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Kottke at the Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, California, January 27, 2007. Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945) is an American acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies.
Jun 4, 2021 · Five decades after he first gained attention for reimagining his instrument’s possibilities, Kottke can look back with humor at the 22-year-old who sent 6- and 12-String Guitars to John Fahey’s Takoma label in early 1968. “I see really good luck and privilege, but I hear a different guy in that stuff,” Kottke says.
Aug 13, 2023 · Leo Kottke Looks Back at His Long and Uncategorizable Musical Journey. “In the last 50 years, I haven’t been off the road for more than two months,” says Leo Kottke. “Sometimes I think I’d love to never see another airport.
Jan 14, 2021 · Kottke’s very first release was 1969’s 12-String Blues, and the noteworthy evolution of his idiosyncratic fingerpicking style is better understood when scrutinized via the 12-string filter. He explained that the 12-string didn’t make an appearance on Noon due to the nature of his duo with Gordon on bass.
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August 18, 2020. Categories: Leo Kottke albums. Discographies of American artists.
YearAlbumUs19691970Symposium19711681972127Sep 15, 2020 · Kottke was signed to Capitol for 1971’s Mudlark. But the albums he made there, full of eccentric tracks like “The Driving of the Year Nail” and “The Sailor’s Grave on the Prairie ...
Jan 27, 2012 · Leo Kottke (due tonight at the Boulder Theater) is a legendary and beloved master of finger picking guitar and a gifted raconteur. He got his start with John Fahey's Takoma Records in the late...
