The Name of the Band is...Cowboy Mouth!
Cowboy Mouth @ the 9:30 Club, March 14
One cannot be an idle spectator at a Cowboy Mouth show; it's an experience, one that requires full audience participation. You leave partly exhausted and partly feeling like you can conquer the world. It's a swirl of positive energy, which is all that's left after you jump and scream out your angst.
Anyone who regularly attends concerts in this town, such as myself, might wonder if such participation could even happen here. The audience clapping and dancing? Here? Ah but you must or lead singer/drummer Fred LeBlanc will seek you out and explain the drill, as he did with one motionless girl in the balcony. Or, he might stand at his drumset, arms folded, and wait for the crowd to respond. Seeing an entire club let loose at a rock concert in DC is a thing of unexpected beauty.
This two-hour show had all the elements one expects from this band. Only song missing was the title track from their album, Voodoo Shoppe, a soulful tune that showcases their New Orleans roots. But on that note, the quartet did play a bit of "Going to New Orleans," a classic, in honor of Mardi Gras gone by and Jazz Fest coming up. They also threw in a couple songs from a forthcoming album that were well received.
While Cowboy Mouth will play first weekend of Fest this year, I'll be in New Orleans for the second weekend, which is the first weekend in May. I promise to take copious notes. Stay tuned!
My review of their 2007 show in DC is here.
One cannot be an idle spectator at a Cowboy Mouth show; it's an experience, one that requires full audience participation. You leave partly exhausted and partly feeling like you can conquer the world. It's a swirl of positive energy, which is all that's left after you jump and scream out your angst.
Anyone who regularly attends concerts in this town, such as myself, might wonder if such participation could even happen here. The audience clapping and dancing? Here? Ah but you must or lead singer/drummer Fred LeBlanc will seek you out and explain the drill, as he did with one motionless girl in the balcony. Or, he might stand at his drumset, arms folded, and wait for the crowd to respond. Seeing an entire club let loose at a rock concert in DC is a thing of unexpected beauty.
This two-hour show had all the elements one expects from this band. Only song missing was the title track from their album, Voodoo Shoppe, a soulful tune that showcases their New Orleans roots. But on that note, the quartet did play a bit of "Going to New Orleans," a classic, in honor of Mardi Gras gone by and Jazz Fest coming up. They also threw in a couple songs from a forthcoming album that were well received.
While Cowboy Mouth will play first weekend of Fest this year, I'll be in New Orleans for the second weekend, which is the first weekend in May. I promise to take copious notes. Stay tuned!
My review of their 2007 show in DC is here.
posted by Dana @ 8:57 AM
1 Comments:
At 9:40 AM,
Cold Spaghetti said…
Linked in here from an old friend's blog and had to throw some kudos your way for lovin' the sounds of our city! In the right NOLA venue, on the right night, when Paul Sanchez is on just right... folks in the crowd have been known to levitate.
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