From Branch to Branch is a studio album by Leon Redbone, released in 1981. It was his first on Atlantic Records and peaked at No. 152 on the Billboard 200 chart.
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
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