The Coats

The Coats
The Coats
Also known as	The Trenchcoats
Origin	Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres	Vocal
Years active	1987 - Present
Labels	TCP
Members	Kerry Dahlen; Doug Wisness; Jamie Dieveney; Keith Michael Anderson;
Website	www.thecoats.net

The Coats (sometimes called The Coats Vocal Band) are an a cappella singing group which was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1987. The group consists of bass singer Kerry Dahlen, baritone Doug Wisness, and Jamie Dieveney and Keith Michael Anderson as second and first tenors, respectively.

History

Singing for tourists, locals, fish vendors, and fellow buskers, our humble ambitions of earning a few clams to fight off the tuition bills quickly evolved into a full-time international performance career.
— The Coats

The group was formed while each of its four members were studying at the University of Washington. They began singing unprofessionally around Seattle, at such locations as Pike Place Market, to pay their way through college. However, their unique singing style attracted attention, and they were soon singing professionally throughout the west coast and elsewhere.

Name change

The Coats were originally known as "The Trenchcoats," but following the Columbine High School massacre, they became unintentionally associated with the Trenchcoat Mafia. Numerous news reports erroneously provided the singing group's web address as that of the killers, so it was quickly simplified to their group's current name.

Discography

The Coats have released two demos & thirteen albums as of December 2016:

1989: The Trenchcoats (5 Song Demo)
1992: It Turns Me On
1994: Your Joy
1995: Exposed
1996: Are You Up?
1999: When I'm With You
2000: The Coats Collection
2000: On Christmas Time
2002: The Boys Are Back
2005: Last a Lifetime
2006: The Caroler - Christmas with The Coats
2009: Caught On Tape
2011: A Holiday Tasting (3 Song EP)
2014: Highway 1
2016: Shine On

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