- From Branch to Branch
Infobox Album
Name = From Branch to Branch
Type =studio album
Artist =Leon Redbone
Released = 1981
Genre =Ragtime
Length = 34:39
Label = Atlantic
Producer = Beryl Handler,Joel Dorn , Leon Redbone
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://wm10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfpxqy5ldde link]
Last album = "Champagne Charlie"
(1978)
This album = "From Branch to Branch"
(1981)
Next album = "Leon Redbone Live"
(1985)"From Branch to Branch" is the title of a recording by singer/guitarist
Leon Redbone , released in 1981. It was his first on Atlantic Records and peaked at No. 152 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.Track listing
# "(Mama'a Got a Baby Named) Te Na Na" – 2:58
# "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" (Redbone) – 3:00
# "Sweet Mama (Papa's Getting Mad)" (Peter Frost, George Little, Fred Rose) – 2:42
# "Step It up and Go" (Redbone) – 3:40
# "Your Cheatin' Heart " (Hank Williams ) – 3:02
# "Seduced" (Gary Tigerman) – 2:40
# "Why" (Jelly Roll Morton , Ed Werac) – 4:42
# "My Blue Heaven" (Walter Donaldson , George Whiting) – 2:21
# "Extra Blues" (Redbone) – 4:03
# "When You Wish upon a Star " (Leigh Harline ,Ned Washington ) – 2:01
# "Prairie Lullaby" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:30Personnel
*Leon Redbone – vocals, guitar
*Dr. John – piano, drums, hambone
*Mitch Holder – guitar
*Ralph Humphrey – drums
*Tim May – banjo
*Grady Tate – drums
*Terry Waldo – drums
*Michael Braun – drums
*Bob Cranshaw – bass, vibraphone
*Jonathan Dorn – tuba
*Tom Artin – trombone
*Vince Giordano – sax
*Bobby Gordon – clarinet, sax
*Jack Maheu – clarinet
*Victor Morosco – clarinet
*Robert Payne – trombone
*Ed Polcer – trumpet
*Jim Rothermel – clarinet, saxophone
*Jim Self – tuba
*Dick Halligan – arranger
*William S. Fischer – string arrangementsProduction notes
*Beryl Handler – producer
*Joel Dorn – producer
*Ed Sprigg – engineer
*Vince McGarry – engineer
*Michael O'Reilly – assistant engineer
*Tom Heid – assistant engineer
*Sandi Young – art direction
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