Leo Kottke, 6- and 12-String Guitar - 37m 30s

Tracks & Durations

1. The Driving of the Year Nail	1:57
2. The Last of the Arkansas Greyhounds	3:17
3. Ojo	2:15
4. Crow River Waltz	3:21
5. The Sailor's Grave on the Prairie	2:33
6. Vaseline Machine Gun	3:11
7. Jack Fig	2:16
8. Watermelon	3:10
9. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring	2:24
10. The Fisherman	2:32
11. The Tennessee Toad	2:40
12. Busted Bicycle	2:48
13. The Brain of the Purple Mountain	2:11
14. Coolidge Rising	2:47

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Review

For decades, Leo Kottke would inspire generations of fingerpicking acoustic guitarists (and help pave the way for New Age and contemporary instrumental music), but this 1969 album is the one that started it all. Kottke's brilliant debut was released, fittingly, on John Fahey's Takoma label. Showing the influence of Fahey himself (and Takoma labelmate Robbie Basho), Kottke performs impossibly difficult solo compositions that meld blues, bluegrass, and jazz techniques. Whether surefooted and quick ("The Driving of the Year Nail," "Jack Fig," "The Fisherman") or slow and reflective ("Ojo," "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"), Kottke's instrumental work is simply awe-inspiring. He'd forge an entire career out of this music and eventually incorporate singing onto his albums, but this gem is Kottke at his very best. Essential. --Jason Verlinde

Other Versions

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6- and 12-String Guitar

Tracks: 14, Disk length: 37m 30s

6- and 12-String Guitar

Tracks: 14, Disk length: 37m 31s (+0m 1s)

6- and 12-String Guitar

Tracks: 14, Disk length: 37m 32s (+0m 2s)

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