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What a treat for the 500 in attendance! I could hardly believe my eyes. Leo Kottke to play a free concert 10 minutes from my house. I even rode my bike - no-hassle parking! Over the last 30+ years - yeah, I'm that old - I've paid to listen to this master acoustic guitar player a half dozen times. Never thought I'd get a chance to actually talk with him. When I mentioned seeing him in Iowa City in 1974, he recalled the concert hall. Terrific story teller! Astonishing player... MORE
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hotdogman1245
of Oneric Cauliflower
One of the reasons I play guitar is because of this man, Leo Kottke. His style is beautiful and impossible to imitate. This song is just wicked fast. Beautiful.
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An iTunes Library dilemma: what to do with artists who defy even a genre classification? Take Leo Kottke, for example. Most brick-and-mortar stores will file him in "Folk"... even though his music is far from what I define as "folk": passing along traditional songs, working narrowly within the genre and thowing in something special like a unique voice or insane fingerpicking, but nothing more. Sure, Kottke will play traditional tunes now and again but he's more likely to c... MORE
