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about|the New Orleans rock band|the 1971 play|Cowboy Mouth (play)|The Glasgow band|Grahame SkinnerInfobox musical artist| name = Cowboy Mouth| image = Cowboy Mouth performing.jpg| caption = Cowboy Mouth performing in Nashville, Tennessee | background = group_or_band| origin = New Orleans, Louisiana , United States|USA | genre = Rock and Roll|Rock | years_active = 1990& ndash;present| label = Eleven Thirty Records MCA Records Valley Entertainment | associated_acts = Dash Rip Rock Red Rockers The Cold (rock band)|The Cold The Backbeats The Normals The Blue Runners Dingo 8, Cross Canadian Ragweed| website = http://www.cowboymouth.com/ Official website| current_members = Fred LeBlanc (drums and vocals) John Thomas Griffith (guitar and vocals) Casandra Faulconer (bass guitar) Matt Jones (rhythm guitar and vocals) | past_members = Paul Sanchez (guitar and vocals) Regina Zernay (bass guitar) Sonia Tetlow (bass guitar) Paul Clement (bass guitar) Steve Walters (bass guitar) Rob Savoy (bass guitar) Mary LaSang (bass guitar) Vance DeGeneres (rhythm guitar) Jonathan Pretus (rhythm guitar and vocals)| Website = www.cowboymouth.com Cowboy Mouth is a Rock and roll|rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana . Their name usually means "One with a loud and raucous voice". http://www.cowboymouth.com/bios Cowboy Mouth bio 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."cite web | last=Goldfinch | first=Christy | title=The Show | work=Fort Worth Weekly | date=2001-09-27 | url= http://www.fwweekly.com/issues/2001-09-27/theshow.html | accessdate=March 17, 2006 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20051126202922/ http://www.fwweekly.com/issues/2001-09-27/theshow.html |archivedate = November 26, 2005
Some of their most popular songs include "Love Of My Life", "Everybody Loves Jill" (where the audience throws red spoons on stage),cite web | last=Tyme | first=Gwyn | last=Mitchell | first=Steve | title=Inside Cowboy Mouth - "Fred's Perfect World"- Fred LeBlanc Interview | work=MusicPix.net | year=2005 | url= http://www.musicpix.net/home/content/inside-cowboy-mouth-freds-perfect-world-fred-leblanc-interview | accessdate=April 27, 2007 "Easy," "Disconnected," "How Do You Tell Someone," and " Jenny Says ."cite web | last=Boltz | first=Janet Reid | title=Concert Reviews: Cowboy Mouth / Collective Soul | work=SoundAffects.net | date=2005-07-10 | url= http://www.soundaffects.net/concertreviews/cmouthcsouljuly1005.html | accessdate=April 21, 2007 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 (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 (producer)|Danny Kadar at their studio Paradigm Park Studios in New Orleans. Unfortunately 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 .cite web | title=Cowboy Mouth: Bio | work=JamBase.com | year=2007 | url= http://www.jambase.com/search.asp? bandID=11422& display=bio | accessdate=April 27, 2007 The album also features the song " Joe Strummer ", a semi-tribute to the late The Clash|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.
Band members
Current members
Fred LeBlanc (lead vocals, drums, and frontman)
: Founding member. Formerly of Baton Rouge / New Orleans based trio Dash Rip Rock and the Backbeats.
John Thomas Griffith (guitar and vocals)
: 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 . http://www.cowboymouth.com/john.php Bio of John CowboyMouth.com. Retrieved on April 29, 2007.
Casandra Faulconer (bass). AKA 2Funky. Toured extensively with Blues guitar goddess Debbie Davies. Has performed with a Who's Who of New Orleans' artists.
Former members
Regina Zernay sixth bass player, and vocals (20072010)
:Formerly the singer/bassist for Los Angeles band Mιchant .
Jonathan Pretus rhythm guitar, vocals (20072010) the third guitarist the band has had.
: Formerly the singer/guitarist for New Orleans based band The Garden District . : Former singer/guitarist for Weezer cover band, called "Tweezer".
Sonia Tetlow - fifth bass player and vocals (left in 2007)
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Paul Sanchez - founding member-guitar and vocals (left in 2006)
: Formerly of New Orleans band The Backbeats.
Paul Clement bass guitar, first bass player, and original member
: With the band for six months prior to Walters, and has played with many New Orleans area bands including Woodenhead .
: 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 http://www.vancedegeneres.com/pages/about/news.htm Vance's press release on his site Retrieved on October 12, 2007.
Cowboy Mouth Live& #33; (limited edition 5-song EP issued with Mercyland) 1998
Live in the X Lounge "Jenny Says" 1998 & 2001
All You Need Is Live 2000
Live in the X Lounge "Easy" 2000
Uh Oh (5-song Preview EP) 2003
Live at the Zoo 2004
Mardi Gras (Cowboy Mouth album)|Mardi Gras 2010
Bootleg: Live at the 9:30 2011
Singles
I Believe (A Tribute To The Saints) 2009cite web |url= http://www.valley-entertainment.com/artists/cowboy-mouth-1/i-believe-a-tribute-to-the-saints.html |title=I Believe (A Tribute To The Saints) |work=Valley Entertainment |accessdate=28 June 2010
http://myspace.com/reginazernay/ Regina Zernay's site
http://www.jonathanpretus.com/ Jonathan Pretus' site
Notes and references
Cowboy Mouth Category:Musical groups established in 1990 Category:Musical groups from New Orleans, Louisiana Category:American post-grunge musical groups
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