Leon Redbone ~ Ditty-Wah-Ditty

From the album Double Time
© 1988 Warner Bros.

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[scalhotrod]

Yes, but that's what musicians have been doing for centuries, interpreting each others music. Hadyn did it to Mozart, Jelly Roll Morton did it to Scott Joplin, Jose Feliciano did it to Jim Morrison. And (although fictitiously) a perfect example is in the Tom Hanks movie "That Thing You Do" when the drummer spontaneously up tempos the title song and makes it a hit.

[silezukuk]

I couldn't agree more! You are absolutely right.

[amusia111]

Wikipedia - "It was not unusual in the early part of the 20th century for African Americans in the southern states (particularly in Florida) to speak of various mythical cities and countries such as Beluthahatchie, Heaven, Diddy Wah Diddy and West Hell as if they were real.[8] Of all the imaginary locations that were in common usage at the time, folklorist and ethnomusicologist Benjamin Albert Botkin has noted that Diddy Wah Diddy was "the largest and best known of the Negro mythical places."

[theoriginalbadbob]

For over 50 years, my favorite musical instrument was the baritone sax, as played by Gerry Mulligan. After watching this, which is my first experience with the bass sax, I now like the bass more than the baritone. I love that low-down sound.

[georgeherriman]

is that don ashworth on bass sax? love it.

think the studio version of this has tuba.

[bstrain08]

Biggest saxophone on earth at 0:44. Holy god.

[steviebkhall]

Killa. Thanks.

[fairportfan2]

Almost all ragtime is performed too fast these days.

And if you listen to Danny & the juniors' original "At the Hop", you realise how much slower real classic rock'n'roll often was, compared to today's retro-R'nR performers.

[FLSHBK1]

Yup! Leon is famous for doing that. How can you confuse that voice, right?

[playon51]

Blake's version is great but there's nothing wrong with this one -- it's not "too fast", it's just different.

[Alex McGregor]

Now THAT'S reeeeeaaaalllll music