"Very few blues guitarists can properly manage a truly thundering guitar tone into an all-night-long, three-sets-of-fury show without wearing out the crowd's eardrums, but Coyote Bill has the taste and the tone to get the job done. Once one is accustomed to the idea that his amplifier will not shiver into a pile of its lesser components, one can thoroughly enjoy a rhythmically tight performance that is delivered with equal parts mirth and honesty by Coyote Bill and his Wild Ones; the authentic feel of the blues is openly apparent in this transplanted south side of Chicago kid's Kansas City performances."
-Scott Patterson - KANSAS CITY JAZZ EXAMINER -Nov 3, 2009
"Blues is alive, to be sure; however, if it is alive in Kansas City, then the blues scene should be growing instead of becoming more exclusive. Coyote Bill is out to prove that blues fans can still be made and brought into the fold. If he and others with the same spirit reach out to new fans and make them welcome to the blues scene, perhaps Kansas City can generate enough blues fans again to fill as many clubs as this city has entrepreneurial club owners to open. That is how music history is made."
-Scott Patterson - KANSAS CITY BLUES & JAZZ EXAMINER -Dec 18, 2009
"I ended my evening with Coyote Bill & His Wild Ones, who further fortified my faith in local music. He had folks dancing and stomping, screaming and smiling with his boogie blues. With his floppy hair flying, Coyote Bill looked pleasantly surprised to see people eating it up. Susan Barrett, the bass player, put out controlled licks in contrast to CB's wild, grungy stylings and played with her pinky finger raised. "That's what I'm talkin' about, ladies and gentlemen," said CB. "I'm big, fat and ugly. Drunk and uneducated too," he commented before going into his version of Howlin' Wolf's "Wang Dang Doodle." It was awesome. I loved seeing the cute bros and girls get down to something besides the usual indie-rock fare. "
- Berry Anderson - THE PITCH 'Wayward Blog' - Aug 6, 2010
"Coyote Bill and His Wild Ones will kick off the weekend of blues. This group may have formed in Kansas City, but frontman Coyote Bill is actually a Chicago native. Therefore, the group’s music is heavily influenced by Chi-Town blues. Some Coyote Bill songs, however, have a Southern tinge. “Wang Dang Doodle” features a one-chord rhythm reminiscent of ZZ Top’s “La Grange.” Coyote Bill and His Wild Ones is the only act that performed at the 2009 Bikes and Blues Festival that was asked back this year. Rhea Williams-Carpentieri, a member of the blues festival’s music selection committee, says the group is back by popular demand. “Their music was excellent,” Williams-Carpentieri says. “Everybody that listened to them last year said, ‘These guys are awesome! You have to get them back!’”
- Shea Conner - ST. JOSEPH NEWS-PRESS NOW - Sept 9, 2010
