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SUMMARY:Leo Kottke
DESCRIPTION:Raised in 12 different states\, Leo Kottke absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child\, flirting with both violin and trombone\, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11. After adding a love for the country-blues of Mississippi John Hurt to the music of John Phillip Sousa and Preston Epps\, Kottke joined the Navy underage. Kottke had previously entered college at the U of Missouri\, dropping out after a year to hitchhike across the country to South Carolina\, then to New London and into the Navy\, with his twelve string. "The trip was not something I enjoyed\," he said\, "I was broke and met too many interesting people."\n\n\n\nDischarged in 1964\, he settled in the Twin Cities area and became a fixture at Minneapolis' Scholar Coffeehouse\, which had been home to Bob Dylan and John Koerner. He issued his 1968 recording debut LP Twelve String Blues\, recorded on a Viking quarter-inch tape recorder\, for the Scholar's tiny Oblivion label. After sending tapes to guitarist John Fahey\, Kottke was signed to Fahey's Takoma label\, releasing what has come to be called the Armadillo record. Fahey and his manager Denny Bruce soon secured a production deal for Kottke with Capitol Records.\n\n\n\nKottke's 1971 major-label debut\, Mudlark\, positioned him somewhat uneasily in the singer/songwriter vein\, despite his own wishes to remain an instrumental performer. Still\, despite arguments with label heads as well as with Bruce\, Kottke flourished during his tenure on Capitol\, as records like 1972's Greenhouse and 1973's live My Feet Are Smiling and Ice Water found him branching out with guest musicians and honing his guitar technique. With 1975's Chewing Pine\, Kottke reached the U.S. Top 30 for the second time while also gaining an international following thanks to his continuing tours in Europe and Australia.\n\n\n\nHis collaboration with Phish bassist Mike Gordon\, Clone\, caught audiences' attention in 2002. Kottke and Gordon followed with a recording in the Bahamas called Sixty Six Steps\, produced by Leo's old friend and Prince producer David Z. Kottke has been awarded two GRAMMY  nominations and a Doctorate in Music Performance by the Peck School of Music at the University of Wisconsin\, Milwaukee.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Raised in 12 different states\, <strong>Leo Kottke</strong> absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child\, flirting with both violin and trombone\, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11. After adding a love for the country-blues of Mississippi John Hurt to the music of John Phillip Sousa and Preston Epps\, Kottke joined the Navy underage. Kottke had previously entered college at the U of Missouri\, dropping out after a year to hitchhike across the country to South Carolina\, then to New London and into the Navy\, with his twelve string. &quot\;The trip was not something I enjoyed\,&quot\; he said\, &quot\;I was broke and met too many interesting people.&quot\;<br />\n<br />\nDischarged in 1964\, he settled in the Twin Cities area and became a fixture at Minneapolis&#39\; Scholar Coffeehouse\, which had been home to Bob Dylan and John Koerner. He issued his 1968 recording debut LP <em>Twelve String Blues</em>\, recorded on a Viking quarter-inch tape recorder\, for the Scholar&#39\;s tiny Oblivion label. After sending tapes to guitarist John Fahey\, Kottke was signed to Fahey&#39\;s Takoma label\, releasing what has come to be called the Armadillo record. Fahey and his manager Denny Bruce soon secured a production deal for Kottke with Capitol Records.<br />\n<br />\nKottke&#39\;s 1971 major-label debut\, <em>Mudlark</em>\, positioned him somewhat uneasily in the singer/songwriter vein\, despite his own wishes to remain an instrumental performer. Still\, despite arguments with label heads as well as with Bruce\, Kottke flourished during his tenure on Capitol\, as records like 1972&#39\;s <em>Greenhouse</em> and 1973&#39\;s live <em>My Feet Are Smiling</em> and <em>Ice Water</em> found him branching out with guest musicians and honing his guitar technique. With 1975&#39\;s Chewing Pine\, Kottke reached the U.S. Top 30 for the second time while also gaining an international following thanks to his continuing tours in Europe and Australia.<br />\n<br />\nHis collaboration with Phish bassist Mike Gordon\, <em>Clone</em>\, caught audiences&#39\; attention in 2002. Kottke and Gordon followed with a recording in the Bahamas called <em>Sixty Six Steps</em>\, produced by Leo&#39\;s old friend and Prince producer David Z. Kottke has been awarded two GRAMMY&reg\; nominations and a Doctorate in Music Performance by the Peck School of Music at the University of Wisconsin\, Milwaukee.
LOCATION:In downtown Clearwater.
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DTSTAMP:20260408T060940Z
URL:https://business.tampabaybeaches.com/events/details/leo-kottke-6469
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