| Double Time | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Studio | Regent Sound Studios, NYC and Village Recorders, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Ragtime | |||
| Length | 34:43 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
| Leon Redbone chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  
[1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B− [2] |
Double Time is the second studio album by singer/guitarist Leon Redbone, released in 1977. [3] It peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard pop albums chart. [4]
Track listing
Side one
- " Diddy Wa Diddie" ( Blind Blake) – 3:05
- " Nobody's Sweetheart" (Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn, Billy Meyers, Elmer Schoebel) – 2:13
- " Shine On Harvest Moon" ( Nora Bayes, Jack Norworth) – 3:21
- " Crazy Blues" (trad. arr. Perry Bradford) – 4:16
- "Mississippi Delta Blues" (Jack Neville, Jimmie Rodgers) – 1:44
Side two
- "Mr. Jelly Roll Baker" (Traditional) – 3:43
- " My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton, Maybelle Watson) – 3:10
- " The Sheik of Araby" ( Harry Smith, Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler) – 2:31
- "Mississippi River Blues" (Rodgers) – 3:05
- "Winin' Boy Blues" ( Jelly Roll Morton) – 4:17
- "If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven" ( Albert E. Brumley) – 3:18
Personnel
Source: [5]
- Leon Redbone – vocals, guitar, throat tromnet, background whistling on "Crazy Blues"
- Jack Noseworthy - pan flute
- Milt Hinton – double bass
- Jo Jones – drums
- Bob Greene – piano
- Don McLean – banjo on "Mississippi Delta Blues"
- Eric Weissberg – banjo on "Shine On Harvest Moon"
- Dominic Cortese – accordion
- Jonathan Dorn – tuba
- Yusef Lateef – soprano saxophone on "Mississippi River Blues"
- Ed Polcer – trumpet
- Ed Barefield – clarinet
- Vic Dickenson – trombone
- Dick Rath – trombone
- Joe Wilder – trumpet on "Nobody's Sweetheart"
- Kermit Moore – cello
- Selwart Clarke – viola
- Lewis Elgy – violin
- Sanford Allen – violin
- Captain Billy's Whiz Bang (William Kruse, Frederick Mount III, Andrew Smith, Mark S. Bentley) - backing vocals on "Shine On Harvest Moon"
- The Dixie Hummingbirds (Ira Tucker Sr., James Walker, James Davis, Beachy Thompson) - backing vocals on "If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven"
- Jerry Teifer - background whistling on "Shine On Harvest Moon"
- Beachy Thompson - background whistling on "If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven"
- Al Cohn – horn arrangements on "Crazy Blues", "Mr. Jelly Roll Baker" and "Diddy Wah Diddy"
- William S. Fischer – string arrangements on "Mississippi Delta Blues", "Melancholy Baby" and "Shine On Harvest Moon"
Production notes
- Joel Dorn – producer
- Hal Willner – associate producer
- Bob Liftin – recording and remix engineer
- Vince McGarry – additional recording and mastering engineer
- Neil Brody – additional recording engineer
- Benno Friedman – backliner photo
- Michael Horen and Leon Redbone – cover art
Charts
| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 [4] | 38 |
References
- ^ Double Time at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ McGrath, Paul (28 Dec 1977). "The Music Hits the Earth". The Globe and Mail. p. F3.
- ^ a b "Leon Redbone Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ Double Time, Warner Bros.: K56301, 1977 - sleeve notes
