Who The Hell is Rodeo Mouth?
The Band
If Bob Dylan, Warren Zevon, and Roger Miller got into a back alley fist fight and the collective pools of blood morphed into a being of its own, it might just be Rodeo Mouth.
Dubbed as "Acid Americana," Rodeo Mouth is an eclectic alt-country rock n’ roll band based in Nashville, Tennessee, consisting of songwriter Paul Howard (vocals, rhythm guitar), Emmett Rozelle (lead guitar), Anthony Fili (bass), and drummer Dany Turcios. What started out as Howard reclusively writing off-color folk songs and occasionally playing out as a solo performer would eventually evolve into wrangling old friends from home in Upstate New York (that have been living in Nashville) to join in on the fun.
The Music
Rodeo Mouth’s high-octane live fan favorite track, “Sunset Blues Revisited,” is their debut single, which hit streaming in May 2024. It was produced in Nashville by multi-instrumentalist Duncan Shea (Music Band, Those Darlins, Becca Mancari) who also played drums, bass, and lead guitar on the track. It was mixed and mastered at The Bomb Shelter (Alabama Shakes, Hurray For The Riff Raff) in East Nashville.
With the bones of their second single, “Fanny’s Farmhouse,” recorded again with Shea, the boys went back to the studio in October of 2024 to flesh it out along with several other original tracks. “Fanny’s Farmhouse” was released in November 2024, followed shortly after by another seasonal number, their macabre romp “Cowboy Cannibal.” The former caught the ear of DJ Ana Lee at WMOT Roots Radio here in Nashville, which garnered radio play on The Local Brew. Their rollicking desert highway single, "Leaving For Phoenix," released in March 2025. The track features former George Jones and Bellamy Brothers pedal steel guitarist Van Coffey and Irish songbird Neve Cunnane on background vocals. On Halloween eve 2025, they released their latest single, the deranged drunken cowboy number, "There's a Boot in My Wallet."
Rodeo Mouth's songs are refreshingly offbeat in nature with lyrics often filled with tongue-in-cheek charm, wit, and irreverent subject matter. The band’s style bounces between roots rock, alt-country, and Cosmic Americana, with songs chock full of playful, nostalgic, and satirical elements. As long time buds, Rodeo Mouth exemplifies simply having fun with each other both on stage and in studio, and that’s felt within their music. Each member has been steeped in various projects in the local scene for nearly a decade, but the time finally came to put other bullshit aside for this supergroup.
Howard is also the founder and editor of the music blog Music Mecca, having published over 2,000 articles in the past eight years, mostly surrounding non-mainstream artists and events in Nashville, which has strengthened his ties to the city.
Rodeo Mouth has regularly performed all over Nashville the past several years at staple venues like The 5 Spot, The Basement, The East Room, Acme Feed & Seed, City Winery, Brown’s Diner, King’s Whiskey Room, The Cobra, The Villager Tavern and more. In the summer of 2025, the band did a northeast run playing in New Jersey and was one of the headliners at the Geneva, New York music festival Drumstock. The band completed a Gulf Tour this April with dates in Houston, San Antonio, and New Orleans. Their last single, "Pretty Sweet Deal," was released April 20th, 2026, and their debut album, Terrestrial Thrills, hit streaming May 22nd, 2026. It was largely recorded live to tape at The Bomb Shelter (Alabama Shakes, Margo Price) in East Nashville.
RIYL: Warren Zevon, Old Crow Medicine Show, Rattlesnake Milk, The Band-era Bob Dylan, Ween, Beer drinkin' songs