Cowboy Mouth

It's a beautiful fall evening here at the jam. The gates opened not to long ago and people are starting mill around the area. Cowboy Mouth is set to perform on the Havoc stage here in just a few minutes.
UPDATE:
Southern Tracks got a chance to chat it up with Fred about the new album, disaster relief in New Orleans, and how important it is to simply let loose and have a good time! Be sure to listen to the live interview in the Interviews section of this website!

This performance was the picture perfect way to kick off the festival.
Cowboy Mouth always comes to do one thing... and that is to kick ass!
They wasted no time doing just that as Fred, JP, Regina, and The Griff took stage and never took a breath, nor missed a beat.

As the Alabama sun set, the crowd grew with Cowboy Mouth's intensity and that was a sight in itself.

Watching all ages and walks of life united as simply music fans is always a wonderful thing.
-Southern Tracks

Band Website: www.cowboymouth.com or www.myspace.com/cowboymouth

With so many one hit wonders in the music industry these days, the true musicians seem to fall through the cracks. This is NOT the case for Cowboy Mouth. Cowboy Mouth is New Orleans rock n' roll. 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 front man Fred LeBlanc has said, "If The Neville Brothers and The Clash had a baby, it would be Cowboy Mouth."



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's 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. Bassist Regina Zernay, formerly of
Dreamworks/Megatronic band Halfcocked, was fronting her own band, Méchant, when she met Cowboy Mouth. She's played and recorded with over a half dozen local Southern California bands, including Big Violin (whose music was featured on The Real World), Red Delicious, and Jam Balaya (musical guests on two episodes of the TV show Half & Half).

Cowboy Mouth has released a brand new live DVD (November 2007), called "The Name of the Band is Cowboy Mouth." Shot at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles , it's one of Cowboy Mouth's finest performances, capturing the excitement, energy, and top-notch musicianship of their live show in front of a thousand screaming fans. The band's forthcoming album, a 12-song collection of rockers and anthems titled Fearless, hits the streets on Sept. 23.