In the '90s through the mid-noughts, Little Rabbits steadily released funky French rock albums fit for smoke-filled lounges.  After seven releases, the Nantes group disappeared in 2005 and reappeared on its own label in 2006 as French Cowboy. Led by Federico Pellegrini, French Cowboy is made up of his Little Rabbits band mates Gaëtan Chataignier, Stéphane Louvain and Eric Pifeteau.

French Cowboy is aptly named—it is decidedly more spaghetti western than its predecessor and most of its songs are in English, yet Pellegrini's French-accented nasal vocals mark this as a Gallic effort. The group's first album, Baby Face Nelson Was a French Cowboy, was recorded in Tucson, Arizona. Guitars dirty with sand grit, alone on-the-range whistling, and harmonica all set the desert mood.  Horns on "Dis-moi" and "Dream" are reminiscent of Tucson band Calexico. Many of the songs were revisioned with Helena Noguerra on vocals and packaged separately as Dillenger Girl and Baby Face Nelson .

French Cowboy closed 2009 with music on the soundtrack to the frenetic Belgian stop-motion animated film A Town Called Panic and an EP previewing their third release (Isn’t My Bedroom) A Masterpiece.

~ Sara Pierre