Fred LeBlanc - Musician Artist writer, New Orleans, LA

Hey Ya’ll!! Fred here!

I have a new single for sale in my download section. Its a rock and roll take of the old Cher song “Gypsies, Tramps, & Thieves.” I think its pretty kick ass and I’m very proud of it. Check it out if you get the chance!

CM used to play this when we first got started years ago. We had a habit of doing some wild and diverse covers when we first started out…

(this song, “Money Changes Everything” by Cyndi Lauper/The Brains, a punk rock “LA Woman” mixed with some Bo Diddley, etc…basically whatever we pulled out of the hat). Some of them stuck (”I Can Tell”), some of them didn’t…Anyway, I always liked the arrangement I put together for this song so I redid it myself a few months ago (I had an old version recorded on a cassette 4-track machine many moons ago, but I knew it could be better) and am pretty happy with the results. Hope you like it!

Thanks to everyone who has downloaded any of the content here or has ordered the drum heads. The response has been more than i could have hoped for, so thanks alot. If you haven’t seen them, then plz check them out.

Well, Carnival Season 2010 is now a thing of the past. With everything happening down here in Nola, I gotta say it was pretty wild. And yes, It did take awhile to get over it. What the hell, right?

In addition to all of the shows CM played on the Mardi Gras tour, we played an outdoor show the day before Margi Gras that probably ranks as one of the best we’ve played in awhile, I think. And we’ve been having some kickass shows as of late.

Its good to be home resting for a few. Jazzfest is coming soon as is the weather change and spring and summer touring. YES!!

CM is starting to work on some new music for release (hopefully) this year. So keep an eye/ear out! Also, I’m looking to do acoustic home shows again – with Griff on the road, by myself when we are off. So send an email to the address on the front page if interested the next time we come thru town and let’s see if we can make it work.

Hope everyone is well. See ya’ll out on the road.

Peace, Fred