Leo Kottke
American acoustic guitarist based in Minnesota, USA. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies.
Born: September 11, 1945, Athens, Georgia.
Married to Mary E. Kottke.
Jun 6, 2025
Leo Kottke
Barrymore Theatre, Madison, Wisconsin, United States Of America
Jun 8, 2025
Leo Kottke
Garcia's Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States Of America
Jun 9, 2025
Leo Kottke
Garcia's Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States Of America
Nov 19, 2025
Leo Kottke
229, London, Great Britain
Noon
Leo Kottke, Mike Gordon
2020
A Shout Toward Noon / Regards From Chuck Pink
Leo Kottke
2012
BGO Records
2xCD, Comp, RE, RM
Home & Away Revisited
Leo Kottke
2005
Sixty Six Steps
Mike Gordon, Leo Kottke
2005
Try And Stop Me
Leo Kottke
2004
Instrumentals: The Best Of The Chrysalis Years
Leo Kottke
2003
Instrumentals: The Best Of The Capitol Years
Leo Kottke
2003
Clone
Leo Kottke / Mike Gordon
2002
Standing In My Shoes
Leo Kottke
1999
BMG Music Spain
CD
One Guitar, No Vocals
Leo Kottke
1999
The Leo Kottke Anthology
Leo Kottke
1997
Rhino Records (2), Rhino Records (2)
2xCD, Comp, RM
Standing In My Shoes
Leo Kottke
1997
Hear The Wind Howl
Leo Kottke
1996
Disky
CD, Comp
Live
Leo Kottke
1995
Peculiaroso
Leo Kottke
1994
Pepe Hush
Leo Kottke
1991
Private Music
7", Single, Promo
Great Big Boy
Leo Kottke
1991
Essential Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke
1991
That's What
Leo Kottke
1990
Paul Bunyan
Jonathan Winters / Leo Kottke With Duck Baker
1990
Everybody Lies
Leo Kottke
1989
Ariola
7", Promo
Everybody Lies
Leo Kottke
1989
Private Music, Private Music
7", Single, Promo
Home + Away
Leo Kottke
1989
Private Music Video
VHS
My Father's Face
Leo Kottke
1989
Regards From Chuck Pink
Leo Kottke
1988
The Best Of Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke
1987
A Shout Toward Noon
Leo Kottke
1986
Rings
Leo Kottke
1983
Chrysalis
7", Promo
Voluntary Target
Leo Kottke
1983
Time Step
Leo Kottke
1983
Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke
1982
Guitar Music
Leo Kottke
1981
1980 Cambridge Folk Festival
Don McLean / Leo Kottke
1980
BBC Transcription Services
LP, Transcription
Live In Europe
Leo Kottke
1980
Balance
Leo Kottke
1979
Burnt Lips
Leo Kottke
1978
Buckaroo
Leo Kottke
1977
Chrysalis
7", Single, Promo
The Best
Leo Kottke
1977
1971-1976 "Did You Hear Me?"
Leo Kottke
1976
Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke
1976
Power Failure
Leo Kottke
1975
Chewing Pine
Leo Kottke
1975
Nightbird & Company: Cosmic Connections
Climax Blues Band / Renaissance (4) / Leo Kottke / Daryl Hall & John Oates
1974
Army Reserve, Army Reserve
2xLP, Transcription
Dreams And All That Stuff
Leo Kottke
1974
Ice Water
Leo Kottke
1974
Leo Kottke, Peter Lang, John Fahey
Leo Kottke / Peter Lang / John Fahey
1974
Pamela Brown
Leo Kottke
1974
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Leo Kottke
1973
Sonet
7"
My Feet Are Smiling
Leo Kottke
1973
Greenhouse
Leo Kottke
1972
Axton, Corbitt, Kottke Selected Recordings
Hoyt Axton, Jerry Corbitt, Leo Kottke
1971
Capitol Records, Columbia, Capitol Records, RCA, Capitol Records, Takoma
6xLP, Comp, Boo
Mudlark
Leo Kottke
1971
Circle 'Round The Sun
Leo Kottke
1970
6- And 12-String Guitar
Leo Kottke
1969
12 String Blues
Leo Kottke
1969
Buckaroo
Leo Kottke
Chrysalis
7", Single
If Mama Knew / Long Way Up The River
Leo Kottke
Symposium Records (2)
7"
The Wylie Butler
Cal Hand
1977
Takoma
LP
Echoes from the past
Richard Gilewitz, Michael Fix
2024
Disc Makers
CD-ROM, Album
Naked Truth
Tinsley Ellis
2024
Instrumental
Rupert Wates
2023
not on label
