Jupiter Coyote Explained

Jupiter Coyote
Origin:Macon, Georgia
Years Active:c. 1988–present
Label:Autonomous Records
RoadRunner Records
MBM Records
Redeye Distribution
Website:www.jupitercoyote.com
Current Members:Matthew Mayes
Sanders Brightwell
Gene Bass
Steve Trismen
Noel Felty
John Meyer
Kevin "Ponchito" Scheyer
Robert Soto
Past Members:John Felty
Ned Grubb
Matt Trevitt
David Stevens Jr.

Jupiter Coyote is an American rock band from Macon, Georgia. Operating as an independent group from the late 1980s into the 2020s, they have sold more than one million records.[1]

History

Band members Matthew Mayes and John Felty were childhood friends in Brevard, North Carolina, and assembled the group after completing undergraduate studies and moving to Macon, Georgia.[2] The group was initially a cover band[3] known as the Rockafellas and released its first album of original material as Jupiter Coyote in 1991, incorporating southern rock, bluegrass, funk, and country into their sound and touring the jam band circuit. The group refers to its music as "mountain rock" and features the guijo, a guitar-banjo hybrid invented by Matthew Mayes.[4] Two members left the group and were replaced in 1991.[5] The group's own label, Autonomous, released albums such as Wade (1994),[6] Lucky Day (1995),[7] and Here Be Dragons (1998).[8] Autonomous had a distribution deal with Roadrunner Records and helped launch the careers of Strangefolk and Sister Hazel.[9] With Steve Trismen's addition in 1999 the group added fiddle to its sound, and in the 2000s they expanded to a septet when guitarist John Meyer and drummer Noel Felty came on board.[1]

The group remained active as a touring ensemble in the 2010s and 2020s in addition to recording. Performances included repeated concerts at the Windjammer in Isle of Palms, South Carolina,[10] a 2018 show at the Songbirds Guitar Museum in Chattanooga,[11] and a 2021 headlining performance at the Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.[12]

Members

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Discography

Notes and References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jupiter-coyote-mn0000838390/biography Jupiter Coyote biography
  2. http://swampland.com/articles/view/title:jupiter_coyote Deep Inside the Cosmos Factory: Jupiter Coyote Jams
  3. Entry for "Jupiter Coyote". Dean Budnick, Jambands: the Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene. Backbeat Books, 2003, pp. 95-96.
  4. Entry for "Jupiter Coyote". Dean Budnick, Jam Bands: North America's Hottest Live Groups, Plus How to Tape and Trade Their Shows. ECW Press, 1998, pp. 148-149.
  5. https://www.thelantern.com/2000/02/jupiter-coyote-yips-for-columbus/ Jupiter Coyote Yips for Columbus
  6. https://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/webmanager/index.php?WEB_CAT_ID=50&storyid=12556&headline=Jupiter_Coyote_-_Wade&issueid=59 Review of Wade
  7. Paul Verna and Marilyn A. Gillen, "Review of Lucky Day". Billboard, May 27, 1995, p. 58.
  8. https://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/webmanager/index.php?WEB_CAT_ID=50&storyid=10234&headline=Jupiter_Coyote_-_Here_Be_Dragons&issueid=116%E2%80%20%20%20target=%E2%80%20_top%E2%80%20%20title=%E2%80%20Royal%20Trux%20%E2%80%93%203%20Song%20%3Cspan%20class= Review of Here Be Dragons
  9. Doug Reece, "Popular Uprisings". Billboard, July 4, 1998, p. 18.
  10. https://www.postandcourier.com/charleston_scene/latest_headlines/jupiter-coyote/article_53234e5c-3f7f-5725-8e27-b82d79e535be.html Jupiter Coyote
  11. https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/chattanooganow/music/story/2018/feb/07/jupiter-coyote-bings-mountarock-songbirds/463055/ Jupiter Coyote brings mountain rock to Songbirds Guitar Museum
  12. https://oaklandcemetery.com/an-interview-with-sunday-in-the-park-headliner-jupiter-coyote/ An Interview with Sunday in the Park Headliner Jupiter Coyote

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