At the start of this video, I was a guitar player....by the end I had become just a guitar owner

Sometimes it sounds like several instruments at once. Kottke is amazing.

I've seen him about five times. He is my hero. My worship began in college in the mid-1970s. When a friend of mine, decades later, took me to see him at the Lensic, I thought I was going to faint from joy. Then saw him in NYC the next several times. I brought my original stereo record with the beat-up jacket that I'd held tightly to since sophomore year, backstage for him to autograph, and I have to say he was the sweetest, dearest, sincerest, realest, most generous, most gentlemanly person I think I have ever met in my life thus far (now age 63). He made me feel 100 feet tall. Thank you, Mr. Kottke, from your forever fan, Robin.

I had a chance to sit with Leo before a concert that I did sound for. He is a very gracious, humble person. He talked to me like I was somebody! He knows what he wants for sound!! He can pick out the smallest infraction in your sound system. He always said thanks after a show, after spending some more talking with the crew. He is an amazing player, as well as a fantastic comedian.

One of true fingerstyle acoustic pioneers.Great Leo Kottke.

Hot turned onto Leo at the age of 12 in1972. My floor master in boarding school played me Vaseline Machine Gun. I was hooked. Seen him 3 times. The last in 2018. And he played VMG! Sooo good!

My dad loves his guitar playing and his character .back in 1990 I was 15 years old .my father took me out in Phoenix to one of his shows. He said "watch this . Ur Gona love it."

Started listening to Kottke 40 years ago he simply amazing

I'd been playing for about a month when a mate said to me "So, youre learning guitar eh? Have a listen to this..." 'Twas a cruel blow.Took another month to pick the bloody thing up again and a further five years before it was possible to decipher a Kottke tune from vinyl but...Thank you Leo (and old mate Ian) for showing me a world of joy. Gracias

1971 in the student union of University of Nebraska, Omaha. He played with Sun House, I sat on the floor about 4 feet away.

Doing some pre-concert listening... heading to Kent, Ohio to the Kent Stage for his show tonight... it is sold out, glad I have a ticket

Saw him three times live...he never gets old in my mind :-)

heard him first in 72, middle of the night on the radio. Goosebumps! Saw him live twice; goosebumps and tears in my eyes. He is just that good. Turned out to be a funny storyteller as well. 41 years later still great and never gets boring. Only one thing wrong with him: doesn't come over to Holland often enough.

I won two tickets from a radio station to go see Leo Kottke perform in Omaha when I was a teenager back in the '70s. I had no idea who he was, but I thoroughly enjoyed the show. I'd never seen anyone play like that.

Bought my first Leo album 50 years ago.....still amazed!

An amazing guitar player

First heard Leo Kottke at the student union at San Jose State Universty back somewhere near the beginning of time.

THIS is the guy Wayne and Garth should be bowing to. It sounds like he's playing three guitars at once, and with his 6-string!

Very nice touch he has, never heard of him before, and I am 58 years young, shows that really time flies, not enough time to do it all. There is sure to be billions of people who never heard of me as well. So it goes, that's why music can bring us together for however brief of journey we have, helping to break lonliness and boredom.

Kottke can take me from total peace to driving well over the speed limit - Vaseline Machine Gun was responsible for my first speeding ticket!!!

Just the most beautiful guitar playing I‘ve ever heard. That second piece almost brought tears to my eyes! And he‘s so funny!

Leo's funky rhythm slides amaze me ..

Thank you for the encouragement to put more of this kind onto youtube!

leo's the frickin man! ever since 1975 and i was 10 yrs old,man!

My Guitar Player Friend in High School turned me on to Leo Kottke Got Hooked to his Incredible Guitar Instrumentals

Kottke has one of the most mezmerizing slides ever.

Been a fan since the beginning. Great talent

I have only heard him for the first time today. I am looking forward to listening to his albums.

I've been listening to Leo since the early 70s. I'm still a fan.

Wow wow wow 1👏👏👍👍💪❣💙💛

That 80's look... love it

heard him for the first time when I was 12 years old.and still blows my mind how good he is and so humble.the best ever as far as im concerned.go leo.

Classic Leo. Brilliant musicianship and droll hilarity. This is from ACL. Leo looks downright boyish. Must be from the ‘80s. I, too, saw him as an opening act at the Spectrum in Philly. He opened for Mahavishnu Orchestra and Zappa!

I'm back to hear him talk...he's so good at tuning and making it worthwhile with the talking. ❤

i was blown away by Leo when I first heard Greenhouse in '72. From the Cradle to the Grave was amazing (as was the whole album), then I went back to Mudlark and heard Hear The Wind Howl. Great show and thanks for posting this.

I saw him play in the mid-1070's was an instant fan. I went to see him play 2 nights ago and look forward to next time. Front row center seat, too.

Yeah, Leo! You are a hero on guitar.

" I had been abused by a trombone for the preceding 6 or 7 years. Guitar seemed fairly benign to me." Very benign, Leo.))

Beautiful....Saw him once years ago.Opening the show; Michael Hedges!!!

I saw Leo in concert many years ago, he was with Jimmy Buffet and Jesse Winchester! It was one of the best concerts in my life!! Will never forget it!

Arms of Mary is one of the most beautiful songs I ever heard. I wish he would play it live.

