Leo Kottke

Leo has had a prolific career, delivering 19 studio records, four live records, six compilations and at least four movie soundtracks.  He has jammed and recorded with a wide range of musicians, from Chet Atkins to Procul Harum to the Violent Femmes. He has won the Guitar Player magazine annual readers poll as best folk guitarist for four years in a row, from 1974 to 1978. Leo has also influenced an entire generation of acoustic guitarists -- including such fingerstyle innovators as the late, great Michael Hedges, Preston Reed, Peppino D'Agostino and Don Ross, to name just a few. While you'll usually find Leo in the "folk" section of your record store, or sometimes in the "new age" section and rarely in the "jazz" section, his music is in fact all and none of these: it is simply "Leo."

Try And Stop Me

2004, Private Music

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Monopoly	Dropped D	N
Gewerbegebiet	Open G	N

Clone

2002, Private Music

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Te Veo	Open D	2
Disco	Dropped-D	N

One Guitar, No Vocals

1999, Private Music

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Accordian Bells	Standard	4
Bigger Situation	Standard	N
Blimp	Dropped D	N
Chamber Of Commerce	Open Gmaj6add9	N
Even His Feet Look Sad	Dropped D	2
From 'Little Treasure'	Standard	N
Morning Is The Long Way Home	Dropped D	N
Peckerwood	Standard	N
Retrograde	Standard	4
Snorkel	Open G	N
Three Quarter North	Dropped D	N
Too Fast	Standard	N

Standing In My Shoes

1997, Private Music

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Across The Street	Open EM+4	N
Corrina Corrina	Open D	2
Cripple Creek	Open D	N
Dead End	Dropped D	N
Dont Call Me Ray	Dropped D	N
Itchy	Open D	N
Realm	Open C	N
Standing In My Shoes	Open C	N
Vaseline Machine Gun	Open G	N

Live

1995, Private Music

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Airproofing	Standard	N
Bean Time	Standard	N
I Yell At Traffic	Standard	N
Little Martha	Open D	N
Oddball	Standard	N
Peg Leg	Standard	N
Twilight Time	Standard	N
William Powell	Standard	N

Peculiaroso

1994, Private Music

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Arms Of Mary	Open G	N
Big Situation	Standard	N
Peg Leg	Standard	N
Poor Boy	Open D	N
Porky And Pale	Standard	N
The Room at the Top of the Stairs	Standard	-3
Room Service (at the Tahiti Motel)	Standard	N
Twilight Time	Standard	N
Wonderland By Night	Dropped D	N
World Made To Order	Standard	N

Great Big Boy

1992, Private Music

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Driver	Standard	N

Thats What

1990, Private Music

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Czech Bounce	Standard	N
Jesus Maria	Standard	N
Oddball	Standard	N

My Fathers Face

1989, Private Music

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
B.J.	Dropped D	N
Everybody Lies	Dropped D	N
Mona Ray	Dropped D	4
My Aunt Francis	Standard	N
Theme From 'Rick And Bob Report'	Standard	5
Times Twelve	Dropped D	N
William Powell	Standard	N

Regards From Chuck Pink

1988, Private Music

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Fosters Feet	Open C6	N
I Yell At Traffic	Standard	N
Ojo	Standard	N
Short Wave	Dropped D	N
Short Wave (Home and Away)	Dropped D	N
Skinflint	Open C	N
Taxco Steps	Standard	N
The Late Zone	Standard	N

A Shout Toward Noon

1986, Private Music

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
A Trout Toward Noon	Standard	3
A Virtuoso Is His Own Reward	Open D	N
Air Proofing Two	Standard	N
Easter Again	Open G	N
Echoing Gilewitz	Open D	N
First To Go	Dropped D	N
Four Four North	Dropped D	N
Little Beaver	Dropped D	N
Little Martha	Open D	N
Little Martha (Live)	Open D	N
Piece 17	Standard	N
The Ice Field	Standard	N
Three Quarter North	Dropped D	N

Time Step

1983, Beat Goes On Records

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Julies House	Standard	N
Mr. Fonebone	Standard	N
Rings	Dropped D	4
The Wrong Track	Guitar Eb	N

Guitar Music

1981, Chrysalis

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
A Song For 'The Night Of The Hunter'	Dropped D	N
Agile N.	Standard	N
All I Have To Do Is Dream	Open G	N
Available Space	Open G	N
Jibs Hat	Standard	N
Little Shoes	Standard	N
Part Two	Open G	N
Side One Suite: Three Walls And Bars	Dropped D	N
Side One Suite: My Double	Dropped D	N
Side One Suite: Slang	Dropped D	N
Side One Suite: Some Birds	Dropped D	N
Side One Suite: Sounds Like.	Dropped D	N
Sleepwalk	Open G	N
Strange	Standard	N
Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Open G	N

