Fred LeBlanc
Fred LeBlanc
Fred LeBlanc is the lead singer/drummer for the New Orleans-based rock band Cowboy Mouth, and a freelance songwriter, record producer, short story author, and acoustic performer. Known for his "maniacal" performance style, and described as "a short, muscular guy with a heavy brow and piercingly intelligent eyes", LeBlanc has been called "one of the more instantly recognizable figures in contemporary Louisiana music."...
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Being the songwriter that I am, the easiest way to translate what you're doing for people is to give them hooks, something to latch on to, something they can sing themselves.
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The energy of what we do live is something we don't really understand. It's just something we lucked into. But the chemistry of the band is rare. ... And the best way to get the very best out of people is to have them emotionally vested in things. And it got to the point on the last record where I was writing pretty much all the songs.
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Saying his workers would subsidize enhanced payments for police and fire, I think that is very false.
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Our fans are pretty respectful. They can get a little nutty.
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That's what New Orleans does. It's part of our DNA, the whole idea of going a little crazy to keep yourself sane.
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The Cowboy Mouth thing is so much bigger than just the people in the band. Everybody is just in it together.