Performer Line-Up

(Roland Rogers, Miles East, Sylvia Rowe)
With only a few acts to go before their debut at the Huguenot Church Cabaret, with a bluesy acoustic version of Micheal Jackson’s “Billie Jean”, the duo of Roland Rogers and Miles East watched nervously from the back of the auditorium as Sylvia Rowe, backed by Mark Sedgwick on guitar, began to sing an epic version of Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock”. As the song ended and Sylvia sang the last angelic note, their nervousness had drifted into anxiety. How does anyone follow that? To the relief of Roland and Miles, “Billie Jean” was a hit and as another successful cabaret was being celebrated later that evening, a mutual admiration between Sylvia and the duo was secretly developing. Thus began a shy musical courtship that lasted two more cabarets before Roland and Miles finally got up the nerve to invite Sylvia (equally nervous, to their surprise) to collaborate. It became clear in that first of many rehearsals that the sound and the joy they derived from singing together was undeniable. Inspired by the localizations of acts like The Lone Bellow, Nickel Creek, and BAILEN, Coyote Lockout applies their three-part-harmony acoustic approach to reimagined popular music from the 60’s through today. Their repertoire includes interpretations of songs from acts as varied as Patsy Cline, Van Morrison, Linda Ronstadt, Warren Zevon, Genesis, Journey, Duran Duran, and Death Cab for Cutie. Recently they have ventured into original material.“ Deeper Wounds”, written by Miles East and Coyote Lockout’s first original song – makes its debut here at CouchFest.