Leo Kottke - Best Of 1971-1976 (1976) - €5,00

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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. He has overcome a series of personal obstacles, including partial loss of hearing and a nearly career-ending bout with tendon damage in his right hand, to emerge as a widely recognized master of his instrument. 

He resides in the Minneapolis area with his family.

Focusing primarily on instrumental composition and playing, Kottke also sings sporadically, in an unconventional yet expressive baritone described by himself as sounding like “geese farts on a muggy day”. 

In concert, Kottke intersperses humorous and often bizarre monologues with vocal and instrumental selections from throughout his career, played solo on six and twelve string guitars.

Leo Kottke: 1971–1976 is a compilation album of songs released on Capitol during Kottke’s tenure with that label. It is sometimes referred to as Did You Hear Me?. It peaked at #153 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.

After the release of Chewing Pine, Kottke subsequently signed with Chrysalis Records. Six of the songs here were edited or re-mixed for this release. The track “Morning is the Long Way Home” is an edited down version of the original release from Ice Water, minus the vocals.

Kottke would re-record this version again in 1999 on One Guitar, No Vocals.
The song “Pamela Brown” was also featured as the sole Leo Kottke track in a promotional-only compilation album from 1976 issued by Capitol records.

Side A

A1.  Morning Is The Long Way Home

A2.  June Bug

A3.  When Shrimps Learn To Whistle

A4.  Room 8

A5.  Cripple Creek

A6.  Pamela Brown

A7.  Standing On The Outside

Side B

B1.  Grim To The Brim

B2.  Power Failure

B3.  You Tell Me Why

B4.  Why Ask Why?

B5.  Open Country Joy (Constant Traveler)

B6.  All Through The Night

B7.  The Scarlatti Rip-Off

Personnel

• Leo Kottke – 6 & 12-string guitar
• Bill Peterson – bass
• Bill Berg – drums
• Bill Barber – piano, synthesizer
• Larry Taylor – bass
• Paul Lagos – drums
• Herb Pilhofer – piano

Production

• Produced by Denny Bruce
• Art Direction: John Van Hamersveld
• Photography: John Seidermann, Denny Bruce

Notes

Release: 1976

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  American folk

Label:  Capitol Records

Catalog#  CAPS 1003

Vinyl:  Goed (G)

Cover:  Goed (G)

Prijs: €5,00