented by their catalog of CDs so far, but fans of the Stone Coyotes wouldn't mind the group taking one song and giving it full production to launch them out of the underground and into the mainstream. Cult status is fine but this hard work deserves a rich reward.

1069 - THE STONE COYOTES - Dreams Of Glory (2006)

THE STONE COYOTES
''DREAMS OF GLORY''
2006
RED CAT RECORDS
56:19
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1/Party Down the Hall/Keith/4:44
2/Blue Mountain/Keith/4:22
3/Desperate Times/Keith/3:29
4/Dreams of Glory/Keith, Tibbles/3:28
5/Johnny Rock's Cantina/Keith, Tibbles/3:46
6/Back to New York/Keith, Tibbles/3:51
7/Back Luck/Ness/4:11
8/Streets of Laredo/Traditional/4:08
9/Ace of Spades/Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor/2:59
10/Peace of Mind/Keith/4:59
11/Digging for Gold/Keith/4:26
12/Any Way the Winds Blows [Remix] /Keith/4:03
13/Whole Lotta Money/Keith/4:18
14/Hammer on the Nail/Keith/3:35

Barbara Keith/Guitar, Keyboards, Slide Guitar, Vocals
Doug Tibbles/Drums, Percussion

1052 - THE STONE COYOTES - Fire It Up (2005)

THE STONE COYOTES
''FIRE IT UP''
2005
RED CAT RECORDS
47:49
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1/All Dressed Up/3:39
2/Rock On/4:04
3/The Valley of Regret/5:06
4/Fire It Up/3:57
5/Rectified/4:43
6/Stars in Her Eyes/3:18
7/The Ghost of Vicksburg/4:02
8/The Girls of America/3:40
9/No Turning Back/3:34
10/Dance Band/5:05
11/So Long, I'm Gone, Goodbye/2:43
12/Wake Up, What's the Matter?/3:56

Barbara Keith/Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Doug Tibbles/Drums, Percussion

REVIEW
by Joe Viglione/ALLMUSIC
Barbara Keith's voice cuts through the rock & roll on "Rock On" (not the David Essex hit, but an original from this trio) as if Joan Jett's persona invaded the vocalist from 1968's venerable Kangaroo. With decades of creating original sounds under her belt the singer works her way through a variety of genres while Stone Coyotes as a unit stay true to their unique style. "Dance Band" is a light driving rocker that twists down musical roads which set it apart from the rave-up that is "So Long, I'm Gone, Goodbye." It's the same sentiment that the Eagles sang of in "Already Gone" and that another name songwriter from the 1970s, Harriet Schock, examined on her "Ok, You Win, I Give Up, You're Right, I'm Gone." But where Schock is moody, almost patronizingly introspective, Keith tells the subject matter to take a hike with a definite new wave sound a CBGB's audience would've appreciated circa 1978/1979. "Stars in Her Eyes" continues the primitive rock sounds, a Chinn & Chapman kinda production, not the anthemic "Glitter in Their Eyes" that Patti Smith gave us on Gung Ho, more of Barbara Keith being herself, a retro gal in the bars sending out warning signals. "The Ghost of Vicksburg" is yet another 180 with flavors of Joan Baez via Robbie Robertson's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." Yes, it's a civil war tune with a sad tale to tell, one that the eternal Nitty Gritty Dirt Band should absolutely cover. It's miles away from the title track, "Fire It Up...," another one of the dozen tunes here that has pure power trio power riveting the chords into the speakers. Stone Coyotes are a family unit that take these songs on the road and hone their craft with a passion that's admirable. It's a mixture of fun and message, exemplified perfectly on "The Girls of America," a good opportunity for Pat Benatar, the aforementioned Joan Jett, Patti Smith and Harriet Schock, with k.d. lang for good measure, to join in on the fun and help out on the chorus. That's the only thing missing on these dozen songs from these veterans: full production and additional singers/instrumentation. The compositions sound like a framework, leaving the door open for many possibilities -- keep everything in place as minimal music or let other artists cover these melodies and find their own embellishments. Barbara Keith's status as a major songwriter certainly makes the catalog of the Stone Coyotes something artists in need of material should keep their eye on. Closing track "Wake Up, What's the Matter?" would work for Celine Dion, though the listener wouldn't get that on the first spin, and that's the beauty of the songwriting here. Gerry Goffin on his It Ain't Exactly Entertainment double-disc knows the strategy full well, and that's the high compliment earned and given to Fire It Up as well as to this ambitious trio.

