Leon Redbone
Leon Redbone
Leon Redboneis a Canadian/American singer-songwriter and guitarist specializing in interpretations of early 20th-century music, including jazz and blues standards and Tin Pan Alley classics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth26 August 1949
CountryUnited States of America
dream mean joy
Lonesome. Lonesome. I know what it means. Here all by my lonesome, dreaming empty dreams. Weary. Weary at the close of day, wondering if tomorrow brings me joy or sorrow.
broken-heart blue trying
I'm sad and blue, about nobody but you. I told you that I loved you right from the start, you told me the same and now you try to break my little heart.
mean kissing opportunity
I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them seriously. To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death.
men good-man blues-music
The blues ain't nothing but a good man feelin' bad.
silence important notes
The silence between the notes is the good part for me. I find that to be a very important part of music that is often lacking.
location different strange
I extract what I consider the best material from different sources. But often the material I perform comes from a very strange location in history, which are minstrel shows.
song notes
It can even be a single note which defines the entire song.
records moments
What I do and what I record only work for the moment.
eye keys personality
I've got a very behind-the-scenes personality. I don't know how I became a performer. I like to stay discreet, out of the public eye, very low-key.
past interest
The only thing that interests me is history - reviewing the past and making something out of it.
musician
Who told you I was a musician?