The Clash, Johnny Cash, The Who, Bo Diddley, Meters/Nevilles, Barenaked Ladies, Hootie and the Blowfish, The Beatles, Lee Dorsey, Sex Pistols, Hank Sr, Weezer, Led Zeppelin, Foo Fighters, Beach Boys, Ernie K-Doe 'The Emperor Of The Universe, Red Rockers, The Butterscotch Stallion...
Fred LeBlanc [drums/vocals]
John Thomas Griffith [guitar/vocals]
Jonathan 'JP' Pretus [guitar/vocals]
Regina Zernay [bass/vocals]
The term 'Cowboy Mouth' has been used in the poetry of Shakespeare and Bob
Dylan as well as a play by Patti Smith and Sam Shepard. Usually meaning one
with a loud and raucous voice, it describes the band well. With over 2000
concerts under their belt and many years of reviews lauding their live show,
there is still one quote which best captures their show.....
"...on a bad night they'll tear the roof off the joint and on a good night,
they'll save your soul."
Cake Magazine
Cowboy Mouth is New Orleans rock n' roll. Annually presenting roughly 200
shows per year, releasing nearly a dozen records, and featured on TV shows
and radio stations everywhere, Cowboy Mouth has been seen and heard by
millions of fans worldwide. For more than 15 years, the members of Cowboy
Mouth have preached and shouted at the top of their lungs the joys of being
alive and the joys of being in and from New Orleans, sharing a slice of
Mardi Gras heaven with fans around the world. As frontman Fred LeBlanc has
said,"If The Neville Brothers and The Clash had a baby, it would be Cowboy
Mouth."
The band's 11 album releases include two records on MCA, one on Atlantic and
several on their own Cowboy Mouth Records label. So far, the band has
enjoyed domestic sales of over 450,000 units.
But the album sales pale in comparison to the number of tickets the band
sells to their live events. Cowboy Mouth shows are legendary, and have been
witnessed by more than 8 million fans to date. Always on the road, they've
toured several times with their friends in Hootie and the Blowfish,
BareNaked Ladies, Sister Hazel and Better Then Ezra.
Crowd participation is a must at a Cowboy Mouth show. Led by Fred's
larger-than-life presence, the band's performances are high-energy and
extraordinarily intense, usually leaving audiences as drenched and spent as
the band. Cowboy Mouth fans range from ages five to age eighty-five, but
they have one thing in common - as Fred confides to the audience, "Cowboy
Mouth is about pretending that you're five years old, naked as a jaybird and
about to turn the hose on your parents, and there's not a damn thing they
can do about it."
A Cowboy Mouth show is always full of surprises, and have included guest
appearances from Steve Van Zandt, Rob Thomas , John Popper, Art Neville,
Johnnie Johnson (Chuck Berry's piano player), Kyle Turley, and Tom Arnold
(Best Damn Sports Show), to name a few. Their audience stretches from the
festivals and colleges to the clubs and theaters they headline around the
country.
The band has also made several film and television appearances, including
the Steven Soderburgh film "The Underneath," MTV and VH1, Live with Regis
and Kelly, Ellen DeGeneres Show, and The Late Show with Craig Kilborn.
The band is led by Fred LeBlanc, Cowboy Mouth's maniacal drummer/lead singer
(think the Tasmanian Devil playing drums like Keith Moon with a voice like
Bo Diddley) and John Thomas Griffith on lead vocals and lead guitar. Fred
came to Cowboy Mouth after four years with the southern punk band Dash Rip
Rock. Also an accomplished producer, Fred mixed the band's first two studio
recordings and also earned a gold record for producing Deadeye Dick hit song
from the movie Dumb And Dumber, "New Age Girl." Griffith, (the Griff) had
been friends with Fred for years before the two talked about forming Cowboy
Mouth together along with two local New Orleans musicians. As the lead
singer of '80s band The Red Rockers, Griff had a top-selling album on
Columbia Records. Their hit song "China" was one of the first hits on MTV,
and is still played on the radio today. Griff has opened on tour with bands
like The Go-Gos and U2, and was recently inducted into the Texas Guitar
Players' Hall of Fame.
The band's rhythm guitarist Jonathan "JP" Pretus cut his musical teeth in
clubs and bars in and around New Orleans and Baton Rouge for the better part of the last 10 years, most recently as the singer/guitarist of the band he founded, The Garden District.
In 2007, the band released the live dvd, "The Name Of The Band Is Cowboy Mouth," shot at a sold out show at the Roxy in LA. The band's new album, "Fearless," will be released September 23rd.
AMAZING Lundi Gras show last night! Thanks for partying it up with everyone. I'm from Pensacola, lookin forward to seeing ya'll again May 1st at Seville!
I can't believe that some how out of the grace of God that I am on Vacation in Ft Lauderdale when you are playing @ Hollywood Beach tonight and I am going to see you. It has been WAY to long since you were in Philly or Atlantic City!!! See you there I will be the crazy Red Head in the front row!
Okay, Here's the deal: I just heard you guys are going to be in Tempe, AZ on April 3, so that weekend you can just come on over to Vegas and see us and we can have a rocking living room show... come on guys... Vegas needs your love
Circle K Tempe Music Festival is excited to welcome Cowboy Mouth back for another year! Get your tickets at www. tempemusicfestival. com and come party with this crazy band on April 3, 2009!
The show in Saint Louis is sold out?! I am FURIOUS! I've seen you guys since I was a kid, and now, my first Cowboy Mouth show that I am 21 is at a CASINO and it's sold out. Devastation.
AWSOME show at zydeco last night my ears are still ringing and im a little hungover its wonderful! i went to work on 3 hours of sleep and im still happy as hell to be here thank you for the music you make and the message you send i love you guys have fun with the troops!
Whats up guys and Gals! I miss u all! Come back to Chicago, or Grand Rapids, or even Summer Celebration in Muskegon, MI! Thats always a good time! Hope to see you soon, Hope all is well.
I KNEW IT...IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME...I"M GLAD TO HEAR THE GREATEST ROCK BAND NAMED COWBOY MOUTH FROM THE GREAT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISANA IS COMING BACK TO THE TEMPE MUSIC FESTIVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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