Leo Kottke is playing downtown tonight. Had planned to go see him, but time and money got away. I got to see him in concert many years ago. He was performing with the late Michael Hedges and it was a most amazing evening. I was fascinated by their different styles. Michael was all over the stage as he performed and I was taken by the performance as well as the music.
Then Kottke came out with a stool and just sat… and blew us all away with his guitar playing. Truly he was the master and I was awestruck by the performance. He has a very funny, self deprecating sense of humor. I still remember him saying about demonstrating one of his favorite techniques, “I’m going to take a lovely, simple melody and drive it into the ground.”
I found this live version of him doing that very thing with one of my favorite songs.
All Things Elda 