ONE GUITAR,
NO VOCALS
Private Music,
8750 Wilshire Blvd.,
Beverly Hills,
CA 90210
(310) 358-4500,
Fax: (310) 358-4501
One Guitar,
No Vocals
(Private Music)
Standing In My Shoes
(Private Music)
Live
(Private Music 2132-2)
Peculiaroso
(Private Music 2111-2)
Great Big Boy
(Private Music 2087)
Twenty other titles available.
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More than any other artist, Leo Kottke has defined the role of the contemporary acoustic guitarist as self-styled virtuoso, amassing a worldwide following in the
process. The self-taught guitarist first surfaced with his now-legendary 1969 recording, Six and Twelve-String Guitar. He since has blazed a singular
stylistic path that continues to diverge from mainstream guitar music. Classical precision, pop attractiveness, jazz fluency, 20th-century harmony, bluesy
fundamentalism, rubbery, syncopated rhythms, and lyrics that feature quasi-literary characterizations all vie for supremacy in his music and challenge our
preconceived notions of how acoustic guitar music should sound. In 1990, Kottke and Bob Taylor developed the Leo Kottke Signature Model 12-string, which renewed
Kottke's interest in the instrument and precipitated the 12-string's popular resurgence. In 1997, Taylor introduced the 6-string version of the LKSM. In addition to his
masterful musicianship, Kottke is beloved for a droll perspective on life that puts a tilt on his material and keeps concert audiences highly amused. Although Kottke
does not conduct Taylor workshops, as a Signature Artist he is an important member of the Taylor family.
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