Cowboy Mouth

Cowboy Mouth
Cowboy Mouth performing in Nashville, Tennessee
Background information
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Genres	alternative rock, album-oriented rock, roots rock, jam bands
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Eleven Thirty, MCA, Blackbird, Atlantic, Valley Entertainment
Associated acts	Red Rockers, The Cold, The Backbeats, The Normals, The Blue Runners, Dingo 8, Cross Canadian Ragweed
Website	www.cowboymouth.com
Members	Fred LeBlanc John Thomas Griffith Brian Broussard Matt Jones
Past members	Paul Sanchez Regina Zernay Sonia Tetlow Paul Clement Steve Walters Rob Savoy Mary LaSang Vance DeGeneres Jonathan Pretus Casandra Faulconer

Cowboy Mouth is a band based in New Orleans, Louisiana known for fusing alternative rock with album-oriented rock, roots rock, and jam band influences. Formed in 1992, the band saw early mainstream success in the 1990s, including the hit single "Jenny Says". After disappointing album sales in 2000, they were dropped by their label, but the band has succeeded since then by focusing on live performances and independent-label releases. In 2011, the band was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

The band name "Cowboy Mouth," taken from an early play by Sam Shepard and Patti Smith, usually means "One with a loud and raucous voice". 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."

After initially releasing independent albums, in 1996 Cowboy Mouth signed with MCA Records, who released Are You with Me?. "Jenny Says", an existing song that the band re-recorded on Are You With Me?, was released as a single. "Jenny Says" reached #26 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and #33 on the Billboard Alternative Rock chart, making it the band's biggest hit. The band released additional records, but their label dropped them after 2000's Easy failed to meet their label's sales expectations. Undeterred by the lack of a major label, the band continued producing albums and releasing them through independent labels through the 2000s and to the present day.

Some of their most popular songs include "Love Of My Life", "Everybody Loves Jill" (where the audience throws red spoons on stage), "Easy," "Disconnected," "How Do You Tell Someone," and "Jenny Says." 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 (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.