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Leo Kottke
Released 1971

The Driving Of The Year Nail
01:57
4,345 plays

Vaseline Machine Gun
03:11
3,974 plays

Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
02:24
3,698 plays

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- 1
- The Driving Of The Year Nail
- 01:57
- 4,345 plays

- 2
- The Last Of The Arkansas Greyhounds
- 03:17
- 2,930 plays

- 3
- Ojo
- 02:15
- 3,444 plays

- 4
- Crow River Waltz
- 03:21
- 2,914 plays

- 5
- The Sailor's Grave On The Prairie
- 02:33
- 2,769 plays

- 6
- Vaseline Machine Gun
- 03:11
- 3,974 plays

- 7
- Jack Fig
- 02:16
- 2,435 plays

- 8
- Watermelon
- 03:10
- 3,371 plays

- 9
- Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
- 02:24
- 3,698 plays

- 10
- The Fisherman
- 02:32
- 3,031 plays

- 11
- The Tennessee Toad
- 02:40
- 2,271 plays

- 12
- Busted Bicycle
- 02:48
- 3,018 plays

- 13
- The Brain Of The Purple Mountain
- 02:11
- 2,279 plays

- 14
- Coolidge Rising
- 02:47
- 2,660 plays

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album review

Leo Kottke's debut came about after he sent a cassette to John Fahey's Takoma label. Not surprisingly, it recalls Fahey's work in a number of respects: the synthesis of numerous influences from blues, pop, classical, and folk styles, the weirdly titled instrumentals, even the tongue-in-cheek liner notes. Kottke's brand of virtuosity, however, is more soothing and easy on the ear than Fahey's. It's far from sappy, though, the rich and resonant picking intimating some underlying restlessness, like peaceful open fields after a storm. Establishing much of the territory Kottke was to explore throughout his career, this release was also one of his most popular, eventually selling over 500,000 copies. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide