{"id":29087,"date":"2019-05-30T13:34:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T17:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=29087"},"modified":"2019-05-31T11:17:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:17:42","slug":"leon-redbone-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=29087","title":{"rendered":"Leon Redbone, RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leon Redbone<\/a>, the singer who built a career out of performing ragtime, vaudeville and American standards with a sly wink and an unmistakable, nasally voice, died Thursday. He was 69.<\/p>\n

A statement on Redbone\u2019s website confirmed his death, though it did so with a sweet bit of humor, joking that he was actually 127 years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe departed our world with his guitar, his trusty companion Rover, and a simple tip of his hat,\u201d the statement read. \u201cHe\u2019s interested to see what Blind Blake, Emmett, and Jelly Roll have been up to in his absence, and has plans for a rousing sing along number with S\u00e1ri Barab\u00e1s. An eternity of pouring through texts in the Library of Ashurbanipal will be a welcome repose, perhaps followed by a shot or two of whiskey with Lee Morse, and some long overdue discussions with his favorite Uncle, Suppiluliuma I of the Hittites. To his fans, friends, and loving family who have already been missing him so in this realm he says, \u2018Oh behave yourselves. Thank you\u2026 and good evening everybody.'\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He is one of my favorites, always has been<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Leon Redbone - Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 1977<\/div><\/div>
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