Early Recordings Released on Double LP!
Third Man Records is proud to announce the release of Leon Redbones Long Way From Home, the never-before-released earliest known recordings of the mysterious performer. Redbones career has spanned over 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.
Recorded in 1972 by Dave Benders for WBFO Radio at the University of Buffalo the collection features some of the first Leon Redbone recordings. Long Way From Home was never released commercially and is finally available on LP.
Features:
Double LP
Never Before Released Audio Recorded in 1972
Gatefold Jacket
Selections:
Side A:
1. Lord, I Looked Down The Road
2. Mother, Queen Of My Heart
3. T B Blues
4. Don't Let It Bother You
Side B:
5. Marie
6. Me And The Devil Blues
7. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
8. Mississippi River Blues
Side C:
1. Kind Hearted Woman Blues
2. Old Love Letters
3. Sweet Mama Hurry Home Or I'll Be Gone
4. Nobody Knows But Me
5. My Walking Stick
Side D:
6. Cat Man Blues
7. Gambling Bar Room Blues
8. My Good Gal's Gone Blues
9. Yodeling Cowboy
10. Bootleg Rum Dum Blues
Third Man Records is proud to announce the release of Leon Redbones Long Way From Home, the never-before-released earliest known recordings of the mysterious performer. Redbones career has spanned over 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.
Recorded in 1972 by Dave Benders for WBFO Radio at the University of Buffalo the collection features some of the first Leon Redbone recordings. Long Way From Home was never released commercially and is finally available on LP.
Features:
Double LP
Never Before Released Audio Recorded in 1972
Gatefold Jacket
Selections:
Side A:
1. Lord, I Looked Down The Road
2. Mother, Queen Of My Heart
3. T B Blues
4. Don't Let It Bother You
Side B:
5. Marie
6. Me And The Devil Blues
7. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
8. Mississippi River Blues
Side C:
1. Kind Hearted Woman Blues
2. Old Love Letters
3. Sweet Mama Hurry Home Or I'll Be Gone
4. Nobody Knows But Me
5. My Walking Stick
Side D:
6. Cat Man Blues
7. Gambling Bar Room Blues
8. My Good Gal's Gone Blues
9. Yodeling Cowboy
10. Bootleg Rum Dum Blues
