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 guitarist Leo Kottke

Leo Kottke

Leo Kottke is an acoustic guitarist. He is widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies...

, released in 1995. It includes two of Kottke's signature monologues ("Combat", "Roy Autry"), giving a small taste of the complete concert experience. A previously unreleased song "Flattened Brain" is also included.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Murrday Fisher wrote of the album "... as is characteristic of his style, it's his instrumental work on cuts like "Peg Leg," "Little Martha," and a mellow version of the old classic "Twilight Time" that show the artist in peak form... Definitely recommended."

Track listing

All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.

1. "William Powell" – 5:32
2. "The Room at the Top of the Stairs" (Randall Hylton) – 2:47
3. "Airproofing" – 4:50
4. "Jack Gets Up" – 4:49
5. "Combat" - 6:05
6. "Peg Leg" – 2:21
7. "Twilight Time
   Twilight Time (song)
   "Twilight Time" is a popular song with lyrics by Buck Ram, and the music by The Three Suns .Original hits of "Twilight Time" included the Three Suns and Les Brown & His Band of Renown ....
   
   " (Buck Ram
   Buck Ram
   Buck Ram was an American songwriter, and popular music producer and arranger.-Biography:...
   
   , Morty Nevins, Al Nevins
   Al Nevins
   Al Nevins, born Albert Tepper , was a renowned musician, producer, arranger, guitarist and violinist. He was also member of a pop trio called the Three Suns and is considered one of the major forces behind the evolution of the 1950s music into the early 1960s pop/rock music.-The Three Suns:Al...
   
   ) – 2:27
8. "Bean Time" – 1:40
9. "Roy Autry" – 6:25
10. "Parade" – 4:11
11. "I Yell at Traffic" – 5:40
12. "Flattened Brain" – 3:45
13. "Little Martha" (Duane Allman
    Duane Allman
    Howard Duane Allman was an American guitarist, session musician and the primary co-founder of the southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band...
    
    ) – 2:04
14. "Oddball" – 3:18
15. "Arms of Mary" (Ian Sutherland) – 4:08

Personnel

• Leo Kottke - acoustic guitar, vocals

Production notes:

• Produced by Leo Kottke
  Leo Kottke
  Leo Kottke is an acoustic guitarist. He is widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies...
  
  & Paul duGre

External links

• Leo Kottke official site
• Unofficial Leo Kottke web site (fan site)