musician, songwriter, arranger, producer (1949-2019)

Claude says:Leon Redbone's fingerpicked charm and vaudeville-tinged arrangements—all ragtime swing and New Orleans soul filtered through a crooner's lens—caught you briefly in late 2009, mostly via the Elf soundtrack's seasonal pull. Two plays of his work isn't much, but it's enough to know where your taste drifts when December rolls around.