Originally my plan for last night was to go with my friend to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in Richmond, because I like to go swing dancing with her and I thought a live big band, playing outdoors in the middle of the botanical gardens, would be a good place/excuse to do so. About a week beforehand, she discovered that Cowboy Mouth, who she'd been wanting to see for several years, were going to be ...
I'm not sure what brought this on - i was looking for the *Asylum Street Spankers*' video for Stick a Yellow Ribbon on Your SUV to include in a comment on another blog, and i started looking up other stuff. and...Ladeeeez an' Genullmen, children of all ages, may i direct your attention high above the center ring - peforming *without* a net - i give you ... Fred leBlanc and *COWBOY MOUTH*.....It...
Fred leBlanc - "...here to *rock*..."John Thomas ("Griff") Griffith - smokin' lead guitarSonia Tetlow - heavy-duty bassVance Degeneres - rhythm guitar.Yes, his sister's name is Ellen, and he'll be taking a few days off the road to help her host the Oscars.Rhythm SectionGunfighter EyesTake me back to New Orleans...Tradin' LicksGimme a little rhythm, ya'all......workin' it..."...here i sit in pri...
"{Originally posted as a comment to one of *Kid Charming*'s posts}":http://mog.com/Kid_Charming/blog_post/21447Fred leBlanc, the drummer, is the driving force behind "*Cowboy Mouth* {click on the black cat by the lamppost}":http://cowboymouth.com – an asskicking band from New Orleans, if you haven’t heard of them – but John Thomas (“Griff”) Grifith on lead and Paul (“Paul”) Sanchez on rhythm gu...
*Culture*:*Ten Second Shakespeare: _Twelfth Night_*:"My brother's dead, I'm living in disguise in an enemy country, and I think the Duke wants to sodomize me."_David G. Bell_*Philosophy*:Who would speak truth should have one foot in the stirrup._church reader board, Dunwoody GA_*Humanity*:If you take in a starving dog off the street, and feed him, and make him prosperous, he will not bite you.T...
I don't know if any one has told you guys, but the online magazine "subter":http://www.subter.com/ is no more. Bradley (aka "Known Human":http://mog.com/Known_Human) closed up shop just after the New Year. Brad, when you see this, understand I appreciate the offer. Really.To everyone else: The 'offer' I am writing about is the invitation to write for subter. Long story short is Brad had asked m...
Just some videos, collected and posted because i'm afraid that one of the USA's few Real Cities may not survive Hurricane Gustav...Remembering what was Before the Storm: Paul's gone from Cowboy Mouth these days, and i guess they don't do Hurricane Party any more: The song's not about NOLa but it fits: New Orleans (Song for New Orleans) by Sedrick Fuliga - composed aboard USS Nimitz in 2005: ...
Fred leBlanc - "...here to *rock*..."John Thomas ("Griff") Griffith - smokin' lead guitarSonia Tetlow - heavy-duty bassVance Degeneres - rhythm guitar.Yes, his sister's name is Ellen, and he'll be taking a few days off the road to help her host the Oscars.Rhythm SectionGunfighter EyesTake me back to New Orleans...Tradin' LicksGimme a little rhythm, ya'all......workin' it..."...here i sit in pri...
That's me. I'm wearing step-daughter Helen's high school chemistry project.Fred's the hat. Can anyone guess why i named it that?I'll post the answer in a comment in a while.Bought that hat in 1986. Wore it to i-don't-know-how-many JazzFests, two Cropredy Festivals, at least one Nashville Riverwalk, and a lot of other thinsg. In '93 a guy in Nashville who worked in a hat shop offered to buy...
Two verses, bridge, guitar solo, verse.One minute, forty-three seconds.All there and perfect. Hank coulda sung this one (and i don't mean Bocephus).Paul Sanchez is incredible.(And JTG is a guitar wizard.)