CD, Album
The Great Egress
Douglas Turner Day IV
2019
Not On Label (Douglas Turner Day IV Self-released)
LP, Album
Sharing The Covers
Chatham County Line
2019
The Thousand Incarnations Of The Rose: American Primitive Guitar & Banjo 1963-1974
Various
2018
The Trackless Woods
Iris DeMent
2015
The Triptych
Fred Deakin
2007
Road Runner
Albert Lee
2006
Meridian 1970 (Protest, Sorrow, Hobos, Folk And Blues)
Jon Savage
2005
Angels On The Freeway (Crosses On The Road)
Kevin Bowe And The Okemah Prophets
2003
Corazong Records
CD, Album
Telluride Bluegrass Festival Reflections Vol. 1
Various
2003
Not On Label (Planet Bluegrass Self-released)
HDCD, Album
One Thing I Know
Deborah Mantel
2002
Not On Label
CD, Album
The Best Of John Fahey 1959 - 1977
John Fahey
2002
Concert At St. Olaf College
Michael Gulezian
2001
Timbreline Music
CD, Album, Enh
When Pigs Fly....
Joe Carpenter (2)
2001
Not On Label
CDr, Album
Broadcasts Vol. 8
Various
2000
KGSR
3xCD, Ltd, Transcription
Intuite
Pierre Bensusan
2000
The Early Albums
Michael Johnson (5)
1999
Not On Label
2xCD, Comp
Restoration
Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets*
1999
Pop Sense Records
CD, Album
TG CD Volume 33 (Essential Listening For All Guitarists)
Various
1997
Total Guitar, Total Guitar
CD, Comp
The Carols Of Christmas II - A Windham Hill Sampler
Various
1997
Off The Beaten Path
Dave Koz
1996
Masterworks - 16 Essential Contemporary Music Classics
Various
1996
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Steve Wariner
1996
Guitarist, Composer And Musician
Jerry Belsak
1995
Clockwerke Sound Studio
Cass
Best Of Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett
1994
Curb Records
CD, Comp, Ltd
Black Rain
Heartlands
1994
The Contemporary Music Project
Cass, Album
Out Of The Valley
John Gorka
1994
I Love Everybody
Lyle Lovett
1994
Welcome To The Future 2
Various
1994
Guitar
Antero Jakoila
1993
Beta (2)
CD, Album
Sieben Winde Für Eine Gitarre
Ulf Gollnast
1993
Musikproduktion Dabringhaus Und Grimm
CD
Zone 101.5 FM KZON Collectibles Volume One
Various
1993
101.5 The Zone
CD, Comp
Sister Sweetly
Big Head Todd And The Monsters
1993
Other Voices | Other Rooms
Nanci Griffith
1993
Traffic From Paradise
Rickie Lee Jones
1993
A Thousand Words
Duck Baker Feat. John Renbourn
1992
Acoustic Music Records
CD, Album
Private Music / Sampler
Various
1992
Private Music
CD, Promo, Smplr
Joshua Judges Ruth
Lyle Lovett
1992
Some Towns And Cities
Ben Verdery
1991
Newport Classic
CD, Album
Cool On It
Tinsley Ellis And The Heartfixers
1991
Vaseline Machine Gun
Leo Kottke
Watermelon
Leo Kottke
Ojo
Leo Kottke
The Driving Of The Year Nail
Leo Kottke
The Fisherman
Leo Kottke
Busted Bicycle
Leo Kottke
The Last Of The Arkansas Greyhounds
Leo Kottke
Crow River Waltz
Leo Kottke
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Leo Kottke
The Tennessee Toad
Leo Kottke
The Sailor's Grave On The Prairie
Leo Kottke
Cripple Creek
Leo Kottke
Jack Fig
Leo Kottke
Snorkel
Leo Kottke
The Brain Of The Purple Mountain
Leo Kottke
Coolidge Rising
Leo Kottke
Sweet Emotion
Leo Kottke
Little Martha
Leo Kottke
Rings
Leo Kottke
Up Tempo
Leo Kottke
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Barrymore Theatre, Madison, Wisconsin, United States Of America
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Garcia's Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States Of America
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Garcia's Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States Of America
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229, London, Great Britain