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  1. 05-30-2019, 11:40 AM #1
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    RIP Leon Redbone

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    Come on now, he asked you very nicely not to talk about him when he was gone. I believe we should honor his wishes.....
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    Made me think about the old man when I read it today, loved playing Leon quite a bit. RIP
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    i remember seeing him in like 2004 or 5 in 800 seat theater, after show as i was walikin off, I saw him pull out to leave alone in like a station wagon or something
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    Saw him in 1976 I think. Subtle low key retro-retro music, dry humor. Great harmonica work. 100 seat theater. One of the best intimate concerts of my life. RIP
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    Hadn't heard him. Bit of a shame. He had some smooth chops

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    Last time I heard him was at a lift station at Moonlight Basin. It was the short double that locals used to park at. An old hippie was playing him loud for most of the day out of his room box.it was cool.
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    He went to HS with Zappa. Kookie back story. His mellow was good to mix into the LP stack with the Byrds, Beatles and Moody Blues back in the bellbottom and Whole Earth Catalog days.
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    I have vague memories of him on SNL when I was a kid. Seemed comfortable just doing his thing. Cool cat.
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    Wrong forum jong

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    maybe his most widely-known tune:
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    Quote Originally Posted by wooley12 View Post
    He went to HS with Zappa. .
    That was Captain Beefheart. There were also rumors that LR was FZ.

    But:

    Redbone was reticent about his origins, and never explained the provenance of his stage name.[2] According to a Toronto Star report in the 1980s, he was once known as Dickran Gobalian, and he came to Canada from Cyprus in the mid-1960s and changed his name via the Ontario Change of Name Act.[6] Biographical research published in 2019 corroborated his birth name, and stated that his family was of Armenian origin. His parents lived in Jerusalem, but moved in 1948 to Nicosia, Cyprus, where Redbone was born. By 1961, the family had moved to London, United Kingdom, and by 1965 to Toronto.[

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    Quote Originally Posted by frorider View Post
    I have vague memories of him on SNL when I was a kid. Seemed comfortable just doing his thing. Cool cat.
    Me too!

    I recall him being the musical guest and Joel (MST3K) Hodgson being the comedic guest. Both of them slayed it...Redbone with his laidback, almost deadpan singing/playing and Hodgson with his deadpan comedic wit. One of my fondest memories of OG SNL...

    Over the years I keep threatening to purchase some Redbone albums, but have yet to do so.

    I do recall that his debut album featured Michigan J. Frog as the album art, though, which was mad cool.

    What a week, though:
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    ^^didn't know about Roger Moore until reading that^^. Bummer.
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    RIP Leon Redbone

    Wait, what? Moore died 2 yrs ago!

    When I saw the pics in my newsfeed this week, my first thought was damn that dude looks like Zappa. Could have been the greates hoax ever
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    Quote Originally Posted by mcski View Post
    Wait, what? Moore died 2 yrs ago!
    ha. well I still learnd about it reading that today!
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    My favorite scene. I want that gaper killer ski pole.

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    OOPS!
    Y'all are right, Moore died in 2017...not sure how I got mixed up with dates (his death popped up on one of my feeds recently...must've been on the anniversary of his death and I just misread it).

    Sorry all.
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    i for one am pissed at you dookey.

    wait no I'm not.
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    It's ok. I want that yellow bognar outfit! Man, I loved that scene as a kid.
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    A couple years ago it was Leon Russell. Now Leon Redbone.

    If I was a musician and my name was Leon last initial R, I might be worried.

    Leon Redbone was good, interesting, an individual. An iconoclast. A talent. Great, in short. RIP.

    But Leon Russell was pretty damn awesome.

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