Name: Six And Twelve String Guitar
Brand: KOTTKE,LEO
SKU: 122573
Price: 13.27 GBP
Availability: InStock

Six And Twelve String Guitar

Rating

Album: Six And Twelve String Guitar
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Driving Of The Year Nail	More Info...	1:54
2)	The Last Of The Arkansas Greyhounds	More Info...	3:15
3)	Ojo	More Info...	2:12
4)	Crow River Waltz	More Info...	3:17
5)	The Sailor's Grave On The Prairie	More Info...	2:30
6)	Vaseline Machine Gun	More Info...	3:09
7)	Jack Fig	More Info...	2:11
8)	Watermelon	More Info...	3:07
9)	Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring	More Info...	2:22
10)	The Fisherman	More Info...	2:29
11)	The Tennessee Toad	More Info...	2:37
12)	Busted Bicycle	More Info...	2:45
13)	The Brain Of The Purple Mountain	More Info...	2:08
14)	Coolidge Rising	More Info...	2:47

Album: Six And Twelve String Guitar
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Driving Of The Year Nail	More Info...	1:54
2)	The Last Of The Arkansas Greyhounds	More Info...	3:15
3)	Ojo	More Info...	2:12
4)	Crow River Waltz	More Info...	3:17
5)	The Sailor's Grave On The Prairie	More Info...	2:30
6)	Vaseline Machine Gun	More Info...	3:09
7)	Jack Fig	More Info...	2:11
8)	Watermelon	More Info...	3:07
9)	Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring	More Info...	2:22
10)	The Fisherman	More Info...	2:29
11)	The Tennessee Toad	More Info...	2:37
12)	Busted Bicycle	More Info...	2:45
13)	The Brain Of The Purple Mountain	More Info...	2:08
14)	Coolidge Rising	More Info...	2:47

Performer Notes

Solo performer: Leo Kottke (acoustic 6 & 12-string guitars).
Recorded in 1969. Originally released on Takoma (1024). Includes liner notes by Mark Humphrey and original release liner notes by Leo Kottke.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Solo performer: Leo Kottke (acoustic 6 & 12-string guitars).
Recorded in 1969. Originally released on Takoma (1024).
With the 1969 release of 6-AND 12 STRING GUITAR, Leo Kottke established his pre-eminence as a guitar virtuoso and composer of quirky, pop-inflected pieces. Harmonically adventurous and technically dazzling, this album showcases Kottke's penchant for infusing traditional elements of folk guitar with more modern, even impressionistic harmony and tonality. Kottke inspired a revolution in acoustic guitar playing, and this record provided the opening volley.
"The Driving of the Year Nail" starts things off with a relentless fingerpicked chug, featuring splashes of open harmonics executed with the delicacy of a ballerina. Kottke proceeds to combine the familiar with the strange--each of these brief pieces (around three minutes and under) has the effect of being simultaneously charming, and a little twisted. For example, "Vaseline Machine Gun" starts with "Taps" played with a bottleneck slide, then morphs into a thumb-and-slide frenzy. Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" is the exception, given a straight and loving reading on six-string guitar. This is pure steel-string joy, with liberal doses of irony and ecstasy.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (10/29/70, p.46) - "...any hardships you must endure to obtain a copy are well worth the pure enjoyment this album provides..."

Down Beat (11/96, p.61) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "Masterpiece. Period...."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.106) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Combining a pent-up energy with gentle arpeggios, his sound always locates itself around a powerfully eddying undercurrent."