Red to Blue | ||||
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Released | 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
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Genre | Jazz, blues | |||
Length | 31:51 | |||
Label | August | |||
Producer | Beryl Handler, Leon Redbone | |||
Leon Redbone chronology | ||||
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Red to Blue is an album by the American musician Leon Redbone, released in 1986. [1] [2] It was his first album for August Records, a label started by Redbone. [3] Redbone supported the album with a North American tour. [4]
The album was produced by Beryl Handler and Redbone. [5] David Bromberg accompanied Redbone on the cover of the Bob Dylan song "Living the Blues". [6] Hank Williams Jr. provided a spoken part for the cover of his father's version of " Lovesick Blues". [7] Biréli Lagrène played guitar on "Whose Honey Are You?" [8] The Roches contributed backing vocals; Dr. John played piano. [9] [10] The album title comes from a Jelly Roll Morton quote that describes the transition from Spanish musical styles to blues-based ones. [8]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The New York Times wrote that "Leon Redbone carries to a peak his mixture of jazz-filtered old pop songs, blues and 'contemp-folk' with the assistance of a pool of traditional jazz and folk-jazz musicians who light momentarily like hummingbirds in these performances, then take off again." [13] The Columbia Daily Tribune said that the album "saunters and shuffles like an old hepcat, past his prime but still jiving along at his own unhurried pace." [14]
The Vancouver Sun determined that "Redbone's almost hallucinogenic, sweeping you up in the gentle swing of his music and transporting you back to a '30s dance hall." [15] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution deemed the album "his standard fare—barely intelligible vocals that get so loooow, clarinets, coronets, guitars, banjoes and tuba." [16] Likewise, the Detroit Free Press considered it "the same old hambone." [17]
AllMusic praised "the usual Dixieland backing augmenting his tasteful fingerpicked guitar work." [11]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Diamonds Don't Mean a Thing" | Leon Redbone | 3:02 |
2. | " Lovesick Blues" | Cliff Friend, Irving Mills | 2:44 |
3. | "Reaching for Someone and Not Finding Anyone There" | Walter Donaldson, Edgar Leslie | 2:08 |
4. | " Somebody Stole My Gal" | Leo Wood | 2:08 |
5. | "Steal Away Blues" | Redbone | 2:34 |
6. | "Aw You Salty Dog" | Redbone | 3:18 |
7. | "Border of the Quarter" | Owen Davis | 3:01 |
8. | " Someday Sweetheart" | Benjamin Franklin Spikes, John Spikes | 2:37 |
9. | "Whose Honey Are You?" | J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie | 2:11 |
10. | "Living the Blues" | Bob Dylan | 2:22 |
11. | "Nobody Cares If I'm Blue" | Harry Akst, Grant Clark | 2:41 |
12. | "Think of Me Thinking of You" | Charlie Abbott, Johnny Marvin, Dale Wimbrow | 3:23 |
Red to Blue | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
Studio |
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Genre | Jazz, blues | |||
Length | 31:51 | |||
Label | August | |||
Producer | Beryl Handler, Leon Redbone | |||
Leon Redbone chronology | ||||
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Red to Blue is an album by the American musician Leon Redbone, released in 1986. [1] [2] It was his first album for August Records, a label started by Redbone. [3] Redbone supported the album with a North American tour. [4]
The album was produced by Beryl Handler and Redbone. [5] David Bromberg accompanied Redbone on the cover of the Bob Dylan song "Living the Blues". [6] Hank Williams Jr. provided a spoken part for the cover of his father's version of " Lovesick Blues". [7] Biréli Lagrène played guitar on "Whose Honey Are You?" [8] The Roches contributed backing vocals; Dr. John played piano. [9] [10] The album title comes from a Jelly Roll Morton quote that describes the transition from Spanish musical styles to blues-based ones. [8]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The New York Times wrote that "Leon Redbone carries to a peak his mixture of jazz-filtered old pop songs, blues and 'contemp-folk' with the assistance of a pool of traditional jazz and folk-jazz musicians who light momentarily like hummingbirds in these performances, then take off again." [13] The Columbia Daily Tribune said that the album "saunters and shuffles like an old hepcat, past his prime but still jiving along at his own unhurried pace." [14]
The Vancouver Sun determined that "Redbone's almost hallucinogenic, sweeping you up in the gentle swing of his music and transporting you back to a '30s dance hall." [15] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution deemed the album "his standard fare—barely intelligible vocals that get so loooow, clarinets, coronets, guitars, banjoes and tuba." [16] Likewise, the Detroit Free Press considered it "the same old hambone." [17]
AllMusic praised "the usual Dixieland backing augmenting his tasteful fingerpicked guitar work." [11]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Diamonds Don't Mean a Thing" | Leon Redbone | 3:02 |
2. | " Lovesick Blues" | Cliff Friend, Irving Mills | 2:44 |
3. | "Reaching for Someone and Not Finding Anyone There" | Walter Donaldson, Edgar Leslie | 2:08 |
4. | " Somebody Stole My Gal" | Leo Wood | 2:08 |
5. | "Steal Away Blues" | Redbone | 2:34 |
6. | "Aw You Salty Dog" | Redbone | 3:18 |
7. | "Border of the Quarter" | Owen Davis | 3:01 |
8. | " Someday Sweetheart" | Benjamin Franklin Spikes, John Spikes | 2:37 |
9. | "Whose Honey Are You?" | J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie | 2:11 |
10. | "Living the Blues" | Bob Dylan | 2:22 |
11. | "Nobody Cares If I'm Blue" | Harry Akst, Grant Clark | 2:41 |
12. | "Think of Me Thinking of You" | Charlie Abbott, Johnny Marvin, Dale Wimbrow | 3:23 |