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The Red & Black | Friday, April 29, 2005 | 7
Stardom eludes tough ‘Coyote’
Gold, turquoise,
funky accessories
adorn trend-setters
By MICHELLE FLOYD
mfloyd@randb.com
Southern rock band
Jupiter Coyote has been
together for 15 years and
shared the stage with big
name acts like The Allman
Brothers and Widespread
Panic, but it has yet to have
a song make it on the radio.
“We kind of fell between
the cracks,” vocalist/gui
tarist Matthew Mayes said.
“I don’t think (the radio sta
tions) knew where to put us
because some of our stuff is
bluegrass and rock, and all
of our songs are long — we
don’t fit into the three-and-
a-half or four minute tune.
We were kind of ahead of our
time for Nashville, and we
were not enough rock for
alternative rock radio.”
The band, which will play
tonight at Last Call with
Sun Domingo, is fine with its
career so far but still tries to
get a song on the radio, he
said.
“We have to work a little
JUPITER COYOTE
with Sun Domingo
When: 9:30 tonight (Doors at 9)
Where: Last Call
Tickets: $5
harder and go out and play
more to get the band name
to people,” Mayes said. “If
you are not on the radio or
MTV or VH1, you have no
other way.”
He said the band passed
up on a couple of big record
deals because the labels
wanted the members to do
“stupid stuff, like wear
cowboy hats and bow ties
and play twangy stuff.”
“We will break up in two
months if we do that. That
is not the kind of band we
are,” he said. “It would have
been nice to be at a record
label that would have
backed us and gave us more
exposure to maybe become
bigger than we are now. But
we have not had a lack of
success because of (not
signing).”
Jupiter Coyote’s music is
“good time music” with
introspective and poetic
songs about real life experi
ences, like heartache, travel
ing and rights of passage.
“It is just real — nothing
fabricated,” he said. “And
some (songs) are playful and
not so heavy lyrically.”
The group’s music needs
to be in a live setting
because it comes across bet
ter in person, rather than in
a studio, he said.
“It is hard to capture the
same energy that you get
going with the crowd react
ing to what you are doing
with a studio record,” he
said. “That is what it has
always been about. A lot of
our band members like the
jam stuff and the live part of
what we do better (than the
studio).”
The band’s show features
a lot of improvisation and
various ways of easing in
and out of the songs.
Even though the band
has played for crowds as big
as 10,000 people while open
ing for The Allman Brothers,
it previously has played at
Last Call and places like it
as well.
“(The crowd size) does
not really matter, as long as
the place gets rocking and
gets that energy going,” he
said. “That can happen with
5,000 people or 300.”
Although its journey so
far has been a hard ride, the
band is “proud” that it has
stayed “the prototype indie
band” and never sold out, he
said.
“We instinctively made
the kind of music that came
out of us,” he said. “We did
not try to put it in a box
with a label and try to sell it.
That was maybe the best
thing we did — leave it the
way it was.”
He said that is one reason
why the band has stayed
together for so long, on top
of a deep chemistry and the
music still being fun.
Emily Samuels
esamuels@randb.com
Get cuffed.
And no, not in the way
that will have your parents
up in arms.
Cuff bracelets, along with
chunky bangles, top this
seasons must-haves in the
jewelry world.
Funky jewelry is all the
rage in magazines like
Glamour and InStyle. These
hot bracelets look fashion
able with any outfit and are
a great way to dress up
jeans and a T-shirt.
Turquoise is another hot
item this season. This
beautiful stone looks great
on every skin color and any
thing turquoise is a piece
that will be fashionable
forever.
Layered necklaces, espe
cially those with stones of
bright, bold colors such as
coral or turquoise, are a fun
way to take a look from day
to evening.
These necklaces are
multiple strands of beads
and can be heavy, so donner
beware.
Another fabulous look
this season is anything gold.
Gold earrings, necklaces,
bracelets and rings all are
great choices for fun looks
this summer.
Also in style this summer
is a new version of the Stone
Age. The hot rocks many
stores and magazines are
showing this season are
anything but primitive.
Wear these stones as
rings or necklaces, or add a
fun broach to a bathing suit
cover up. And, by matching
colored stones with gold
settings, another fashion
able look is complete.
If you do choose to wear
stones this summer, you
may want to choose pinks
and purples because they
help make tan skin look
even tanner.
Statement jewelry, which
includes all of these pieces,
does just that — makes a
statement. Choose a piece
that is uniquely your own
and find a way to make it
work.
Just because a fashion
magazine says something is
a trend, do not limit
yourself in what you opt to
wear.
Individuality is a key
element of fashion, but by
adding your own style and
touch, every trend can work
for you and look quite
distinct.
— Emily Samuels is a
fashion columnist for The
Red & Black.
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•4 Elvis Costello performs for a near sell out
crowd at the Classic Center Theatre Wednesday
evening. Costello performed along with the
Pickups — Davey Faragher, Pete Thomas and
David Kildago. This was Costello’s first time in
Athens.
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