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Music CD - Leon Redbone: On the Track
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Music CD: On the Track
Artist: Leon Redbone
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $6.96
Your Save: $ 5.02 ( 42% )
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Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Tracks:
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1. Sweet Mama Hurry Home Or I'll Be Gone
2. Aint Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' My Love For You)
3. My Walking Stick
4. Lazybones
5. Marie
6. Desert Blues (Big Chief Buffalo Nickel)
7. Lulu's Back In Town
8. Some Of These Days
9. Big Time Woman
10. Haunted House
11. Polly Wolly Doodle
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075992729727
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great, Great, Great
Comment: This little gem is always sure to please. I've had it for about 10 years now and it never grows old. A lot of classic songs to enjoy on this album. His style is unmatched. The cover art is great, the music is great, the artist is great. It's all great, great, great. Get it!
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Summary: Behind A Head of His Time
Comment: Almost thirty three years after becoming aware of Leon Redbone by way of seeing him perform at the 1974 Cornell Folk Festival in Ithaca NY I decided to buy this , his first recording, the other day.
Why did it take me so long to pull the trigger on a Leon Redbone recording? I can't say for sure.
It's not like he didn't catch my attention in 1974.
In reading reviews I was reminded that none other than Bob Dylan championed Redbone when he hit the scene.
I find that interesting and bit ironic
Chances are you wouldn't have caught Bob Dylan playing "Polly Wolly Doodle" on stage in 1974. Thirty years later, given Dylan's recent musical musings and meanderings, it seems like a song right up his alley.
Looking to lighten up your life a bit via music ? I would highly recommend giving this this timeless Leon Redbone recording a listen.
Customer Rating:
Summary: 30 years later, I still listen to this one regularly
Comment: This is my favorite Leon Redbone album, although I adore several others. And its the one for which I have memorized the most songs and happily sing with or without the record.
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Summary: On The Track
Comment: Loaded with great songs, this album has tunes that I remember not knowing when I was young. They sound fresh & full of wit, charm, and intricate fingerpicked lovelyness. I'm getting his hole catalog... but you might want to start with just this disc first.
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Summary: Leon Redbone - On the Track
Comment: The only song I like on this cd is "Saving My Love For You". It's a classic.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Once cited by Bob Dylan as the first performer he'd want to sign to his own label, Leon Redbone instead made his 1976 recording debut with Warner Brothers. On the Track carries a "very special thanks" to Jelly Roll Morton and Jimmie Rodgers, and indeed sounds like the offspring of the pioneering jazzman and the early hillbilly blues singer, with perhaps a bit of Bing Crosby tossed in. Aided by a small horn section (including a prominent tuba) and violinist Joe Venuti, among others, the disc is a gorgeous, affectionate tribute to pre-World War II vernacular music. Redbone croons and growls his way through a repertoire that includes Rodgers, Fats Waller, Irving Berlin, and "Polly Wolly Doodle," the last of which inspired album-cover artist Chuck Jones to include "a grasshopper sittin' on the railroad track... pickin' his teeth with a carpet tack." Redbone and crew rise to peak after peak (hear Venuti's finessed high-wire act on "Some of These Days"), resulting in a record that makes for perfect Saturday night and Sunday morning listening. --Rickey Wright
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