01 - Аэростат 268 - Leon Redbone 4 июля 2010 - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

There was a time when I - like all progressive humanity - adored the adventure novels of Carlos Castaneda; I especially liked the place when, in the "Travel to Ikstlan," Shaman Don Juan explains to the author how to become a real person.

According to the Don Juan system, for this, in particular, it was required:

abandon the consciousness of their own importance;

take responsibility for your actions;

stop behaving routinely;

become inaccessible to people and accessible to energy;

But the first thing he insisted on was to erase his personal story.

When Castaneda was indignant that it was absurd and impossible, Don Juan reasonably explained to him that while others know exactly who you are and how you act in each case, you can never break out of their ideas about you.

But this is literature; And today I will tell you about the person who applied Don Juan to show business the theorem.

Leon Redbone - When I Take My Sugar to Tea

A person calling himself Leon Redbone is a good example of the use of shamans of the Yaki tribes to real life.

Everyone knows that Leon Redbone is not his real name. Some say that his name is Dickran Gobalian, and he came to Canada from Greece. Others argue that he is a disguised Frank Zap or Bob Dylan. Still others persist that he is the son of Paganini, and was born in Casablanca when the wind of Siro, driving people crazy.

They say that he rarely talks to anyone; And when you have to communicate with people, instead of pronouncing common words, he takes out a card from the breast pocket, where it is printed: “how you are” - and the communication ends on this.

Leon Redbone - Alabama Jubilee

Leon Redbone first appeared on stage in the Canadian city of Toronto in the mid-1970s. Where did he come from there is still unknown.

At the Maripoz festival, Bob Dylan himself drew attention to Redbone; He converted and mentioned in an interview the magazine "Rolling Stone". And such was the power of the classic’s words that Rolling Stone printed an article about Redbone even before at least one record came out.

The legendary producer John Hammond immediately suggested that Redbone record the album. Instead of his phone, Leon left him the number of the jokes by phone.

Soon, Leon nevertheless released his first album with songs of the 20X-30s and immediately stood a whole direction in music, which is still held to this day. And so sequentially that if you listen to its first and last albums, then it will be impossible to find the difference between them.

Leon Redbone - Please Donmet Talk ABOUT ME WHEN I'M GONE

It is quite obvious that Redbone prefers not to record records, but to play concerts. The longer he is engaged in music, the more pauses between albums; He recorded 14 albums in 35 years; Three of them are concert.

The fact that for the whole time he spent on the stage is intriguing, his music and style practically did not change. His attention to the details and the perfect taste in the selection of songs are noteworthy and in modern music they have no analogue. And even the most attentive listeners will be able to notice almost no difference in the voice, nor in the game on the guitar, or in arrangements between 1975 and today.

No wonder they say that when Dylan first met with Redbone, he was very puzzled; He could not understand - he is 20 years old or 50. And still it remains a mystery.

Leon Redbone - Ghost of St. Louis Blues

In addition to an elegant beard, an eternal white hat, impenetrable black glasses and the general appearance of a prosperous gentleman from the American south of the first third of the 20th century, the attractiveness of the redbone rests on its detached ironicism, a mixture of light boredom and some longtime unsuccessful puzzle.

Leon Redbone - Diddy Wa Diddie

"I will never rehearse. There is nothing studied in what I do. I operate on a completely random level. And I never know what the next song will be. One idea entails another"

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