Kerry Lengel
The Arizona Republic
March 15, 2001 


 
Dos Coyotes

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Dos Coyotes

(Lips Records)

Scottsdale's Dos Coyotes - a k a Mark Tait and Gene Smeed - call their style "Mexican surf music," but there's nary an echo of Dick Dale, and just a touch of Tejano, on their debut EP. Instead, their slick sound is a fusion of Nashville country and pop-rock eclecticism.

Featuring Paul McDermand on steel drums, the opening Mambo to Cabo is a twangy tribute to Jimmy Buffett (with a horn lick lifted from Paul Simon's You Can Call Me Al). The Southwestern-sounding Señorita demonstrates a distinct Pistoleros influence, Tejano Cowboy comes off as a hard-driving country version of Dire Straits, and Missing You in Houston has a Willie Nelson-esque Western feel.

The surprise ending is a horn-drenched dance remix of Señorita that will have country fans quaking in their boots with disco dread. And that in itself is reason enough to give Dos Coyotes a thumbs-up.

(Available at Zia Record or online at www.dos-coyotes.com.)


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Country radio is missing out on Dos Coyotes.Its electric and fun!  If the music industry wasn't what it was, these guys sould be a household name already in the USA.  The music is up to the minute, the vocals are a cross between Garth and Bob Segar and the message is Jimmy Buffet.

Johnny C.
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