Leo Kottke Live

Live
Live album by Leo Kottke
Released	October 1995
Recorded	April 1995
Venue	Fox Theater, Boulder, CO
Length	60:02
Label	On The Spot, Private Music (0100582132-2)
Producer	Leo Kottke, Paul duGre
Leo Kottke chronology
Peculiaroso (1994) Live (1995) The Leo Kottke Anthology (1997)

Live is a live album by American guitarist Leo Kottke, released in 1995. It includes two of Kottke's signature monologues ("Combat", "Roy Autry"), giving a small taste of the complete concert experience. A previously unreleased song "Flattened Brain" is also included.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Murrday Fisher wrote of the album "... as is characteristic of his style, it's his instrumental work on cuts like "Peg Leg," "Little Martha," and a mellow version of the old classic "Twilight Time" that show the artist in peak form... Definitely recommended."[1]

Track listing

All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.

1. "William Powell" – 5:32
2. "The Room at the Top of the Stairs" (Randall Hylton) – 2:47
3. "Airproofing" – 4:50
4. "Jack Gets Up" – 4:49
5. "Combat" - 6:05
6. "Peg Leg" – 2:21
7. "Twilight Time" (Buck Ram, Morty Nevins, Al Nevins) – 2:27
8. "Bean Time" – 1:40
9. "Roy Autry" – 6:25
10. "Parade" – 4:11
11. "I Yell at Traffic" – 5:40
12. "Flattened Brain" – 3:45
13. "Little Martha" (Duane Allman) – 2:04
14. "Oddball" – 3:18
15. "Arms of Mary" (Ian Sutherland) – 4:08

Many of the track timings are incorrect—here and on the actual album. The most egregious example is "Roy Autry," which is only 0:49, not 6:25. The total album time is 53:14, not 60:02.[3]

Personnel

• Leo Kottke - acoustic guitar, vocals

Production notes:

• Produced by Leo Kottke & Paul duGre

References

1. Fisher, Murrday. "Live > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
3. This information is gleaned from track timings on two different CD players.

External links

• Leo Kottke official site
• Unofficial Leo Kottke web site (fan site)