Now THAT's an Entrance - Leon Redbone Live circa 1990
An ode to the great Leon Redbone who I was privileged to see live at the Musician's Exchange in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Circa 1990 I recount this here because it was one of my greatest memories that I don’t want slipping away from me. I saw Leon Redbone... I'm going to guess it was late 80's early 90's... at the Musician's Exchange's brand new digs in down town Ft. Lauderdale beside the Discovery Zone and museum. They used to have a dingy little bar with 7' ceilings down Sunrise Blvd... a place I'd seen the likes of Buckwheat Zydaco and other random well know and not so well known local acts… but they'd recently grown up, and apparently came into some money and opened this slick new venue in the heart of the Fort Lauderdale at the end of Los Olas Boulevard. Quite high-brow considering from whence they came. And Leon Redbone, if I remember correctly, was one of the first acts to open there and I was not about to miss it. We were in the audience wa