Leo Kottke

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American acoustic guitarist based in Minnesota. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies.
Born: September 11, 1945, Athens, Georgia.
Married to Mary E. Kottke.

ALBA

Leo Kottke, Mike Gordon

A Shout Toward Noon / Regards From Chuck Pink

2012, 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM, BGO Records,

Home & Away Revisited

Leo Kottke, Mike Gordon

Sixty Six Steps

Try And Stop Me

Instrumentals: The Best Of The Chrysalis Years

Instrumentals: The Best Of The Capitol Years

Leo Kottke / Mike Gordon

Acoustic/Bluegrass/Folk/Country

One Guitar, No Vocals

The Leo Kottke Anthology

1997, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Rhino Records (2), Rhino Records (2)

Standing In My Shoes

Hear The Wind Howl

1996, CD, Comp, Disky,

Folk Rock/Acoustic

1991, 7", Single, Promo, Private Music,

Essential Leo Kottke

Folk Rock/Acoustic

Jonathan Winters, Leo Kottke

1989, 7", Promo, Ariola,

1989, 7", Single, Promo, Private Music, Private Music,

1989, VHS, Private Music Video

My Father's Face

Regards From Chuck Pink

The Best Of Leo Kottke

Acoustic/Folk Rock

A Shout Toward Noon

1983, 7", Promo, Chrysalis,

Voluntary Target

Don McLean / Leo Kottke

1980 Cambridge Folk Festival

1980, LP, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services,

Folk Rock/Acoustic

1978, 2xCass, Capitol Records, EMI,

Folk Rock/Acoustic

Folk Rock/Acoustic/Folk

1977, 7", Single, Promo, Chrysalis,

1971-1976 "Did You Hear Me?"

Acoustic/Folk/Folk Rock

Climax Blues Band / Renaissance (4) / Leo Kottke / Daryl Hall & John Oates

Nightbird & Company: Cosmic Connections

1974, 2xLP, Transcription, Army Reserve, Army Reserve,

Prog Rock/Interview/Public Service Announcement/Pop Rock/Blues Rock

Dreams And All That Stuff

Folk Rock/Acoustic

Leo Kottke / Peter Lang / John Fahey

Leo Kottke / Peter Lang / John Fahey

Folk Rock/Acoustic/Country Blues

Ballad/Aboriginal/African/Andalusian Classical

Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

1973, 7", Sonet,

My Feet Are Smiling

Folk Rock/Acoustic

Hoyt Axton, Jerry Corbitt, Leo Kottke

Axton, Corbitt, Kottke Selected Recordings

1971, 6xLP, Comp, Boo, Capitol Records, Columbia, Capitol Records, RCA, Capitol Records, Takoma,

Circle 'Round The Sun

6- And 12-String Guitar

Folk/Country Blues

12 String Blues

7", Single, Chrysalis,

If Mama Knew / Long Way Up The River

7", Symposium Records (2),

CD, Album, RE, Chrysalis,

6- And 12-String Guitar

LP, Album, RE, Takoma, Takoma,

Folk/Country Blues

The Wylie Butler

1977, LP, Takoma

A Prairie Home Companion With Garrison Keillor

Final Performance

1987, 2xCD, Album, HighBridge,

Warner Theater Washington, September 1978

2016, 2xCD, Album, RM, Unofficial, Keyhole,

KOMPILACE +

Douglas Turner Day IV

The Great Egress

2019, LP, Album, Not On Label (Douglas Turner Day IV Self-released),

Chatham County Line

Sharing The Covers

The Thousand Incarnations Of The Rose: American Primitive Guitar & Banjo 1963-1974

Folk/Acoustic/Instrumental

The Trackless Woods

Folk Rock/Big Band/Euro House/Neo Soul/Hip-House/Electro/Cool Jazz/Reggae/Indie Rock/Hip Hop/Breakbeat/Downtempo/Funk/Alternative Rock/Hi NRG/Country Rock/Broken Beat/Soul/Vocal/Soft Rock/Gospel/Leftfield/Jazzdance/Deep House/Ambient/Acid Jazz/Drum n Bass

Country/Country Rock

Meridian 1970 (Protest, Sorrow, Hobos, Folk And Blues)

Folk Rock/Country Rock/Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Acoustic/Classic Rock

Kevin Bowe And The Okemah Prophets

Angels On The Freeway (Crosses On The Road)

2003, CD, Album, Corazong Records,

Telluride Bluegrass Festival Reflections Vol. 1

2003, HDCD, Album, Not On Label (Planet Bluegrass Self-released),

One Thing I Know

2002, CD, Album, Not On Label,

The Best Of John Fahey 1959 - 1977

Michael Gulezian

Concert At St. Olaf College

2001, CD, Album, Enh, Timbreline Music,

When Pigs Fly....

