This takes me back to inner city Sydney in the late '80s. This tune would accompany me into the late night, Kottke's spaces filled by the late night city sounds. I went and saw him at Sydney Town Hall that year. Brilliant of course! Yeah...those subtle spaces he would leave.
I bought my first L Kottke album in 1973 ...while I was serving my second tour in the US Army in Schwäbisch Gmünd Germany ...Pershing Nuclear missile base ..his music transported me to a world where Nuclear War has never existed...listening to his music and seeing his talent at play at least for a short time can make anyone forget anything unpleasant in daily life. Thanks LEO ...been a listener ever since.
Eggtooth, track 5 ,side 2 on the album"My Feet Are Smiling" recorded live at the Tryone Guthrie theater Minneapolis ,December 1972 pretty much what you hear here,a great album worth having even if it's for the photo of Leo juggling orange's on the cover
I've listened to him since 1972 and finally heard him in person about two months ago. Brilliant, of course, but he's also a witty guy with a delightful stage persona.
Gonna try to catch his show (FINALLY!) in October when he comes to the Aladdin Theater in Milwaukie, OR. His picking and fretting has slowed over the years but it's still as clear and complex as it's always been; and it's worth it just to hear that down-home sly wit between songs. Love his sense of humor, just a treasure of musical talent and stories that wouldn't be funny coming out of anyone's mouth but Leo Kottke's.
Agree completely!... Leo's 12-string ability is simply off the chart. And his humor is wickedly off the wall, to boot. To wit, he said this about his long time passion for the 12-string along with his inclusion of the 6-string: "... I spent a lot of time on the six-string, but I was basically married to the twelve - and I still am, but it's an open marriage now. ... " That is hilarious!! Source: www.westword.com/music/the-most-surreal-leo-kottke-interview-youll-ever-read-10856998
An American Treasure. Look on his website. In his list of upcoming concerts he captions it =jobs= . Brilliant guitarist and a wonderful sense of wit . 40 years ago I would watch and listen to Leo in wonder and amazement . Now I still do.
Elite performers call it, "getting in the Zone." Michael Jackson did it with his infamous Moon-Walk. Michael Jordan did it in the NBA Finals when he had the flu yet STILL stole the show in the 4th quarter to win an NBA Championship. Tiger Woods did at the Masters just last year, coming back from back surgeries and doubters aplenty. And countless others. But this... this performance supersedes all other elite performers, and it ain't even close. Leo often finds a "Zone," and it's fantastic, something beyond mere mortals. But this rendition of Eggtooth elevates it above the Zone. Totally above. This is by far the best execution of the infamous 12-Bar boogie rhythm I've ever heard, the famous rhythm we've all heard in countless jazz, blues, and pop music, i.e., the 1-4-1-5-4-1 chord structure, all compressed into 12 bars. Yet, while that is a classic Americana formation of music, Leo interjects his signature double-stroke finger pick style that makes it sound like multiple guitars are playing at the same time. THEN, he goes about schooling all the mechanical metronomes out there in the 2-4 back-beat throughout Eggtooth. It is simply stunning how rich and robust the sound is from one man and just one 12-string guitar... yeah, that very same feisty stringed instrument that conjures so many love/hate relationships among us mere mortals! To get anywhere close to proficiency on the 12-string, you must have the forearm and grip strength of a gorilla, yet at the same time you need the speed, grace, and power of a Bolshoi Theatre ballet dancer. And Leo shows all that and then some in this rendition, keeping time like he was an atomic clock. Wow, just WOW! This is stunning!... simply stunning. Congratulations, Leo. I know this was performed some time ago - maybe 25 years or more ago - but it's perfection is timeless.
Unbelievable's the only word for the guy, although I do feel a tad better knowing that even he doesn't bar all the way across the neck, which I find to be impossible.
He barres across the full neck on certain tunes. The fact that he has hands that are one in a million helps. Oh. That and he is a genius. And he works his ass off. And Taylor builds him guitars that if you played one, you'd think you had died and gone to heaven. On and on.
Does anyone know where and when this was performed? Appears to be after he eschewed the use of fingerpicks. I can't believe he's getting that much sound from a 12-string with just his fingers, but I've been finding what he does to be unbelievable since 1970. This knocks the knickers off the My Feet Are Smiling version.
well, i think the title is not correct, i have the cd with the title regards from chuck pink, but on this cd is no song with a title " regards from chuck pink "??? eggtooth is the second part of this song, knows anybody the name of the first part???? thanks for posting
NO it is "Eggtooth" a tune that both Leo & Michael Johnson put together back in the early 70's. The section you hear at the start is from Michael Johnson's contribs. "On My Feet Are Smiling" concert LP it's in the middle. Chuck PInk riffs are in part of this as are lots more Kottke ingredients.
that's just leo being leo. improv all the way. I'd be willing to bet that if you had asked him that same question immediately after this show he would have had no idea what it was
Au contraire. I've been watching LK since his days on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota. Many was the time he''d come on stage and open with that really mesmerizing C-Em riff. The whole first part of the tune is part of Eggtooth (it's transcribed that way by LK's scribe : John Stropes), although many times he just starts with the 12 barre progression in A. In any case, he is most certainly not improvising the first section. I've heard him do it many times and it's always just as it is on this vid. LK's music is extremely well thought out will little, if any, improvisation.
