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“There was no understanding Leon Redbone, other than he wanted to do ... He didn’t like Mexican food, and would eat Szechuan at any time of day. While on tour with Mr. Redbone as a teenager ...

Leon Redbone has left many disheartened by his passing as they reflect on his music and his unique sound. He fought his health battle for many years and has left a mark in the music career.

Singer-guitarist Leon Redbone died Thursday in Pennsylvania. With his gravelly voice and a Panama hat, Redbone sang an eclectic mix of songs, everything from Mississippi Delta Blues, to ragtime ...

Leon Redbone once woke me out of a sound sleep. Redbone had an engagement at the Woodfire Trattoria in Dowagiac in January 2007, and I was going to interview him for The Tribune’s preview article.

NEW YORK — Leon Redbone, the blues and jazz artist whose growly voice, Panama hat and cultivated air of mystery made him seem like a character out of the ragtime era or the Depression-era ...

Leon Redbone, the famously mysterious musician whose strummy, Ragtime-style crooning seemed to emanate from a bygone era, died Thursday at age 69. “He departed our world with his guitar ...

Cabaret singer Leon Redbone, who died Thursday at age 69 after a career that saw him become a contemporary favorite in the 1970s despite playing tunes from ragtime, vaudeville and American ...