Coyotes

"(Coyotes) burn with confidence and swagger. Duz Mancini’s twangy, whiskey-soaked vocals give credence to the band’s alt-country, Americana milieu. Incidentally, the band began life as an Los Angeles-based outfit before settling home in the New Orleans indie rock scene. Considering their brand of music, here’s betting they were more than welcome." -Paste Magazine Coyotes was formed in 2010, when singer-songwriter Duz Mancini relocated from the bright lights and sprawling hills of Los Angeles to the most developed city in the Caribbean – New Orleans, Louisiana. Mancini was raised on an extensive record collection culled from his father’s years of experience in the music industry. As a kid, his favorites included The Byrds, The Beatles, The Kinks, Badfinger, Neil Young, and Tom Petty, to name a few. This upbringing gave him a keen awareness for the diversity of American songwriting, and sparked within him an early recognition that music would be his path in life. Years later, with his records in tow, Mancini set out for New Orleans, a city known for welcoming many a wayward soul. Its swampy atmosphere would prove to be the perfect catalyst for his own brand of cosmic-country rock. As a band, Coyotes has been ambitious from the start. After kicking things off with their sold-out first show at Prytania Bar (one of the group’s favorite New Orleans dives), the group has gone on tour across the country. They’ve been back to Mancini’s hometown of L.A., and have played in Chicago, Austin, Nashville, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, and most everywhere in between. In that time, they’ve appeared at major festivals across the South, including Voodoo Festival, Road to Hangout Festival, BUKU Music & Arts Festival, French Quarter Festival, and most recently the 2015 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Coyotes has been recognized on a local and national basis, with reviews and features appearing in publications such as Americana Music Magazine, New Orleans’ Time-Picayune, Off Beat Magazine, and Paste Magazine, who included the group as one of their “12 Bands to Watch in Louisiana.” Most recently, Coyotes performed live on the historic WWOZ radio station in New Orleans. Up to this point, Coyotes has released three EPs, and is currently in the process of recording their fourth. For the upcoming album, a self-produced full-length entitled Crystal Canyons, Coyotes have set up shop at The Parlor, a studio in New Orleans. Over the course of his time in New Orleans, Mancini has formed bonds with a group of musicians who now constitute the fully-realized version of Coyotes. The band currently includes bassist-vocalist and co-writer Adam Stewart, pedal steel-guitarist Derek Duplessie (also of The Kid Carsons), and drummer Chris Littlejohn (also of Bent Denim and Gold & the Rush). Coyotes has shared stages with acts such as Delta Spirit, Trombone Shorty, The Plain White T’s, Galactic, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., The Revivalists, Moon Taxi, Generationals, Hurry for the Riff Raff, and others at venues across the country. In New Orleans, they’ve become regulars at famed local spots like One Eyed Jacks, House of Blues, Joy Theater, Howlin’ Wolf, and the legendary Tipitina’s. Good Times Old EP- Listen here http://coyotes.bandcamp.com