Cowboy Mouth

This article is about the New Orleans rock band. For the 1971 play, see Cowboy Mouth (play). For the Glasgow band, see Grahame Skinner.
Cowboy Mouth

Cowboy Mouth performing in Nashville, Tennessee
Background information
Origin New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Genres Rock
Years active 1990–present
Labels Eleven Thirty, MCA, Blackbird, Atlantic, Valley Entertainment
Associated acts Red Rockers, The Cold, The Backbeats, The Normals, The Blue Runners, Dingo 8, Cross Canadian Ragweed
Website www.cowboymouth.com
Members Fred LeBlanc
John Thomas Griffith
Brian Broussard
Matt Jones
Past members Paul Sanchez
Regina Zernay
Sonia Tetlow
Paul Clement
Steve Walters
Rob Savoy
Mary LaSang
Vance DeGeneres
Jonathan Pretus
Casandra Faulconer


Cowboy Mouth is a rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

History

The band name "Cowboy Mouth" usually means "One with a loud and raucous voice".[1] The nucleus of the band formed in the 1990s, and they have become a powerhouse live act whose performances have been likened to "a religious experience."[2]

Some of their most popular songs include "Love Of My Life", "Everybody Loves Jill" (where the audience throws red spoons on stage),[3] "Easy," "Disconnected," "How Do You Tell Someone," and "Jenny Says."[4] They also perform a version of "Born to Run" on the Light of Day tribute album to Bruce Springsteen, a version of "The Pusher" on the soundtrack to Half Baked, and several of their own songs on the soundtrack to the 1995 film The Underneath (two of which they perform onscreen in the film). Their single "This Much Fun" from their 2006 album "Voodoo Shoppe" is featured in the trailer for the Disney animated feature Meet the Robinsons.

They maintain a very active touring schedule, primarily through the United States. The album Voodoo Shoppe is in part a tribute to city of New Orleans, Louisiana in the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina — in particular, the tracks "Home," a defiant vow to rebuild the city, and "The Avenue", an emotional plea for the continued vibrance of the city. "The Avenue" features the lyrics "Because the marching bands will roll/I'll find my city in my soul/Because I plan on growing old on the avenue," a reference to watching Mardi Gras parades on New Orleans' famed St. Charles Avenue. A portion of the album was recorded with producer Mitch Allan and features engineers Stewart Cararas and Danny Kadar at their studio Paradigm Park Studios in New Orleans. Just seven months after the record's completion the studio suffered the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. They performed "The Avenue" on Mardi Gras Day 2006 live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[5] The album also features the song "Joe Strummer", a semi-tribute to the late Clash frontman. The band released its first full length live DVD, The Name of the Band Is Cowboy Mouth, on November 20, 2007. The DVD, which was recorded in front of a packed house at the Roxy On Sunset in Hollywood, CA during the summer of 2007, features much of the band's classic material like "Light it on Fire" as well as some songs to be released on the band's new album, Fearless, in September 2008. Among the new songs of the DVD set, "Kelly Ripa" was released in a very different studio version as a single on iTunes in early March 2008 followed by an appearance and performance on the Live with Regis and Kelly television show on March 13, 2008.

On May 14, 2011, during a performance at Bon Ton Louisianne in Houston, Texas, Cowboy Mouth was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame.

Cowboy Mouth performing Everybody Loves Jill on Mardi Gras night in Houston, 2010, with fans waving red spoons in anticipation of their cue to throw them at the band.

Band members

Current members

Founding member. Formerly of the Backbeats and the trio Dash Rip Rock.
Founding member. Formerly of the Red Rockers, purveyors of the 1980s "China" and "Good As Gold" as well as subsequent tourmates with U2, the Go-Go's, and Men at Work.[6]
Formerly Jimmie's Chicken Shack

Former members

Formerly the singer/bassist for Los Angeles band Méchant.
Currently with The Breton Sound.
Formerly the singer/guitarist for New Orleans based band The Garden District.
Former singer/guitarist for Weezer cover band, called "Tweezer".
Formerly of New Orleans band The Backbeats.
With the band for six months prior to Walters, and has played with many New Orleans area bands including Woodenhead.
Formerly of The Backbeats and The Normals.
Past member of Louisiana Cajun rock group The Bluerunners.
Of Dingo 8 fame.
Credits include New Orleans band The Cold and The Backbeats, television writer and producer, former correspondent of The Daily Show, and brother of Ellen DeGeneres. DeGeneres played with Cowboy Mouth from December 2006 through September 2007, when he left to pursue additional television projects[7]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums and EPs

Singles

Filmography

Discography

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Cowboy Mouth bio". Cowboymouth.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
  2. ↑ Goldfinch, Christy (2001-09-27). "The Show". Fort Worth Weekly. Archived from the original on November 26, 2005. Retrieved March 17, 2006.
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Steve (2005). "Inside Cowboy Mouth - "Fred's Perfect World"- Fred LeBlanc Interview". MusicPix.net. Retrieved April 27, 2007.
  4. ↑ Boltz, Janet Reid (2005-07-10). "Concert Reviews: Cowboy Mouth / Collective Soul". SoundAffects.net. Retrieved April 21, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Cowboy Mouth: Bio". JamBase.com. 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2007.
  6. ↑ Bio of John CowboyMouth.com. Retrieved on April 29, 2007.
  7. ↑ Vance's press release on his site Retrieved on October 12, 2007.
  8. ↑ "I Believe (A Tribute To The Saints)". Valley Entertainment. Retrieved 28 June 2010.

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