Red to Blue

by Leon Redbone

Overview

Redbone's conversational style fits anywhere from a coffeehouse setting to a concert to hawking detergent on TV. Here, in this reissue of an album he cut in 1987, he takes on everything from country & western tunes (the opening "Diamonds Don't Mean a Thing" and "Lovesick Blues," which features a dialogue with Hank Williams, Jr.) to old favorites like "Someday Sweetheart," "Somebody Stole My Gal," and "Aw You Salty Dog." The usual Dixieland backing augmenting his tasteful fingerpicked guitar work makes this a seamless addition to his discography. ~ Cub Koda

Product Details

Release Date:	07/20/2004
Label:	New Rounder
UPC:	0011661323421
Rank:	78901

Tracks

1. Diamonds Don't Mean a Thing
2. Lovesick Blues
3. Reaching for Someone and Not Finding Anyone There
4. Somebody Stole My Gal
5. Steal Away Blues
6. Aw You Salty Dog
7. Border of the Quarter
8. Someday, Sweetheart
9. Whose Honey Are You?
10. Living With the Blues
11. Nobody Cares If I'm Blue
12. Think of Me Thinking of You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Leon Redbone   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Gary Peacock   Primary Artist
Ken Peplowski   Guest Artist,Clarinet
David Bromberg   Guest Artist,Dobro
Hank Williams, Jr.   Guest Artist,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
The Roches   Guest Artist,Vocals
Terre   Vocals
Richard Hendrickson   Violin
Arnold Kinsella, Jr.   Drums
Big Jonny Dong   Tuba
Joe Muranyi   Clarinet
Suzzy   Vocals
Alvin E. Roger   Violin
Eddie Davis   Guitar
Bireli Lagrene   Guitar
Charlie Wilson   Clarinet
Chuck Wilson   Clarinet
Eddy Davis   Guitar (Tenor)
Vince Giordano   Bass,Tuba,Drums,Percussion,Sax (Bass),Bass (Upright)
Giampaolo Biagi   Drums
Arnie Kinsella   Drums
Richard Maximoff   Violin
Steve Fishell   Guitar (Steel)
Joel Helleny   Trombone
Maggie   Vocals
Scott Black   Cornet
Dan Barrett   Trombone
Terry Waldo   Piano
Andy Stein   Violin,Voices
Bobby Gordon   Clarinet
Eric Weissberg   Pedal Steel,Guitar (Steel),Pedal Steel Banjo
Richard Henrickson   Violin
Mac Rebennack   Piano
Howard Alden   Banjo,Guitar
Peter Ecklund   Cornet

Technical Credits

Terre   Group Member
Victor Deyglio   Assistant Engineer
Owen Davis   Composer
Nancy Anderson   Adaptation,CD Adaptation
Charlie Abbott   Composer
Bruce Smith   Assistant Engineer
Grant Clark   Composer
Joe Renzetti   String Arrangements
Michael Horen   Cover Art
Suzzy   Group Member
Joe Renzeto   Arranger
Dale Wimbrow   Composer
Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers   Arranger
Irving Mills   Composer
J. Fred Coots   Composer
Hank Williams, Jr.   Dialogue
Cliff Friend   Composer
Gary Nicholson   Composer
Gary Peacock   Performer
Benjamin Franklin Spikes   Composer
Edgar Leslie   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Greg Calbi   Mastering
Doug Epstein   Engineer,Remixing
Earl Hines   Composer
Mike Tarsia   Dialogue Engineering
Harry Akst   Composer
Haven Gillespie   Composer
Henry Wood   Composer
Maggie   Group Member
Johnny Marvin   Composer
Beryl Handler   Producer
Bob Dylan   Composer
John Spikes   Composer
Leon Redbone   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Cover Art
Leo Wood   Composer
Peter Ecklund   Arranger