Leon Redbone... gone.

[Boink]

Sure enjoyed him.

 

[Basil]

Oh darn, I hadn't heard him in ages (way back when I watched Saturday Night Live). I was just reading about him on Wikipedia and saw this: "Redbone survived the crash of a small plane in Clarksburg West Virginia, on February 12, 1979." That's where I was born. Sad to hear he's gone.

 

[Boink]

I think he had been in ill health for a few years... and recent photos of him show him to have aged quite a bit.
I think I also first saw him on SNL and I've followed him ever since. I still have a couple of his early LPs.
Quite the character. Saw him live about 20 years ago.​

 

[Basil]

I think he had been in ill health for a few years... and recent photos of him show him to have aged quite a bit.
I think I also first saw him on SNL and I've followed him ever since. I still have a couple of his early LPs.
Quite the character. Saw him live about 20 years ago.​

He was definitely a distinct and unique performer.

 

[waltesefalcon]

That's a shame, he was such a pleasure to listen to.

 

[Boink]

 

[DrEntropy]

Between him, Zappa and Captain Beefheart, not sure which is my fave.

 

[Boink]

I figure he was born wearing sunglasses and a hat.
Melancholy Baby:

 

[bobhustead]

We saw him in Miami years ago double billed with Tom Waits. I always wondered whether they argued over who was entitled to bottom billing.
Bob Hustead

 

[waltesefalcon]

 

[Boink]

We saw him in Miami years ago double billed with Tom Waits. I always wondered whether they argued over who was entitled to bottom billing.
Bob Hustead

What a line-up! Waits is also a favorite of mine.

 

[pdplot]

Best description - "He's a young white man who sings like an old black man".

 

[Basil]

Anyone remember this commercial:

 

[PC]

 

[Basil]

Good one! I miss Far Side!