Holy crap he is good

Such an awesome player. I saw him in Portland tonight. Awesome show. Great playing....

makes me smile

I had a tape, Leo kottke and 12 string guitar, it had an armadillo on the cover, I loved it

i forgot all about him! i think i saw him live a longgg time ago. so good that i rediscovered him!

Lifelong player as well as a fan for life....I don't have to tell you his incredible playing... but for me personally. his music is very intriguing...yes from the Midwest..in a weird way I can definitely relate.

Berklee accepted me because of my slide playing. Nobody there wanted to understand that. Leo Kottke is a motherlode.

Olson...one of the most beautiful instruments made...

I mean, who else can play like this man?

When he first started playing publicly, he was so shy he couldn't look at the audience or the camera. He played only instrumentals (Brilliantly)

Nobody else sounds like Leo!

listen to this over and over again en it getting better everytime, besides a man after my heart

Leo is Amazing!!

Maestro de la Guitarra!!!

Stunning!

I love leo

Sad day. Needed this.

And right about 6:40 my heart just melts.

Thanks for sharing! Great stuff.

Absolutely amazing ..

Guys this accomplished blend 2 guitar parts in one. Sense of humor most welcomed!

Sweet playing -- has that Kottke style all over it.

The best bit is no-one screaching through the music. If you're responsible for this sort of sound production- well done, and thank you.

FANTASTIC. &. . . delightful

impossible to not enjoy this as a person with ears

Leo is my first guitar god.

Oh man, what if Leo & Ry pulled off something together? Both are incredibly inventive, they know a thing or a million about the guitar, each can tell a story or twelve.... 'Scuse me a min, gotta go throw my guitar in the fire.

Fantastic!

Wow.. really wow..thanks for the post ...mark knofler insperation..

I bought Leo's guitar, the Taylor LKSM 6 string. Best sounding 6 string I ever played. Now if I could only play like Leo.

simply the best 🐂🐠❕

He's just great!

Great Posting, Great Jam! thanks

I've seen Leo twice, both times a revelation. Most interesting was at Philadelphia's Spectrum in the late 70's where he was the middle act between Orleans (Dance with me ... yuck - the Philly audience nearly booed them off the stage) and Linda Ronstadt. I'm sure that Leo was expecting similar harsh treatment from the crowd, but little known to him was the fact that he had a very large Philadelphia following - Most of the crowd had come to hear HIM, not Linda! He came out, was beautifully received, and finished his set. Linda came out with her band, and the audience is shouting, "We want Leo, we want Leo." She couldn't even begin - didn't know what to do. So she invited Leo out on stage to do a couple numbers with her, the crowd went wild, Leo walked off, to a standing O, and Linda finished her set in peace.

Finally, someone posted the Available Space segue. Priceless stuff, thanks!

sublime.

I. Met. Leo. K. 2. Times. In. The. 70s.

Spettacolare!

What a player

Yep, circa 1992. I recorded it on vcr off the air from public tv, but picture and sound were miserable. This is good stuff!

When you see a player holding an Olson, you know shit is about to get real, LOL! Leo is a master player!

The greatest!!!!!!!

If you want to be good at something, practice, practice, practice. But if you want to do this, you need to be born with it or make a deal with the devil.

Such an incredibly SMOOTH player. I can listen to him for hours. Him. Tommy Emmanuel. Chet Atkins, and Mark Knopfler. They all, at various times, hit just the right "groove" that can stop me dead in my tracks...to just stop and listen.... The CD, "Essential Leo Kottke", was the one that turned me on to him. Just smokin' great guitar. Can't really say that I enjoy listening to him sing...but boy do I love his guitar.

Very good.

Hey "Advertisers"! The surest way to get me to NEVER buy ANYTHING from you is to put your annoying ad in the middle of an important part of the video!!!

Kottke (born in '45) created music that seems timeless to me and I'm delighted to find this bit of history on KZfaq but ... I nevertheless wish the uploader had included the date

"I wanted to hear some other guitar, which was at the time hard to hear in Muskogee. I found a record that had Montoya on one side and Sabicas on the other. These are two guys who rarely meet. And I put Sabicas on first and the first thing I heard was a rooster. So the first record I found while looking for guitar music contained a lesson in production for me that I didn't learn to appreciate 'till many years later when I had the urge to add animal noises to my own record."

Saw him mid 70's at the Nassau Coleseum on Long Island. I think The Mahavisnu Orchestra was on the same bill.

Leo playing an Olson. Goodness.

A truly great and grand performance artist. My first wife was a folk singer w/guitar in the mid-Sixties, so I quickly learned about this world. He carries the tradition of the traditional acoustic guitar very well, and w/Ry Cooder completes N America's contribution to this genre!

That Olsen guitar rings like a bell.

Saw LK live in a small venue around 76. Great show. John Hartford was the other act. LK would explain what a song was about, when he wrote it etc…and then play, with no lyrics. That caught me funny.

thx!!

I used to have a consistent argument with someone where I worked that John Fahey was a better guitarist, however Fahey never could finish a song without a mistake.

This guitar has the best sound. It's coming alive. Doesn't seem real.

Arms of Maryで打ちのめされ、Oddballで度肝を抜かれる。

beautiful! Along with Kelly Joe x

Greetings from Varaždin in Croatia.