Leon Redbone: Singer-songwriter whose music and mystique beguiled even Dylan

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. For years, there was speculation that Leon Redbone was actually the invention of comedian Andy Kaufman, musical iconoclast Frank Zappa – whom he strongly resembled – or even Bob Dylan in disguise. He praised Redbone’s remarkable command of early musical styles, switching from ragtime to the country music of the “Singing Brakeman” Jimmie Rodgers to the jazz of Fats Waller and the blues of Robert Johnson and Blind Blake. Over the film’s final credits, Redbone sings a duet of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” with the film’s co-star, Zooey Deschanel.