Best of Leo Kottke

Best of Leo Kottke Artist: Leo Kottke
Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


EAN: 5017261202772
ASIN: B0000011O8


Release Date: 2002-11-07

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  4. Guitar Masters Vol. 1

Tracks:

  1. Acoustic: Machine No. 2
  2. Acoustic: Cripple Creek
  3. Acoustic: Bourree
  4. Acoustic: When Shrimps Learn To Whistle
  5. Acoustic: Bill Cheatham
  6. Acoustic: The Song Of The Swamp
  7. Acoustic: Last Steam Engine Train
  8. Electric: Bean Time
  9. Electric: The Spanish Entomologist
  10. Electric: Short Stories
  11. Electric: Hole In The Day
  12. Electric: Mona Roy
  13. Electric: Venezuela, There You Go
  14. Electric: Monkey Lust

Tracks:

  1. Live: Busted Bicycle
  2. Live: June Bug
  3. Live: Eggtooth
  4. Live: Stealing
  5. Live: Living In The Country
  6. Live: Medley: A.) Crow River Waltz /B.) Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
  7. Singing: Standing In My Shoes
  8. Singing: Bumblebee
  9. Singing: Eight Miles High
  10. Singing: Tilt Billings And The Student Prince
  11. Singing: Pamela Brown
  12. Singing: Standin On The Outside
  13. Singing: Power Failure

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fabulous!.......2007-01-29

I like this album a lot and I love Kottke. It came to me without waiting and in good condition. Many people want to borrow this one too, just like DIVA, from Annie Lennox. Great Purchase. I truly believe in buying music, not burning it. It just works better that way.

5 out of 5 stars Fast fingers.......2006-03-14

He is very skilful guitarist! One of the best.
Over and above he is fine singer.
Very good comprehensive compilation.
Good booklet.

5 out of 5 stars Old Capitol tracks from the 70's worth revisiting!.......2005-12-24

My Uncle from the Minneapolis area turned me on to Leo when I visited him in the late 80's. People there told me to get this album, as well as "6 & 12 string". Not having much cash at the time, I had to choose, and I got this one. I grew up with disc one as a permanent resident on my turntable in my bedroom.

I went to college, and the turntable back home ended up getting thrown out. I saw Kottke play live two or three times, where I somehow still couldn't believe, even with visual confirmation, that it was one guy making all that sound with one instrument.

A year or two ago, I finally ended up getting "6 & 12 string" on CD, but couldn't find this album, my old friend, anywhere. And just now, here it is!

Although 6 and 12 string is, and rightly should be, the centerpiece of the Kottke recording universe, I'm still not unhappy with the choice I made as a teenager. The main reason is disc one, where his styles are all over the map, delving into his bluegrass roots with songs like Cripple Creek and Bill Cheatham, jamming with a band on Machine #2, Short Stories, and Monkey Lust, and getting just plain wacky with the loopy hula dancing Spanish Entomologist and the brooding Whistling Shrimps.
The combination is never boring, and through it all his capricious and upbeat style, as well as his undisputed mastery of the instrument, will always leave you with a smile on your face.

5 out of 5 stars One of America's Top 5 Guitarists.......2005-03-25

I purchased this album many years ago on vinyl. It has always been one of my favorites. Leo Kottke is a guitarist, par excellance. Except for a brief outing in the "New Age" genre Kottke is best known for his work in Folk music. What I like about this album is how he does some rock tunes, most notably The Byrds, Eight Miles High, and Procol Harum's Power Failure in that special Kottke style. And what is great about it is that the songs don't come off as hokey folksy, C&W, renditions of rock songs. The songs hold their original flavor while being enhanced by Leo Kottke's great guitar playing ability. But, there is great folk tunes on this CD, like Cripple Creek, and Kottke's classic Pamela Brown. There is acoustic music, electric music, and live music. Add to this Kottke's unique singing style and this CD is a treasure. There is just not a bad tune on this CD. If you can only own one Leo Kottke album, this should be it.

5 out of 5 stars Yep, this is it...........2004-07-18

Of course only people who have been amazed by Leo attend his concerts, listen to him, buy his music, and write about him. So, I'm no different. I want to say that I had not seen him live for 22 years until 2 nights ago when he played here in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Damn....I had forgotten how incredible he is live......so I bought this album for my guitar playing son so he can see that not all guitar gods are electric....or 6 string either....and that there is someone on this planet who can play slide while keeping a complex song rolling full blast and singing.....how the hell does he manage all that?

Now the other night he did 2 encores and I honestly believe he was as surprised by the intensity of the small crowd as he was by the antics of the bird that kept trying to fly into the bandshell and the bee that was working on the flowers right in front of him all evening.....of course he commented on all this while continuing to play.

This is an album that you play and then replay the track several times because you can't believe what you just heard.....even if 3 guys were playing you would do that much less when it's just Leo by himself. So if you want a great CD that will showcase most of the stuff Leo is famous for...this is probably your best bet.

Music CD:

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  2. Up All Night ~ The Waifs
  3. The Mayor of MacDougal Street: Rarities 1957-69 ~ Dave Van Ronk
  4. Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways ~ Various Artists
  5. Dan Reeder ~ Dan Reeder
  6. Sundown ~ Gordon Lightfoot
  7. Guantanamera/The Sandpipers ~ The Sandpipers
  8. The Gulley Flats Boys ~ Francis Dunnery
  9. The Lovers' Waltz ~ Jay Ungar, Molly Mason
  10. Dixie Kitchen ~ Mary Gauthier

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