1033 - THE STONE COYOTES - Church Of The Falling Rain (2003)

THE STONE COYOTES
''CHURCH OF THE FALLING RAIN''
OCT 2003
RED CAT RECORDS
49:43
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1/Church of the Falling Rain/3:39
2/The Mark of Cain/3:10
3/Hammer on the Nail/3:16
4/My Little Runaway/3:31
5/On the Riverbank/2:42
6/Saw You at the Hop/4:27
7/Odessa/3:36
8/Out of Harm's Way/4:03
9/The Changing of the Guard/4:10
10/Little White Lies/3:23
11/Stealing My Thunder/4:25
12/Folded Wings/3:17
13/Wake Up, What's the Matter/3:09
14/Highway 61/2:55

1012 - THE STONE COYOTES - Rise From The Ashes (2003)

THE STONE COYOTES
''RISE FROM THE ASHES''
2003
RED CAT RECORDS
53:11
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1/House of Confusion/4:33
2/While Unseen Angels Hover/4:37
3/Wolves at Your Door/4:32
4/Heart of a Champion/3:38
5/Ain't Nobody Home/3:26
6/The Sailor's Song/4:21
7/Rock Harder Than You/3:30
8/If You See the One/4:19
9/The Phoenix/3:47
10/Bang Bang Bang Bang/2:47
11/Your Hour to Sing/4:42
12/Thunder on the Left/4:15
13/Adriana/4:43

REVIEW
by Joe Viglione/ALLMUSIC
"House of Confusion" has a bed of sparse rockabilly guitar under the distinctive voice of Barbara Keith to open 2003's Rise from the Ashes, another good collection of tunes from the Tibbles family of Western Massachusetts. With references to Marc Bolan's "20th Century Boy" one can hear the retro T. Rex riff taking center stage, kind of like Bolan doing battle with Robert Gordon and the Stray Cats. The vocal rap is mellow, oozing over the rugged '50s guitar line and the resulting product is as intriguing as "Rock Harder Than You," another gritty composition that producers Chinn & Chapman would no doubt love to get their hands on. With an off-gold phoenix proudly on the cover and an elegant 16-page booklet of lyrics inside, Keith, with some help from husband/drummer Doug Tibbles, composes all 13 titles, in the style the fans have come to expect from this eclectic trio. It's the ballads on this disc, though, that really stand out, and the authoritative "The Sailor's Song" with its graceful tones proves that point. Keith is a master of melancholy melody and her descriptive words glide along the accompaniment with her trademark ardor. It's a great song topped only by the final track, "Adriana," a tremendous narrative in the vein of "Free the People," though without the gospel. The former vocalist from Boston area band Kangaroo with John Hall could be speaking of herself in "The Phoenix" with its "wings of gold" hook; and where Tracy Chapman will engage the audience by "Telling Stories" with large production, the Stone Coyotes team keep it simple letting Mama Tibbles multi-track her voice on a tune that Linda Ronstadt could easily launch into the stratosphere. On second thought, it's the Eagles who should pick up on "Your Hour to Sing," material very much along their lines though with a bit more edge than that venerable unit has mustered in awhile. They could also pick up on "Ain't Nobody Home," another strong essay from Keith's perpetual fountain of melodies. Rise from the Ashes is a good addition to the Stone Coyotes collection with some key music that entertains and inspires.

0994 - THE STONE COYOTES - Ride Away From The World (2002)

THE STONE COYOTES
''RIDE AWAY FROM THE WORLD''
2002
RED CAT RECORDS
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1/I Don't Know Why/Keith/3:43
2/Plain American Girl/Keith/3:51
3/Mama, Take a Look at Me Now/Keith, Tibbles/3:24
4/Any Way the Wind Blows/Keith/4:12
5/Slip the Shackle/Keith/4:52
6/Whole Lotta Money/Keith/3:43
7/Cold Hard Winter/Keith/3:42
8/Pennsylvania Coal Mine/Keith/3:34
9/Born to Howl/Keith, Tibbles/4:41
10/Free the People/Keith/3:58
11/The Bramble and the Rose/Keith/2:42
12/The Tic Toc Lounge/Keith, Tibbles/4:00
13/Paranoid/Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward/2:58
14/It's Late/Burnette/2:13
15/Face on the Train/Keith/3:24

0981 - THE STONE COYOTES - Born To Howl (2001)

