This is a super fun track with a cool message plus it swings some funk for you

Look At Me

On the Mountain

Cool Santana intro with a funky track and fun lyrics

Sexy Song

This is a heavy rocking track with some amazing weaving between Alan Haynes (guitar) and Greg Izor (harmonica).

Hey Now

This is the 90's style rocker. Great dynamics here folks.

Throw You a Bone

This is just a fun great track with a cool trippy bridge.

That's What People Do

This is a tribute song that has a ton of emotion and build up

Anna's Song

Like 90% of 'Music for the People' this funky soul number is live in the studio.

Magic Man

This gets the album rocking from the get go. The single rhythm guitar is all Keith Richards inspired. The horns are not bad either

Listen for the Bassline

This track is from the album Bret Coats and is available for purchase at http://www.bretcoats.com

Ask Me (Yes a Punk Song)

"Growing up in Southern California with cool parents during the 70's and 80's was a place where a lot of music happened." Starting off on trumpet at the age of seven and bass in high school Bret always found his way to perform. Before leaving California in 1990 Bret had several years of performing with featured Living Blues Artist the Legendary Soul Brothers of Bakersfield (Al Garret, Willie Adams & Robert Walker).
Bret relocated to Austin in 1990 and soon found himself playing seven nights a week with various blues and roots music bands like Kill the Head, Storming Heaven, Parker Townsend, Part Time Lovers, Walter Higgs and the Shuffle Pigs, International blues artist Bobby Mack and Night Train and Local/Regional favorites The Holy Moellers from which the many Antone's associations and shows would occur. 
Throughout the 90's Bret toured the U.S. and Europe as well as becoming a regular player at the famed Antone's nightclub backing up countless artist and bands. Bret played with a lot of great people and on popular records but
somewhere he needed to find his own voice and push himself.
By 2000 Bret had now established a modest music schedule in Seattle playing with the tasteful and well received Soul Miners Daughter & Mary Mc Page Band. Seattle changed Bret's musical flavors and expanded his taste. “This was a great period of learning other instruments and higher education."
Bret moved back to Texas in 2006 to be near his family playing with Texas Funk Tyrant Barfield and international Blues artist Alan Haynes all while raising his family and becoming a full time High School teacher. "Teaching High School is awesome and playing music is awesome, it is a nice mix of humanity."  
Currently, Bret is moving into his 6th year as a solo artist and has quickly established his presence as someone to watch. Upon his second release Music for the People Bret found himself touring in Europe and the states in support of his release. His band 'The Roots Music Marathon' has evolved and consist of core members Brandon Custer (Big Beat) drums & Christopher Bell (The Bell Tower) on guitar. Bret also continues to have a healthy sideman life and is teaching High School as long as possible and currently working on a third solo release.

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