Red Cat Records
2005
Fire It Up
About This Album
Barbara Keith's voice cuts through the rock & roll on "Rock On" (not the David Essex hit, 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 discussed in "Already Gone" and 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 patronizing introspection, 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/Champman 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.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 11)

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