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Show Leo Kottke was born in Georgia in 1945 and spent his formative years in Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Exposed to music early in life, he discovered the twelve-string guitar at age eleven and began to develop the thoroughly amazing technique he is now famous for. He credits John Fahey with exposing him to the styles of Blind Blake and Charlie Patton. Fahey also was the first to record him on Tacoma Records in 1969. This debut record (the black one with the Armadillo on the cover) has sold over 400,000 copies, a huge figure for a solo guitarist's collection of original compositions. This album recieved a lot of airplay on Chicago's WLS-FM radio station which landed him a job at the Quiet Knight in the Old Town section of Chicago. Leo Kottke has been performing steadily ever since, in the U.S., Europe, and Australia and has well over a dozen albums to show for his efforts in the studio. When Kottke first came into national prominence in the early seventies, the popularity of the acoustic guitar was such that even confirmed rockers like Jimmy Page (of Led Zepplin) and Keith Richard (of the Rolling Stones) were using them freely. Leo shocked his audiences with an orchestra of sound coming from but one man. The innovative combination of In Concert Leo Kottke also appearing Jesse Colin Young on the plaza at Snowbird Friday, July 11th at 8 pm Tickets are available through Datatix, Cosmic Aeroplane, Appalachian picking styles and tunings, boogie Smokeys Records, Raspberry Records, & at the Snowbird bass lines, sophisticated harmonies, and complex ticket office. $10.00 in advance & $12.00 day of the show. rhythms firmly establshed him as a master and !Zi~i51Z~i51Z~~z~~z~~=-=-~~z.:~ gave the humble acoustic guitar a new respectability. Though his technical skill is astounding, it is his musical vision and imagination that makes him great. His compositions are so ingenious and varied, and possess such intense driving power that the listener's jaw is left gaping in wonderment and the ears beg the music will not soon end. Leo Kottke is also a great entertainer. His singing is appealing though he has too harshly compared it to "geese farts on a muggy day". In addition to his six and twelve string guitars he can rely on his boyish personality and wry wit to create side splitting anecdotal monologs to spice up his performance. The surge of interest in new age and acoustic instrumental music is bringing the reclusive Leo Kottke back out into circulation. He recently ~igned with the "Private Music" record label and is on an extensive tour to promote his first album in three years. He will perform in concert at Snowbird on the Plaza, Friday, July 11th, at 8:00 pm. Also appearing that evening is Jesse Colin Young. 6 Rumor has it that Sam Antoon nearly fell off his horse when he saw the picture of Gene Autry labeled "Ken Maynard" in last months issue. Our apologies for the mistake. HONQR.g& RANGEq |
