Leon Redbone

   
Artist: Leon Redbone

   Genre(s): 
Easy Listening
   Blues
   Retro
   

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Discography:


   
 Anytime

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 13


   
 Whistling In The Wind

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 12


   
 Live !

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 12


   
 Up a Lazy River

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 12


   
 Sugar

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 13


   
 No Regrets

   Year: 1988   
Tracks: 14


   
 Christmas Island

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 11


   
 Red to Blue

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 12


   
 From Branch To Branch

   Year: 1981   
Tracks: 11


   
 Champagne Charlie

   Year: 1978   
Tracks: 10


   
 Double Time

   Year: 1977   
Tracks: 11


   
 On the Track

   Year: 1975   
Tracks: 11

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While his raspy barytone and omnipresent fedora, dark specs and Groucho Marx moustache made him one of the more decided and recognizable characters in democratic music, small is known around the neo-vaudeville crooner Leon Redbone. Throughout his life history, he unwaveringly refused to unwrap whatever information approximately his background or personal life; according to legend, Redbone's desire to protect his privateness was so vivid that when he was approached by the notable producer John Hammond, the contact routine he gave was not his possess telephone set, simply that of a Dial-A-Joke service.


Because Redbone number one emerged as a performing artist in Toronto during the 1970s, he was believed to be Canadian; his work, a revival meeting of pre-World War II rag, jazz and blues sounds, recalled the work of performers ranging from Jelly Roll Morton and Bing Crosby to blackface virtuoso Emmett Miller. He made his recording debut in 1976 with On the Track, which featured legendary jazz fiddler Joe Venuti as well as singer/songwriter Don McLean; his 1977 followup Double Time even reached the U.S. Top 40 charts, largely on the durability of his buy at appearances on television's "Sat Night Live."


Afterward 1978's Champagne-Ardenne Charlie, Redbone began recording exclusively sporadically; undermentioned 1981's Arm to Branch, he waited four-spot age before re-entering the studio to cut Loss to Blue. Invariably, his albums featured client appearances from a eclecticist couch of luminaries: patch 1987's Christmas Island included a cameo by Dr. John, 1994's Whistling in the Wind included duets with Ringo Starr and Merle Haggard. Despite his low profile, Redbone as well earned a sure measure of renown as a mending in versatile tV ad campaigns.