Sugar (Leon Redbone album)
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| Sugar | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Studio | Manhattan Recording, New York; Soundtrack, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz, blues | |||
| Length | 34:59 | |||
| Label | Private Music[1] | |||
| Producer | Beryl Handler, Leon Redbone | |||
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Sugar is an album by the musician Leon Redbone, released in 1990.[2][3] Redbone supported the album with a North American tour.[4] A video was shot for "So, Relax".[5]
Redbone used ribbon microphones during the recording sessions.[6] Ken Peplowski played saxophone and clarinet.[7] Cindy Cashdollar contributed on dobro; Dan Barrett on trombone.[8][9] "Right or Wrong" and "Ghost of the St. Louis Blues" are versions of songs made famous by Emmett Miller; Redbone considered Miller to be a chief influence on the album, and thought about writing a book on the musician.[10][11][12] Redbone's guitar playing was influenced by Blind Blake.[13] "Pretty Baby" is a version of the Tony Jackson song.[14]
Redbone wrote three of the album's songs.[15] He included "The Whistling Colonel" after a movie studio instead chose to use one of his older songs on a soundtrack.[16]
