Leon Redbone "Walking Stick" Reaction!

[@Code9]

Leon Redbone... One of my all-time favorite musical artists. A real one-of-kind.

[@tommywoods9177]

One of the very best!! Rest in peace Redbone!

[@armadillotoe]

Leon was a trip.

[@KellyONealCreative]

Leon Redbone. Be still, my heart.

[@paulboudreau3754]

He was a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson several times. The first time I saw him was on SNL in the 70s. I was hooked. He also did the "This Bud's for you" song for a very popular Budweiser commercial campaign.

[@johannesjosefvonengelstadt4618]

Ethel Merman's performance from the film. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYC0gIiXf9eUp7Msi=-_6ypvLy1Wf0r3Up

[@louisvillebsc1976]

Joe Wilder was on clarinet

[@KevinRCarr]

I first heard Leon about the time that this was recorded, and became an instant fan. He was one of those rare singer/musicians that were favorites of both my mother and me, a special thing that we shared.

[@KevinRCarr]

Here's the original, Louis Armstrong version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q17JdmShqdp3a6s

[@lisarainbow9703]

Leon Redbone was fantastic... "Lulu's Back in Town" is another great performance by him.

[@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv]

Love his albums.

[@edwardthorne9875]

Saw him a couple of times in concert. His tuba player (Jonathon Dorn) told me he never did the same show twice.

[@louisvillebsc1976]

Fucking love Leon. Saw him him multiple times

[@mdunawaym]

I saw him at The Golden Bear in the 80s. Still one of my favorite concerts...and I saw Pink Floyd tour on The Wall, and Queen with Freddy!

[@bwilliams463]

Leon referred to the odd vocal sound he made as the 'throat tromnet.' His origins he specifically kept secret; he once claimed to be the child of Jenny Lind and Paganini, and when he was interviewed, if the interviewer asked him where he was from, he had a habit of looking out the nearest window and saying, "Right here is good." I personally think his finally-established Cypriot origins were actually just one last joke on us; If you follow his career closely, he was almost-certainly Canadian. One of my favorites is his beautiful ballad, 'Bittersweet Waltz,' and his version of 'Sheik of Araby' is unforgettable.

[@dennishinkle5010]

The song was written by Ira Gershwin.

[@Roguesta54]

It was actually written by Irving Berlin.

[@markdrechsler5660]

Cool. He used to appear pretty frequently on Saturday Night Live in the 70’s. I saw him live once probably 20 years after this clip was recorded, and he was just the same.

[@loyddussaultsr4181]

Leon's backup players were always top notch. Check out Cindy Cashdollar's backups on electric slide guitar she is a top notch player 😊😊😊

[@jakobbergen7574]

Didn’t know Leon Redbone or Tin Pan Alley???

[@gdeb007]

Bauer's alias is 'Doctor Jazz'. I believe he still lives and plays in Buffalo.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Good one, Leon is a trip

[@johannesjosefvonengelstadt4618]

Satchmo's version was an excellent cover, but the song was originally performed by a very young Ethel Merman in the 1938 film "Alexander's Ragtime Band". The song was written by Irving Berlin. Leon's version remains my favorite, however.

[@johannesjosefvonengelstadt4618]

Louis Armstrong with The Mills Brothers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZPClHd3gKd7fJIsi=Y1f013KWIDhFAnpt

[@johannesjosefvonengelstadt4618]

Ethel Merman and chorus from the film. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3vNqqFti5WEg9Esi=D7Xl70kLU7uxRtaL

[@louisvillebsc1976]

Leon had a big following of New Orleans musicians so to pin that down may be difficult. Jack white signed in Third Man and he may know. He was a big fan

[@Roguesta54]

I saw him in New Orleans.

[@johnharkness7114]

RIP. I always thought this song was about (co)cane

[@Maningray1960]

Irving Berlin wrote Walking Stick in 1938. He was a political conservative who would never have written a song about drugs.