2001, CDr, Album, Not On Label,

Broadcasts Vol. 8

2000, 3xCD, Album, S/Edition, KGSR,

Acoustic/Alternative Rock/Blues Rock/Classic Rock/Texas Blues/Rock & Roll/Country Rock/Rockabilly

Michael Johnson

The Early Albums

1999, 2xCD, Comp, Not On Label,

Electric Blues/Chanson/Ballad/Vocal

Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets*

1999, CD, Album, Pop Sense Records,

Folk Rock/Pop Rock

TG CD Volume 33 (Essential Listening For All Guitarists)

1997, CD, Comp, Total Guitar, Total Guitar,

Audiobook/Spoken Word/Classic Rock/Education

Masterworks - 16 Essential Contemporary Music Classics

New Age/Celtic/Pop Rock/House/Smooth Jazz/Easy Listening/Soundtrack/Downtempo/Southern Rock

The Carols Of Christmas II - A Windham Hill Sampler

New Age/Easy Listening/Holiday

Off The Beaten Path

Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

No More Mr. Nice Guy

Guitarist, Composer And Musician

1995, Cass, Clockwerke Sound Studio,

Best Of Lyle Lovett

1994, CD, Comp, Ltd, Curb Records,

1994, Cass, Album, The Contemporary Music Project,

Out Of The Valley

I Love Everybody

Welcome To The Future 2

House/Hardcore/Techno/Euro House/Trance

1993, CD, Album, Beta (2),

Sieben Winde für eine Gitarre

1993, CD, Musikproduktion Dabringhaus Und Grimm,

Zone 101.5 FM KZON Collectibles Volume One

1993, CD, Comp, 101.5 The Zone,

Alternative Rock/Folk/Blues Rock

Big Head Todd And The Monsters

Alternative Rock

Other Voices | Other Rooms

Rickie Lee Jones

Traffic From Paradise

Duck Baker Feat. John Renbourn

A Thousand Words

1992, CD, Album, Acoustic Music Records

Private Music / Sampler

1992, CD, Promo, Smplr, Private Music,

Ambient/New Age/Folk

Joshua Judges Ruth

Some Towns And Cities

1991, CD, Album, Newport Classic

Tinsley Ellis And The Heartfixers

Artificial Paradise

1990, CD, Album, Energie (2)

Private Music 4

Acoustic/New Age/Ambient

6 More Miles To The Graveyard

1988, LP, Album, Hangman Records (2),

1987, LP, Album, Extraplatte

The Blind Leading The Naked

1987, Cass, Album, Liberation Records, Slash

The Blind Leading The Naked

Alternative Rock

Michael Wendling

1984, LP, Album, Sheepeater Records,

Per Hellberg & Fernando Gonzalez

1983, LP, Tanums Skivristningar

Reflections - 28 Romantic Pop Instrumentals

Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Downtempo/Synth-pop/Soul

1982, 3xLP, Comp, Club + Box, World Record Club, World Record Club, World Record Club, World Record Club,

Sammy Vomáčka

… Live! (6 String + 12 String Acoustic Guitar)

1980, LP, Album, Stockfisch Records,

A Stone's Throw

Ennio Morricone

Days Of Heaven - The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture

Soundtrack/Score

Visits Washington, D.C.

Acoustic Guitar Sounds / The World's Best Acoustic Guitarists

Side Pocket Shot

Texas John Boscoe

1976, LP, Album, Symposium Music,

Peter Ratzenbeck

Straight & Ragged

1976, LP, Album, Roots (2),

Folk/Country Blues/Ragtime/Acoustic

Francis Kuipers

Folk, Blues And Rags

1975, LP, Album, Cetra

Michael Wendling

There's Something About The Arco Desert

HiFi Ist Für Alle Da

LP, Comp, Grundig,

Easy Listening/Classical/Opera/Schlager/Folk

CD, Album, Not On Label,

CD, Not On Label (Macyn Taylor Self-released),

AVS #10 - Rendezvous, Apropos Of Nothing : 1971-1976

2021, Cass, Mixtape, another vinyl sunday,

The Thousand Incarnations Of The Rose: American Primitive Guitar And Banjo 1963-1974

