From Branch to Branch
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{{Infobox album
| name = From Branch to Branch
| type = studio album
| artist = Leon Redbone
| cover = FromBranchtoBranch.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1981
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Atlantic Studios, New York City; The Burbank Studios, Burbank; The Hit Factory, New York City and Media Sound, New York City
| genre = Ragtime
| length = 34:39
| label = Atlantic
| producer = Beryl Handler, Joel Dorn, Leon Redbone
| prev_title = Champagne Charlie
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Leon Redbone Live
| next_year = 1985
}}
From Branch to Branch is a studio album by Leon Redbone, released in 1981.{{cite journal |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Leon Redbone: From Branch to Branch |journal=Creem |date=Aug 1, 1981 |volume=13 |issue=3 |page=56}} It was his first on Atlantic Records and peaked at No. 152 on the Billboard 200 chart.
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} {{cite web |first= |last=|title= From Branch to Branch > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= r47708 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=July 2, 2011}}
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Track listing
Side One
- "(Mama's Got a Baby Named) Te Na Na" (Leon Redbone) – 2:58
- "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" (Theodore August Metz, Joe Hayden, Redbone) – 3:00
- "Sweet Mama (Papa's Getting Mad)" (Peter Frost, George Little, Fred Rose) – 2:42
- "Step It Up and Go" (Rudy Ray Moore, Redbone) – 3:40
- "Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams) – 3:02
- "Seduced" (Gary Tigerman) – 2:40
Side Two
- "Why" (Jelly Roll Morton, Ed Werac) – 4:42
- "My Blue Heaven" (Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting) – 2:21
- "Extra Blues" (Redbone) – 4:03
- "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 2:01
- "Prairie Lullaby" (Mary Rogers) – 3:30
Personnel
=Musicians=
- Leon Redbone – vocals, guitar
- Dr. John – piano, drums, hambone
- Mitch Holder – guitar
- Ralph Humphrey – drums
- Tim May – banjo
- Grady Tate – drums
- Terry Waldo – drums
- Michael Braun – drums
- Bob Cranshaw – bass guitar, vibraphone
- Jonathan Dorn – tuba
- Tom Artin – trombone
- Vince Giordano – bass saxophone
- Bobby Gordon – clarinet, saxophone
- Jack Maheu – clarinet
- Victor Morosco – clarinet
- Robert Payne – trombone
- Ed Polcer – trumpet
- Jim Rothermel – clarinet, saxophone
- Jim Self – tuba
- Dick Halligan – arranger
- William S. Fischer – string arrangements
=Technical=
- Beryl Handler – producer
- Joel Dorn – producer
- Ed Sprigg – engineer
- Vince McGarry – engineer
- Michael O'Reilly – assistant engineer
- Tom Heid – assistant engineer
- Sandi Young – art direction
References
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