Members:
Wes Dorethy (Violin, Piano, Vocals)
Luke Gessner (Guitar, Vocals)
Christopher Royer (Guitar, Harmonica)
Jordan Finley (Bass, Vocals)
Mark Bertel (Percussion)


Coyote Union is based out of Northern Arkansas. The band's history links back to Mark Bertel's and Christopher Royer's freshman year in high school when they started playing music together in Mark’s studio built onto his Dad’s barn. The countless nights of improvisation and playing covers led to several bands throughout the years, in which they were always together. So in 2011, 8 years later, Coyote Union was formed. Christopher and Mark started writing music and asked friends, Jordan Finley and another friend named Jacob, to join them. The band believed that they needed a fifth element. That is when the band met Wes Dorethy. After about a year of playing together, Jacob left for personal reasons, and Coyote Union was in search of a guitar player. That is when they met Luke Gessner. Luke had gone to several Coyote Union shows and was more than happy to jump right in. "Coyote Union has been going strong ever since then, combining a very entertaining and energetic live performance with Arkansas livelihood and hospitality. We will always take the time to talk to a fan”, says Mark. Coyote Union has several musical influences along with several influences branching from people, places, events, all aspects of life, and of course Arkansas.

Coyote Union released their self titled EP earlier this year (2013) recording with veterans Chris Hudson at Sonroom Studios and Josh Kawai at Black Sheep Audio. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.