Lonesome Travelers

'To sum up the Lonesome Travelers, John Thomas Griffith says the laid-back acoustic duo (Griffith along with Paul Sanchez) is just about “American folk music in general.” Quite the change from the pair’s day job: playing guitar in the legendary Southern rock band Cowboy Mouth. Sanchez and Griffith forged ties in the mid-‘80s in the New Orleans music scene. Griffith was then a member of punk group the Red Rockers, and Sanchez, a guitarist in the Backbeats. “We’d always talk about writing songs together and nothing would come of it,” Griffith remembers. The duo eventually began writing songs at Sanchez’s house and putting acoustic club shows featuring their folksy/country/rock blend, but the Travelers were put on hold when Cowboy Mouth was born with lead singer/drummer Fred LeBlanc and original bassist Steve Walters. During a rare break in the demanding Cowboy Mouth schedule, however, the Lonesome Travelers were resurrected.'