THE STONE COYOTES
''BORN TO HOWL''
APR 2001
RED CAT RECORDS
45:36
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1/Shake/Keith/4:37
2/Torn Asunder/Keith/4:12
3/Detroit or Buffalo/Keith/4:00
4/The First Lady of Rock/Keith, Tibbles/4:03
5/Jolene/Parton/3:07
6/Rock It/Keith/5:05
7/Four Times Gone/Keith/4:56
8/American Child/Keith, Tibbles/2:54
9/Death of the American Song/Keith, Tibbles/4:46
10/Bound to Burn/Keith, Tibbles/3:33
11/Call off Your Dogs/Keith/4:23

Barbara Keith/Guitar, Piano, Vocals
Doug Tibbles/Drums

REVIEW
by Stanton Swihart/Allmusic
Their first album got a nice publicity push by virtue of the band's association with crime novelist Elmore Leonard, who wrote them into his music-biz novel Be Cool, but the Stone Coyotes unload a potent wallop that stands quite wonderfully on its own merits, which their third offering again goes a long way towards proving. Put plainly, the trio makes an awesomely raw, stripped-down rock & roll racket. The guitar riffs on the overdriven numbers do indeed bare a much publicized kindred spirit to those of AC/DC, and the pop-and-son rhythm section is awesomely boozy like ZZ Top. The metronomic thwap of Doug Tibbles coupled with progeny John's grumbling-blues bass grooves is rock at its very purest and most urgent. Punk, really, if you think about it. And all due respect to Bon Scott, Brian Johnson, and the be-bearded Texans, but none of them have the cool, sexy croon of Barbara Keith. As bold as it might be to claim, neither band comes up with hooks as tasty as hers either, nor lyrics (stripped of their machismo but not their swagger) that have as much of an impact. Nor have those units ever shown the ability to toss off the odd slow-burning cover (Dolly Parton's "Jolene") or pretty, poignant ballad ("Detroit or Buffalo," which originally found a home on one of Keith's two early-'70s solo albums). In many ways the band flies in the face of conventional wisdom. At an age (which is to say middle-age) when most rockers this side of the Rolling Stones are either hanging up their leather pants or switching to a genre more conducive to maturity (say folk or country), Keith and Tibbles seem to be just hitting their stride, and they out-snarl musicians half their age. If you don't believe it, Keith tells you herself in "American Child," with a chorus as perfect and to the point as they come: "Give me Jerry Lee Lewis/Give me Joey Ramone." Elsewhere, the band writes a sort of sequel to "I Love Rock-n-Roll," which Joan Jett would be smart to snag. Born to Howl simply transforms four chords into rock nirvana.

0967 - THE STONE COYOTES - Situation Out Of Control (2000)

THE STONE COYOTES
''SITUATION OUT OF CONTROL''
APR 2000
RED CAT RECORDS
63:58
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1/Situation Out of Control/Keith/3:58
2/Lucky Day/Keith/3:28
3/Where the Old Oak Grows/Keith/3:20
4/The Black Atlantic/Keith/4:47
5/When Parliament Convenes/Keith/5:06
6/Noah's Ark/Keith/3:20
7/My Horse Has Wings/Keith/5:41
8/I Want to Rock/Keith/4:16
9/Highland Boy/Keith/4:51
10/Bone Tired/Keith/3:55
11/Season of the Witch/Donovan/5:03
12/If You See the One/Keith/4:49
13/Train to Nowhere/Keith/6:01
14/Saw You at the Hop/Keith/5:21

0580 - THE STONE COYOTES - I Couldn't Find You (2011)

THE STONE COYOTES
''I COULDN'T FIND YOU''
2011
RED CAT RECORDS
40:31
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1/I Can Hear You/Keith/4:10
2/My Horses Were Gone/Keith/4:29
3/Blood-suckin' Son of a Gun/Keith, Tibbles/4:35
4/Memory Lane/Keith, Tibbles/4:04
5/I Couldn't Find You/Keith, Tibbles/3:30
6/A Shot Across the Bow/Keith/4:25
7/Throwin' Off Sparks/Keith, Tibbles/2:40
8/The Bluebirds Don't Sing Here Anymore/Keith, Tibbles/4:46
9/Before We Go/Keith/3:25
10/The Palace of the King/Keith/4:27

Barbara Keith/Bass, Keyboards, Slide Guitar, Vocals
Doug Tibbles/Drums, Guitar, Percussion
John Tibbles/Bass

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