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Bart Koehler, director of the
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council and a co-founder of Earth
First!, always took time out from fighting for environmental issues
to sing about them. Now he and his Coyote Angels band have released
a CD featuring songs about the wild life of the West. Some,
dedicated to green greats such as Aldo Leopold, Edward Abbey and
John Muir, tackle hunters who machine-gun wolves from airplanes in
Alaska, the tensions between ranchers and environmentalists in
Wyoming and our near-extinction of buffalo on the Plains. But the
album also includes lighthearted and funny tunes, as well as songs
like Soul of Yellowstone and Roll on Tuolumne that simply celebrate
beautiful places in the West. Wyoming writer Chip Rawlins plays the
lead guitar, Koehler wrote most every song and everybody howls.
Contact Bart Koehler to buy a CD or tape at Coyote Raven Music, P.O.
Box 21106, Juneau, AK 99802 (907/780-4964).
