Fred LeBlanc is a co-founder of Cowboy Mouth, a Louisiana band formed in 1990. Along with drumming, he’s the vocalist for the band too. Throughout the years the band has performed for over 10 million people. Before forming Cowboy Mouth, Fred was in the “cowpunk” band Dash Rip Rock. Multi-award winning program director Ray White caught up with Fred on a windy oceanfront day to talk about the band’s unique sound, their relationship with their devoted fans, their latest music and support of worthy causes like Raising a Hand for Rhett. In our showcase segment we feature Green Day whose latest album is Saviors, along with country rock stalwarts Blackberry Smoke, who just released Be Right Here. We close out this episode featuring The Black Crowes, who are releasing their first studio album in 15 years titled Happiness Bastards. Don’t miss this awesome episode that’ll rock your socks off, here on the CAT!
Ray's passion for music and the musicians, started as a youth listening to transistor radios under the covers at bedtime. The bands and performers he liked, he followed throughout their career. In 2005 he was fed up with the evolution of a majority of the music the radio stations were playing and began investigating the bands he grew up listening to in the 1960's, 70's and 80's. Radio wasn't playing any of those band's "new" songs, just the "classic" hits. Researching the industry for a year, Ray launched Classic Artists Today syndicated radio show - featuring "new" songs by "classic" artists and included interviews and classic tracks too. The show was carried by several dozen radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Caribbean. Featuring Rock/Pop musicians and bands, Ray and the show won several awards from New Music Weekly magazine. With the success of these shows, he launched Coool CAT syndicated radio show, 5 years later, featuring Soul/R&B/Smooth Jazz/Blues performers and bands. In 2017, Ray starting producing his show in a 30-minute podcast format. Today, you can hear his work at Sittin' In With The CAT and Sittin' In With The Coool CAT. The legacy continues!
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