Friday, November 22, 2013

Leon Redbone - Cooler than Cool Under a Harvest Moon (video)

For the last few days it has been bugging the hell out of me that I couldn't remember the name of a performer whose work I really love but his name wasn't coming to me.  I finally came up with a brainwave as I went to see him with Sundance and Andrea at a jazz club in Rhode Island.  So I sent an email and after a couple more days they came up with the answer.  Thank you!

"Harvest Moon" is one of his signature songs and so is "Ain't Misbehavin'" and maybe you don't think that is too progressive but check out the way he does them.  His voice is unmistakeable and his style makes him cooler than cool.




I was most pleased to find the name and thanks again to Sundance and Andrea for reminding me.  Usually Cat is suggesting music and I've mostly followed rock which she already knows so there has been relatively little I could suggest that would surprise her.  Leon Redbone definitely did surprise her and she's now a fan.

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