Various, Garrison Keillor

A Prairie Home Companion 40th Anniversary Collection

2015, 4xCD, Album, HighBridge,

Psychedelic Rock/Downtempo/Hip Hop/Classic Rock

Dynamic Experience Volume 3

Sunrise : Music For Mellow Mornings

2010, CD, Album, Comp, Starbucks, Sony Music Commercial Music Group,

Pure | Acoustic

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Sony BMG Music Entertainment,

Woodsongs: Singers, Pickers & Storytellers

The Triptych Promo 01

2006, CD, Mixed, Promo, Smplr, Family Recordings (3),

Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Reggae/Big Band/House/Easy Listening/Techno/Ambient/Gospel/Downtempo/Cool Jazz

KFOG Live From The Archives 13

2006, CD, Album, KFOG Radio 104.597.7,

"A Prairie Home Companion" Cast

A Prairie Home Companion: Duets

Paste Magazine Sampler October / November 05 Issue 18

2005, CD, Comp + DVD, Paste Magazine,

Alternative Rock/Country Rock

97.3 KBCO Studio C Volume 17

2005, HDCD, KBCO

Concord Music Group

2005, 3xCD, Comp + CD-ROM + Promo, Concord Music Group,

92.9 Dave FM Atlanta

2005, CD, Album, Smplr, SBR Creative Media, Inc.,

North Country (Music From The Motion Picture)

Folk Rock/Acoustic/Alternative Rock/Soft Rock

WFUV New Music Sampler 2005

Acoustic Songbook

2004, 3xCD, Comp, EMI,

The Best Folk Album In The World...Ever!

2004, 2xCD, Comp, EMI Gold,

Monitor This! February/March 2003

2003, CD, Comp, Promo, Not On Label,

Alternative Rock

Cities 97 Studio C 15th Anniversary Limited Edition — Cities 97 Samplers 1-15

2003, Box, Comp, Ltd + 15xCD, Smplr, Cities 97,

270 Miles From Graceland: Bonnaroo 2003

Psychedelic Rock/Alternative Rock/Bluegrass/Southern Rock/Blues Rock/Afrobeat/Funk/Leftfield/Acoustic

Windham Hill Chill 2 (More Essential Tracks From The Original Chill Out Label)

New Age/Acoustic/Modern Classical/Ambient

Live From Bonnaroo 2003

Stoner Rock/Post Rock/Folk/Indie Rock

KXCI Presents: Live From Studio 2A Vol 1

2002, CD, Comp, Ltd, KXCI Studio,

Live At The World Cafe Volume 11

Alternative Rock/Acoustic

Garrison Keillor

A Prairie Home Companion 25th Anniversary Collection

1999, 5xCD, Comp, HighBridge,

Carols Of Christmas: A Windham Hill Collection

1999, CD, Windham Hill Records, Provident Music Distribution,

New Age/Smooth Jazz/Neo-Classical/Holiday

Acoustic Guitar Magazine's Fingerstyle Guitar Masterpieces

1999, CD, Comp, Acoustic Artists CD Series,

1999, CD, Comp, Takoma,

Country Blues/Delta Blues/Piedmont Blues

Soundscape - New Age Reflections

1999, CD, Album, Comp, Delta Distribution,

Windham Hill´s Amazing Acoustics

1999, CD, Comp, Windham Hill Music, BMG Special Marketing Europe, Ariola,

1998, CD, Comp, EMI-Capitol Special Markets,

Smooth Jazz/Easy Listening

The Best Of The Cambridge Folk Festival

1998, CD, Comp, Strange Fruit,

Country/Folk/Electric Blues/Celtic/Acoustic/Blues Rock/Folk Rock/Piano Blues

1998, CD, Comp, Ltd, Kink Fm 102,

ABC Airplay Music From ABC Local Radio

1998, CD, Comp, ABC Studios, Sydney,

Folk/Light Music

Quiet Moods: Dreamscape

1998, CD, Comp, BMG Special Products,

Sounds Of Wood & Steel

New Age/Country/Folk

Wake Up & Smell The Music!

