''Voodoo Shoppe'' is the tenth release and the seventh studio release of

Cowboy Mouth Cowboy Mouth is an American 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 th ...

. Cowboy Mouth has associated themselves quite strongly with the city of

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and the music scene in that city. ''Voodoo Shoppe'' was the first album produced by the band after

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, and generated a fair bit of interest in the album because of this. Two songs, "Home" and "The Avenue" address the diaspora after Hurricane Katrina, as well as pledging to return to New Orleans to rebuild. Portions of the proceeds were donated t
Renew Our Music
(formerly the New Orleans Musician's Relief Fund).

John Thomas Griffith John Thomas Griffith (born April 3, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the band Cowboy Mouth. Griffith first established himself on the American music scene in the early 1980s as lead singer and gui ...

sits upon their board. They performed ''Home'' and ''Voodoo Shoppe'' as part of

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' New Orleans Music in ExileNew Orleans Music In Exile airs on Starz, Starz InBlack
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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 ...

admitted to not being able to move home, saying, ''"I live in the tour bus. We all live in the tour bus."'' The song "This Much Fun" was featured in the trailer for ''

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'' (2007), but not used in the actual movie or on the soundtrack album.

Track listing

#"Joe Strummer" (Fred LeBlanc, John Thomas Griffith, Paul Sanchez, Mary Lasange, Mitch Allen) – 3:35 #"Misty Falls" (Griffith, LeBlanc, Sanchez) – 3:26 #"Winds Me Up" (LeBlanc, Griffith, Sanchez, Lasange) – 3:33 #"Hole in My Heart" (Griffith, LeBlanc, Sanchez) – 3:57 #"Voodoo Shoppe" (Griffith, LeBlanc, Sanchez) – 3:54 #"Slow Down" (LeBlanc, Griffith, Sanchez, Lasange) – 3:36 #"This Much Fun" (Griffith, LeBlanc, Sanchez) – 2:45 #"Supersonic" (Sonia Tetlow, Griffith, LeBlanc, Sanchez) – 2:35 #"I Told Ya" (Griffith, LeBlanc, Sanchez, Lasange) – 3:17 #"Home" (Griffith, LeBlanc, Sanchez, Tetlow) – 3:12 #"Glad to Be Alive" (Griffith, LeBlanc, Sanchez, Tetlow, Russ-T Cobb) – 3:34 #"The Avenue" (Griffith, LeBlanc, Sanchez, Tetlow) – 3:55

Singles

* "The Avenue" * "Joe Strummer"

Personnel

;Cowboy Mouth *

– drums, lead vocals *

– guitar, vocals *

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– bass guitar * Paul Sanchez – guitar with: *

Stewart Cararas Stewart Cararas (born October 4, 1971, in Monroe, Louisiana) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and mixing engineer. With a career spanning over three decades, Cararas has contributed to numerous projects across rock, pop, pun ...

– engineering and gang vocal *

Mitch Allan Mitchell Allan Scherr is an American record producer, songwriter, and singer. He has worked with artists including Demi Lovato, Third Eye Blind, Miley Cyrus, Carlie Hanson, Jason Derulo, Pitbull, Fifth Harmony, Kelly Clarkson, Simple Plan, Fait ...

- producer (tracks 1 - 3)

References

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