Live In Europe

1980, Beat Goes On Records

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Airproofing	Standard	N
Egg Tooth	Standard	N
Open Country Joy: Theme And Adhesions	Standard	N
Pamela Brown	Open G	N
Range	Open G	N
Shadowland	Open G	N
The Train And The Gate	Open G	N
Wheels	Open G	N

Burnt Lips

1978, Chrysalis

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
A Low Thud	Standard	N
Burnt Lips	Standard	N
Credits: Outtakes From Terrys Movie	Dropped D	N
Everybody Lies	Dropped D	N
Orange Room	Standard	N
The Quiet Man	Open C6	N
Sonora's Death Row	Open G	N
The Train And The Gate: From Terrys Movie	Open G	N

Leo Kottke

1976, Chrysalis

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Airproofing	Standard	N
Maroon	Standard	N
Range	Open G	N
Shadowland	Open G	N
White Ape	Standard	N

Chewing Pine

1975, Capitol

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Cant Quite Put It Into Words	Open G	N
Grim To The Brim	Open G	N
Monkey Money	Standard	N
Regards From Chuck Pink	Standard	N
Standing On The Outside	Dropped D	N
The Scarlatti Rip-Off	Dropped D	N
Wheels	Open G	N

Ice Water

1974, One Way Records

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
A Good Egg	Standard	-2
All Through The Night	Open G	N
Morning Is The Long Way Home	Dropped D	N
Pamela Brown	Open G	N

Kottke/Fahey/Lang

1974, Takoma

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Anyway	Open D	N
Cripple Creek	Open D	N
Red And White	Dropped D	1
The Ice Miner	Open G	1

Dreams And All That Stuff

1974, One Way Records

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Hole In The Day	Standard	N
Medley: America The Beautiful	Open G	N
Medley: San Antonio Rose	Open G	N
Mona Ray	Dropped D	N
Taking A Sandwich To A Feast	Dropped D	N
Vertical Trees	Standard	N
When Shrimps Learn To Whistle	Open C	N
Why Ask Why	Standard	2

My Feet Are Smiling

1973, One Way Records

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Bean Time	Standard	N
Blue Dot	Standard	N
Busted Bicycle	Open C	N
Easter	Open G	N
Egg Tooth	Standard	N
June Bug	Open G	N
Living In The Country	Dropped D	N
Louise	Dropped D	N
Medley: Crow River Waltz	Open G	N
Medley: Jack Fig	Open G	N
Medley: Jesu- Joy Of Mans Desiring	Open G	N
Standing In My Shoes	Open C	N
Stealing	Standard	N
The Fisherman	Standard	N

Greenhouse

1972, One Way Records

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Bean Time	Standard	N
From The Cradle To The Grave	Standard	N
In Christ There Is No East Or West	Standard	N
Louise	Dropped D	N
Owls	Open C9	N
The Last Steam Engine Train	Standard	N
Tiny Island	Standard	-2
The Song Of The Swamp	Open G	N
The Spanish Entomologist	Open G	N

Mudlark

1971, One Way Records

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Bouree	Standard	N
Cripple Creek	Open D	N
Eight Miles High	Standard	N
Hear The Wind Howl	Open C	N
Lullaby	Standard	N
Machine No. 2	Open G	N
Poor Boy	Open D	N
Room 8	Open C6	N
Standing In My Shoes	Open C	N
The Ice Miner	Open G	1

Circle Round The Sun

1970, Symposium

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Easter And The Sargasso Sea	Open G	N
Furry Jane	Open C	N
Living In The Country	Dropped D	N
Tell Me This Aint The Blues	Standard	N

12 String Blues

1969, Oblivion

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Easter In The Sargasso Sea	Open G	N
Furry Jane	Open C	N
Living In The Country	Dropped D	N
Sail Away Ladies	Open C	N
The Last Steam Engine Train	Standard	N
The Prodigal Grave	Open D	N

6 & 12 String Guitar

1969, Takoma

Tune	Tuning	Capo	Resources
Busted Bicycle	Open C	N
Coolidge Rising	Dropped D	N
Jack Fig	Open G	N
Jesu- Joy Of Mans Desiring	Open G	N
Ojo	Standard	N
The Driving Of The Year Nail	Standard	N
The Fisherman	Standard	N
The Last Of The Arkansas Greyhounds	Standard	N
The Sailors Grave On The Prairie	Open G	N
The Tennessee Toad	Open C	N
Vaseline Machine Gun	Open G	N
Watermelon	Open D	N