Leo Kottke

Edit
Born:
September 11, 1945, he's 66 and American.
Birthname:
Leo Kottke.
One Liner:
Quirky finger-style guitar master
Snapshot:
An Artist with 43 releases, and credited 3 times on others' music. 10 collaborations.

Biography

Edit

Leo Kottke is a US-born blues and folk guitarist known for his distinctive fingering technique.

Despite damage to the hearing in both ears, caused by separate incidents in his youth, Kottke wanted to be a musician, and after hitching round the States, he settled in Minneapolis where he became a regular on the local folk scene. He signed for a small record label, Oblivion, for his debut in 1969, the live album 12 String Blues. His follow-up came to the attention of guitarist John Fahey and Fahey’s manager got Kottke a deal with Capitol.

Although he didn’t consider himself to be a singer his albums for Capitol drew him critical praise and he breached the Top 50 in 1975 with Chewing Pine. Kottke’s busy touring and recording schedule began to take its toll on his hands, and in addition to impaired hearing he had to contend with debilitating pain in his fingers. By the late 80s he had to drastically cut back the numbers of performances he gave.

Of his subsequent releases, Clone, his 2002 collaboration with Mike Gordon, the bassist with Phish, caught public attention and he worked with Gordon again on 2005’s Sixty Six Steps.

Music

To use the music player, install Flash.

Genres

Folk. Vote on Genres

Discography

46 releases – 43 under his own name and 3 credits on others' music Edit
1
Collaborations, Groups and Family
Edit
Leo Kottke

Has worked with

Has been in these groups

We don't know of any. Tell us?

Has this family

We don't know of any musical relatives. Tell us?

Fans of Leo Kottke

macatac
rpm
smack attaq
Create a library Create a library!

What's this?

This section shows a summary of user libraries containing releases by this [artist|group].
By adding releases by this artist to your library (and making it public in your settings), your library will be eligible for display here.

If you're a fan of the artist, you might find it interesting to check out some of the libraries - you never know what you might find.