“The only thing that interests me is history – reviewing the past and making something out of it”. A man after our own heart here at Deeper Roots, shining bright like that old harvest moon. We lost Leon this past week and his family lovingly announced his passing  with the following prose deserving of the mysterious Mr. Redbone: “It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this morning, May 30th 2019, Leon Redbone crossed the delta for that beautiful shore at the age of 127. He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty companion Rover, and a simple tip of his hat. He’s interested to see what Blind Blake, Emmett, and Jelly Roll have been up to in his absence.” We’ll take some time to honor the music that so inspired this delightful entertainer who elevated the blues, early century pop, and country into a form that extracted the joy of life and bottled like fine wine over the past 40 years. We’ll even reach into the Redbone bins for a handful of delightful covers. A simple tip of our hat to Leon as he crosses to the other shore…

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Leon Redbone	If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven	Double Time
2	Merle Travis	If We Never Meet Again	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
3	Emmett Miller	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll	Minstrel Man From Georgia
4	Red Nichols & His Five Pennies	The Sheik Of Araby	Saints Ramble & Sensation
5	Laurel and Hardy	Shine on Harvest Moon	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
6	Nat King Cole	Sweet Lorraine	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
7	Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra	Sugar	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05]
8	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazybones	Sometimes I Wonder….
9	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazy River	Sometimes I Wonder….
10	Lonnie Johnson	He's A Jelly-Roll Baker	Tomorrow Night
11	Peetie Wheatstraw	Shake That Thing	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48
12	Dave Van Ronk	Shake That Thing	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
13	Elvis Presley	You're A Heartbreaker	Elvis – The King Of Rock 'N' Roll – The Complete 50's Masters (CD1)
14	Julia Lee	Breeze	Kansas City Star [Disc 3]
15	Cowboy Copas	Breeze	1954-1958
16	Leon Redbone	Breeze	Sugar
17	Rex Griffin	Sweet Mama Hurry Home	1935-1936 (Warped 3520)
18	Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy	Bouquet Of Roses	Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville
19	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 2 : Brownie Special
20	Emmett Miller	Lovesick Blues	American Yodeling
21	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie (Pm 12888, 15459-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
22	Leon Redbone	Diddy Wa Diddie	Double Time
23	Shirley Temple	Polly Wolly Doodle	America's Sweetheart
24	Boswell Sisters	When I Take My Sugar to Tea	Boswell Sisters
25	Paul Specht	Sweet Lorraine	Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930
26	Ruth Etting	Shine on, Harvest Moon	Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen
27	Joe Keawe	My Little Grass Shack	Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
28	Leon Redbone	My Little Grass Shack	Whistling In The Wind
29	Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel	Baby It's Cold Outside	Unknown
30	Al Jolson	Pretty Baby	The Very Best Of Al Jolson
31	Leon Redbone	Pretty Baby	Sugar
32	Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
33	Leon Redbone	Lulu's Back In Town	On The Track