Leon Redbone - Long Way From Home

First-ever release, the earliest known Redbone recordings

Long Way From Home was recorded in 1972 by Dave Benders for WBFO Radio at the University of Buffalo and features some of the earliest known Leon Redbone recordings. Long Way From Home was never released commercially and is now available on LP for all to enjoy.

Leon Redbone's career has spanned more than four decades and began with his earliest performances on the folk festival and club circuit. His numerous appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Saturday Night Live and other outlets catalyzed his rise to international recognition. Over the ensuing years he has appeared throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Japan and released thirteen albums of his unique music, a panoply of early music styles that he delivered with his singular laconic idiosyncratic style.

A true champion of early American ragtime, blues and jazz, Leon Redbone has spent a lifetime preserving that musical tradition while exposing successive generations to a rich musical heritage of which they might not otherwise have become aware.

 

1. Lord, I Looked Down The Road

2. Mother, Queen Of My Heart

3. T B Blues

4. Don’t Let It Bother You

5. Marie

6. Me And The Devil Blues

7. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day

8. Mississippi River Blues

9. Kind Hearted Woman Blues

10. Old Love Letters

11. Sweet Mama Hurry Home Or I’ll Be

12. Gone

13. Nobody Knows But Me

14. My Walking Stick

15. Cat Man Blues

16. Gambling Bar Room Blues

17. My Good Gal’s Gone Blues

18. Yodeling Cowboy

19. Bootleg Rum Dum Blues

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