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Released
  
1975

On the Track (1975)
  
Double Time (1977)

Release date
  
1975

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

Length
  
38:13

Artist
  
Leon Redbone

Producer
  
Joel Dorn

Genre
  
Ragtime

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Double Time, From Branch to Branch, Whistling in the Wind, Red to Blue, Long Way From Home

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On the Track is debut album from Leon Redbone, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1975 and reissued on CD in 1988. It peaked at #87 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.

Contents

The album features a cover illustration by Chuck Jones depicting the character Michigan J. Frog.

Track listing

  1. "Sweet Mama Hurry Home or I'll Be Gone" (Jack Neville, Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:49
  2. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 4:03
  3. "My Walking Stick" (Irving Berlin) – 3:41
  4. "Lazybones" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) – 3:06
  5. "Marie" (Irving Berlin) – 4:24
  6. "Desert Blues (Big Chief Buffalo Nickel)" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:42
  7. "Lulu's Back in Town" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:34
  8. "Some of These Days" (Shelton Brooks) – 3:16
  9. "Big Time Woman" (Wilton Crawley) – 2:44
  10. "Haunted House" (Lonnie Johnson) – 4:58
  11. "Polly Wolly Doodle" (Traditional) – 2:56

Personnel

  • Leon Redbone – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Phil Bodner – saxophone
  • Patti Bown – piano
  • Garnett Brown – trombone
  • Jonathan Dorn – tuba
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Emanuel Green – violin
  • Milt Hinton – bass guitar
  • Leo Kahn – violin
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion, castanets
  • Charles Macey – guitar
  • Don McLean – banjo
  • Gene Orloff – violin
  • Seldon Powell – saxophone
  • Billy Slapin – clarinet
  • Joe Venuti – violin
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet, cornet

    • Production notes

  • Joel Dorn – producer
  • Bob Liftin – engineer

    • Songs

    1Sweet Mama Hurry Home or I'll Be Gone2:37
    2Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' My Love for You)4:04
    3My Walking Stick3:42

    References

    On the Track Wikipedia
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