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Title: RIP Leon
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 30, 2019, 03:07:24 PM

Dickran Gobalian, AKA Leon Redbone, passed away today at age 69. No cause of death has been announced, but he had been in hospice care.

Peter

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Title: Re: RIP Leon
Post by: El Thumpo on May 30, 2019, 07:16:46 PM

I’m very sorry to hear that. I loved his work when I was a kid (and still do now). He was playful without being kitschy. He always sounded like he was having fun.

Title: Re: RIP Leon
Post by: fmm on May 31, 2019, 06:02:19 AM

I did sound for him several times in the 80s.  He was an odd duck, and a killer guitar player.

Title: Re: RIP Leon
Post by: paulman on May 31, 2019, 07:06:36 AM

I remember seeing him on SNL back in the day in his White Suit and looking like a real cool cat.  He was a last vestige of an older music style. 


Very sad to hear this news.  Thanks for letting us know.