1997, CD, Smplr, Windham Hill Records,

Acoustic Heart: The Passion And Romance Of Acoustic Guitar Masters

1997, CD, Comp, Shanachie,

Mixx On The Fly - Live From Studio A - WCBE Vol. 5

1997, CD, Album, WCBE,

The Best Things In Life Are Free - Volume 13

1997, CD, Promo, Smplr, AIM Marketing,

Alternative Rock/Blues Rock/Country Rock/Indie Rock/Funk

FMQB Progressions #27

1997, CD, Comp, Promo, FMQB,

Masters Of Acoustic Guitar

Acoustic/Instrumental/New Age/Flamenco

No More Mr. Nice Guy

The Acoustic Edge (Great Acoustic Music '90s)

1995, CD, Comp, Rhino Records (2),

Broadcasts Vol. 3

1995, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, KGSR,

Texas Blues/Pop Rock/Acoustic/Indie Rock/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues/Country

Private Music / Pioneer Sampler

1995, CD, Album, Promo, Private, Inc.,

1993, CD, Promo, Elektra,

Country/Folk/Folk Rock/Country Blues

Up Close Volume 13: A Private Music and Boston Acoustics Sampler Featuring Jennifer Warnes

1993, CD, Album, Comp, Promo, Private Music, Boston Acoustics,

Acercate Al Mundo De Private Music

Some Music Is Private Music

1991, CD, Promo, Smplr, Private Music,

New Age/Abstract/Experimental/Ambient

Blues Rock/Chicago Blues/Contemporary R&B/Delta Blues

Play My Music Vol 16 - A Simple Song

The Cities' Sampler

Some Music Is Private Music

New Age/Abstract/Experimental/Ambient

Light Instrumental (Moderate)

1988, Cass, Mono, Muzak (3), Muzak (3),

Smooth Jazz/Light Music/Acoustic/New Age

The Originals - 6 - Guitars In Love

Hifi Visionen Top-CD 1 (Reference Recording) - Akkord-Arbeiter (Legenden Und Genies - Die Besten Gitarristen Der Rock-Ära)

The World Of Private Music

The Best Of Country Life Vol. 2 - Let's Go West

1984, LP, Comp, Capitol Records,

Home For Christmas

1982, 3xLP, Comp + Box, Book-Of-The-Month Records,

Holiday/Folk/Gospel

Michael Nesmith Presents Pacific Artists

1980, LP, Comp, Killroy,

Team Up With Chrysalis Autumn Programme 1978

1978, Cass, Comp, Chrysalis,

The Greatest Music Ever Sold On Capitol Records And Tapes

Surf/Pop Rock/Country/Hard Rock/AOR/Classic Rock

Capitol Tower - Music Power

1975, LP, Comp, Num, Promo, Capitol Records, Capitol Records,

Classic Rock/Hard Rock/Pop Rock/Prog Rock/Soft Rock/Soul/Vocal

Capitol Music 1975

1975, LP, Promo, Smplr, Capitol Records,

Warehouse Sound Co. & Friends Vol. II

1974, LP, Album, Comp, Capitol Records,

Country Rock/Classic Rock/Prog Rock/Rock & Roll/Hard Rock/Fusion

Song & Dance Sampler

1974, LP, Comp, Promo, Capitol Records,

National Lampoon In-Store Air-Play Album For March

1974, LP, Comp, Promo, Smplr, National Lampoon,

Rock & Roll/Prog Rock

National Lampoon

In-Store Air Play March

LP, Album, Comp, Promo, National Lampoon, Inc.,

Now Hear This Volume 2

CD, Album, Smplr, GPI Publications,

Country Comfort

LP, Comp, Drum, Capitol Records, Capitol Records,

Country/Country Rock

Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band

Beach Blanket Ringo - Live 1997 Tour

1997, CD, Unofficial, Blind Aardvark,

Pop Rock/Classic Rock

...it Came Tumblin' In - Vol. 4

1995, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Not On label,

Psychedelic Rock/Folk Rock/Hard Rock/Prog Rock/Jug Band/Acoustic

Ma-Jor-A-Scents Vol. 3

1994, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label,

Folk Rock/Folk/Blues Rock/Country Rock/Garage Rock/Piano Blues/Chicago Blues/Country Blues/Acoustic

Of Trains And How To Ride 'Em Vol. 2

Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label,

Psychedelic Rock/Folk Rock/Folk/Country Rock/Hard Rock/Southern Rock/Pop Rock/Country/Rhythm & Blues/Acoustic

Blues Rock/Chicago Blues/Contemporary R&B/Delta Blues