page 2 ad lib thursday, april 6, 1978 Kottke defines classification it doesn't matter re- as a By Casey McCabe But more and more people have become A brief history of Kottke's life may guitar teenager. St. Cloud State Uni- interested in Leo Kottke. He fills concert veal the reason for his diversity and the After three years at in Minnesota, he sent off Leo Kottke has been a unique force in halls and college nearly 100 elusiveness of a more tangible image. versity finally auditqriums of his demo to another folk the music world in the decade or so since nights a year. Readers of Guitar Player Born in Athens, Georgia, his early life some tapes virtuoso, John Fahey, who he has he subtly glided onto the scene. magazine have voted him Best Folk Guitar- was spent moving through several states. guitar collaborated with. Besides He defies a concrete classification, and ist for the past three years, and he was even He played violin in grade school, but gave sinced often nine albums to his credit since his we journalists tend to get into the habit of featured in People magazine, which as a it up "because they make you play crud." then, music has been found in such lumping musicians into a specific category rule covers things nothing short of being As a tuba player he won state competi- unlikely and as TV Sermonettes, weather and for easy labeling. trendy. tions, but was soon to discover banjo places traffic the Newlywed Game, and His style is generally in the folk tradi- reports, as the music filler used on the tion, but folks and music are different suspenseful Game when the girl chose her date. the eight states, from Virginia Dating throughout The of fellow has had to Minnesota, that Kottke moved through praise guitarists much to do with Kottke's in the during his youth. In his vast repertoire one respect music world. who the might find a little Bach, Beethoven, or Burl Anyone plays guitar or even has to be struck Ives, maybe some of his own distinctive ft attempted to, by ease and with which he sound forged in his home base of Minne- the quickness the He never attacks apolis, a Dutch folk tune, or hints of manipulates strings. as some do, rather he commands Spanish flamenco through a particular riff. the guitar But nevertheless some feel he deserves it, with a total understanding of the instru- ment's his own A few suggestions have dynamic capabilities. category. The audience for his Lincoln show been "American classical guitarist", "Pop seemed aware of this too. at- virtuoso", "fingerstylist", and the rather Thoroughly tentive the an occasional ambiguous title; "commercially tangent, through songs, of disbelief could be heard now and self-taug- Maybe it would be gasp guitarist". from someone the best to call Kottke's style "eclectic then impressed by his One acoustic" and leave it at that. agility of fingers. wonders what the main attraction is, what he or how Kottke brought this all to Lincoln April plays, he it. 1 for his first performance in the city since plays 1969 when he played opening act to Paul What he played was a variety of both Revere arid the Raiders, in what must moods and music. Even the staunchest have been, one of Pershing's more mis- Kottke fans will admit that he tends to matched shows. play much on the variation of a theme, and But this time it was for a full, apprecia- the result can be similar sounding tunes. tive crowd at O'Donnell Auditorium, who But in the course of the evening, . he had come with the express purpose of changes enough to keep the audiences seeing Kottke and possibly with the desire attention from wavering. observe one of the few to traveling guitar By describing what some songs virtuosos around. reminded him of before performing it, he He has in a definitive lip' fact, developed had the advantage of being able to share sound of his the result of a combina- own, the intended imagery with the crowd. One tion of four-finge- r and the use of picking was written with'the feeling of being out in a slide on his little He demon- guitar finger. the middle of nQwhere, another reminded strated this in his a Kottke-is- h opening song, him of a little Dutch boy running around version of "America the Beautiful." the Holland And indeed the Then in a bit of on his varied countryside. parody analysis seemed to hit home with the he con- influence, performed "Stealin"', audience. of various licks he borrowed from sisting One element of Kottke's other artists. Surrounding himself with two performance has has been his twelve-strin- six-strin- g that often been maligned g guitars and a Kono voice, termed as bland, or It is Spanish guitar, Kottke warmed up to the unfitting. an invalid claim, unless feel his task of conversing with the audience. His you guitar should be given one-hundre- d at- on-stsg- e personality is unassuming to the percent tention. The resonant voice of Kottke points of appearing shy. But a glib sense deep if a show case for some of of humor shows through, and though he is, nothing else, his The ironic words of needs nothing to carry his guitar work, the thoughtful lyrics. "Pamela and his remake of the casual humor helps create the character we Brown", Miles were two of the like to expect from an "eclectic acoustic" Byrds "Eight High" in the Lincoln show. performer. highlights For all his 31 years, which have But Kottke doesn't seem like a person included acid trips in the mid-sixtie- s bothered by criticism. He has no need to to extensive touring in recent years, Kottke be, while the crowds are still responsive, could still pass as a clean-cu- t representative the fans dedicated, and he has the respect of college campuses. He has in the past, of his peers. It may be hard to classify Leo remained uninvolved in his own career, Kottke, but it's easy to admire him. A man Photo by Ted Kirk choosing to avoid the music business who does the work of two guitarists with battlefield. Leo Kottke not only plays a great guitar but does terrific faces too. his two hands has got to be admired.

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