@@brsmith3762 Take your word for it, though I've never heard this rendition before. Lucky you seeing him play Live, In Person so many times! If there was a LK Fan Club, (is there?) I'd be somewheres in it! I've been a fan since the 70's, Chicago thanks to the then, NPR!
I'm very interested in the transcriptions of Strope. The only problem is that i live in Belgium and the guy asks almost 40$ shipping costs for his printed transcription.. Which are truely well made, but yea.. i paid about 50$ for Oddball.. He refused to mail a digital one
GOAT - his albums don’t do him justice - if you’ve not seen him live…just do it!
I forgot how good Leo Kottke was,
his tone and command of the 12 is truly inspiring
One of my all time favorite tunes
Absolutely his best performance of this tune I have ever heard! The acoustics are perfect and Leo is playing in peak form. Superb. Thank You!
I'm on my feet,,praise the most high for giving us Leo ,
Agree
This takes me back to inner city Sydney in the late '80s. This tune would accompany me into the late night, Kottke's spaces filled by the late night city sounds. I went and saw him at Sydney Town Hall that year. Brilliant of course! Yeah...those subtle spaces he would leave.
I bought my first L Kottke album in 1973 ...while I was serving my second tour in the US Army in Schwäbisch Gmünd Germany ...Pershing Nuclear missile base ..his music transported me to a world where Nuclear War has never existed...listening to his music and seeing his talent at play at least for a short time can make anyone forget anything unpleasant in daily life.
Thanks LEO ...been a listener ever since.
John Fahey joked, "I can make syncopation sound like death." Leo can make it sound like a joyride. I love 'em both.
Eggtooth, track 5 ,side 2 on the album"My Feet Are Smiling"
recorded live at the Tryone Guthrie theater
Minneapolis ,December 1972
pretty much what you hear here,a great album worth having even if it's for the photo of Leo juggling orange's on the cover
I've listened to him since 1972 and finally heard him in person about two months ago. Brilliant, of course, but he's also a witty guy with a delightful stage persona.
U lucky bastard!
Gonna try to catch his show (FINALLY!) in October when he comes to the Aladdin Theater in Milwaukie, OR. His picking and fretting has slowed over the years but it's still as clear and complex as it's always been; and it's worth it just to hear that down-home sly wit between songs. Love his sense of humor, just a treasure of musical talent and stories that wouldn't be funny coming out of anyone's mouth but Leo Kottke's.
Best 12 string guitar player of all time. This guy is amazing.
He is really happy playing this tune, that sly smile where he knows everyone is utterly amazed.
When he plays the G chord and gives the neck a wiggle, that’s the best sounding instrument I’ve ever heard in my gosh darn life
mmmm,,,,,, one of the greatest acoustic guitar compositions ever.
Kottke at his finest. Best 12-string player ever.
Agree completely!... Leo's 12-string ability is simply off the chart. And his humor is wickedly off the wall, to boot. To wit, he said this about his long time passion for the 12-string along with his inclusion of the 6-string: "... I spent a lot of time on the six-string, but I was basically married to the twelve - and I still am, but it's an open marriage now. ... " That is hilarious!! Source: www.westword.com/music/the-most-surreal-leo-kottke-interview-youll-ever-read-10856998
I think so
Saw him in Pasadena and his middle strings were single strung.. so 10 strings... 😍😍😍😍😍
Lead belly
An American Treasure. Look on his website. In his list of upcoming concerts he captions it =jobs= . Brilliant guitarist and a wonderful sense of wit . 40 years ago I would watch and listen to Leo in wonder and amazement . Now I still do.
And..he is deaf in one ear..struth..stunning and amazing...and inspiring
Quintessential Leo! I never tire of watching this video.
Same/same!
I love that exclamation point at the end he adds in this version.
What a Trip! Such a Warm Tone...
this man is one in 7.5 BILLION ... Mr Gold Medal
He really tickles those strings saw him one time back in 1974, such unique ▶️ nh
Elite performers call it, "getting in the Zone."
Michael Jackson did it with his infamous Moon-Walk.
Michael Jordan did it in the NBA Finals when he had the flu yet STILL stole the show in the 4th quarter to win an NBA Championship.
Tiger Woods did at the Masters just last year, coming back from back surgeries and doubters aplenty.
And countless others.
But this... this performance supersedes all other elite performers, and it ain't even close. Leo often finds a "Zone," and it's fantastic, something beyond mere mortals. But this rendition of Eggtooth elevates it above the Zone. Totally above. This is by far the best execution of the infamous 12-Bar boogie rhythm I've ever heard, the famous rhythm we've all heard in countless jazz, blues, and pop music, i.e., the 1-4-1-5-4-1 chord structure, all compressed into 12 bars.
