6- & 12-String Guitar

by Leo Kottke

6- & 12-String Guitar cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1969
  • Label: Takoma
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:45
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Establishing himself as a true virtuoso of acoustic fingerpicking, Leo Kottke's Takoma Records debut is a breathtaking instrumental masterclass. '6- & 12-String Guitar' is fiercely technical and wonderfully melodic, balancing deeply complex American Primitivism with remarkably playful, beautifully pastoral acoustic blues.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, instrumental, complex, technical, melodic, folk, guitars, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. The Driving Of The Year Nail (1:54)
  2. The Last Of The Arkansas Greyhounds (3:15)
  3. Ojo (2:12)
  4. Crow River Waltz (3:17)
  5. The Sailor's Grave On The Prairie (2:30)
  6. Vaseline Machine Gun (3:08)
  7. Jack Fig (2:10)
  8. Watermelon (3:07)
  9. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (2:21)
  10. The Fisherman (2:29)
  11. The Tennessee Toad (2:37)
  12. Busted Bicycle (2:45)
  13. The Brain Of The Purple Mountain (2:07)
  14. Coolidge Rising (2:47)

Credits

  • Leo Kottke - primary artist, guitar, sleeve notes
  • Annie Elliott - artwork

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