Yet, while that is a classic Americana formation of music, Leo interjects his signature double-stroke finger pick style that makes it sound like multiple guitars are playing at the same time. THEN, he goes about schooling all the mechanical metronomes out there in the 2-4 back-beat throughout Eggtooth. It is simply stunning how rich and robust the sound is from one man and just one 12-string guitar... yeah, that very same feisty stringed instrument that conjures so many love/hate relationships among us mere mortals! To get anywhere close to proficiency on the 12-string, you must have the forearm and grip strength of a gorilla, yet at the same time you need the speed, grace, and power of a Bolshoi Theatre ballet dancer. And Leo shows all that and then some in this rendition, keeping time like he was an atomic clock.
Wow, just WOW! This is stunning!... simply stunning. Congratulations, Leo. I know this was performed some time ago - maybe 25 years or more ago - but it's perfection is timeless.
Best live version I’ve ever heard.
This is just wonderful, wonderful.... thank you so much for posting this! I always wanted to to watch a full video of this song!
The pinnacle of solo steel string guitar playing right there
WOW! My feet really ARE smiling!! Thanks for posting.
what a great jam! Thanks Leo!
fantastic!!! Thank you!
Magnificence spreadin' like a ripple!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~
pure genius.
round of applause from over here !!
The greatest.
When I first heard this it was called "Eggtooth"..now maybe I can figure it all out...hooray
its from the home and away disc too.
great jam, great audio, thanks,
Manganese
Unbelievable's the only word for the guy, although I do feel a tad better knowing that even he doesn't bar all the way across the neck, which I find to be impossible.
He barres across the full neck on certain tunes. The fact that he has hands that are one in a million helps. Oh. That and he is a genius. And he works his ass off. And Taylor builds him guitars that if you played one, you'd think you had died and gone to heaven. On and on.
Well!
THIS chicken works it way out and goes it´s way.
That´s for sure.
Atomic sound of 12 strings..
Does anyone know where and when this was performed? Appears to be after he eschewed the use of fingerpicks. I can't believe he's getting that much sound from a 12-string with just his fingers, but I've been finding what he does to be unbelievable since 1970. This knocks the knickers off the My Feet Are Smiling version.
@@blancobasnett Thank you!
Leo kottke was such a lucky musician to be able to only rely on himself and not a band to make a living off music. He's his own band.
Cold chills
Again ... i never sang ... i only tried to play to the wonder n got a peace ... in john prine!
☮ ❤♫
Go Leo!
Where can I find more of this show? Any dates?
His 12-string always had a big sound, even when recording technology was less than adequate.
What did we do to deserve this calibre of offering?
Perfection
Right then I’ll just chuck my guitar out of the upstairs window
Who disliked this video? Identify yourselves....?!
well, i think the title is not correct, i have the cd with the title regards from chuck pink, but on this cd is no song with a title " regards from chuck pink "??? eggtooth is the second part of this song, knows anybody the name of the first part???? thanks for posting
NO it is "Eggtooth" a tune that both Leo & Michael Johnson put together back in the early 70's. The section you hear at the start is from Michael Johnson's contribs. "On My Feet Are Smiling" concert LP it's in the middle. Chuck PInk riffs are in part of this as are lots more Kottke ingredients.
I reckon Michael Hedges took some ideas for his own style from Leo........Aerial Boundaries as one example
12 string explosion I wonder who taught leo if that's possible
anyone who can help me with this intro?
or is this a complete other song?
that's just leo being leo. improv all the way. I'd be willing to bet that if you had asked him that same question immediately after this show he would have had no idea what it was
Au contraire. I've been watching LK since his days on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota. Many was the time he''d come on stage and open with that really mesmerizing C-Em riff. The whole first part of the tune is part of Eggtooth (it's transcribed that way by LK's scribe : John Stropes), although many times he just starts with the 12 barre progression in A. In any case, he is most certainly not improvising the first section. I've heard him do it many times and it's always just as it is on this vid. LK's music is extremely well thought out will little, if any, improvisation.
@@brsmith3762 Take your word for it, though I've never heard this rendition before. Lucky you seeing him play Live, In Person so many times! If there was a LK Fan Club, (is there?) I'd be somewheres in it! I've been a fan since the 70's, Chicago thanks to the then, NPR!
If you are still interested that section is included in John Strope's official transcription of the song which is available for purchase.
@@matthewfischer1929
I'm very interested in the transcriptions of Strope.
The only problem is that i live in Belgium and the guy asks almost 40$ shipping costs for his printed transcription..
Which are truely well made, but yea..
i paid about 50$ for Oddball..
He refused to mail a digital one
I get dizzy sometimes!!!!!!
An egg tooth, like Kottke himself, cannot be readily accounted for by the theory of evolution.🥸
12 string explosion I wonder who taught leo if that's possible
He models his style after John Fahey, so I guess one could say that John taught him a lot.