Leo Kottke – Santa Barbara, CA (09/17/17)

Leo Kottke
9/17/17
Lobero Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA

11th Row DEAD Center:
Neumann AK 40s (ORTF) >LC3 >KM100s >Beyer MV-100 >Tascam DR-100mkII (24bit/48khz)

WAV >iZotope RX6 Advanced & Har-Bal 3.0 >

WAV >Audacity (Track Splits, Down Sample / Dither To 16bit/44.1khz) >FLAC (Level 8) Plus Tags Via xACT 2.41

Recorded, Audacity, FLAC, & Tags By OldNeumanntapr
iZotope / Har-Bal Post Production By Flying M

Disc I:

1. Intro
2. From Pizza Towers To Defeat
3. Pamela Brown
4. Ojo
5. Homer & Jethro Story
6. Last Steam Engine Train
7. Four Cents
8. Julie’s House
9. Disko (Island) / Callus Story
10. Disco
11. Staging Story
12. Living In The Country
13. Diner / Stink Story

Disc II:

1. Then
2. The Brain Of The Purple Mountain
3. Tuning / Carnival Story
4. Unknown
5. Oddball
6. Wonderland By Night
7. Unknown (New Song, Aborted)

Encore:

8. Intro To Rings / Snakes Story
9. Rings

Leo Kottke Solo Acoustic – Six & 12 String Guitars, Vocals

OldNeumanntapr Notes-
I’m still kicking myself that it took so many years for me to discover Leo Kottke. I’d heard of him for a long time but never took the time to seek out his music. I even had the chance to see / record him not too far from home in 2011 or 2012. When I finally did listen to one of his recordings I was instantly hooked. I’d never heard anything quite like his playing before. I noticed right away that in addition to being a virtuoso guitar player he was a superb story teller. Another taper / collector summed it up really well. “Leo is a very funny comedian who just happens to be a virtuoso guitarist!” I couldn’t have said it better myself. This is the second time that I have seen him, the first being also at the Lobero Theatre in November of 2014. I think one of the reasons I collect so many of his live shows is to hear the meandering, nonsensical, funny stories that he tells! Leo tried a new instrumental at the end of the set but abandoned it partway through when he couldn’t get it to work. He said, “I used to say that I play everything that I can remember, but I guess I can’t say that anymore.” He said that what made it worse was that it was a new song, and he couldn’t remember how it went. There was another song in the set that I couldn’t place. Leo usually plays instrumentals, which can be hard to identify, but this track had lyrics and I still couldn’t uncover anything on it when I Googled the words. Hopefully someone else can give it a name. This was a quiet acoustic show. It was so quiet that the microphones picked up the sounds of my breathing, even though I was conscious that it might happen. There’s really no way to get around that, and still be alive to record the show! Thanks, as always, for Flying M’s awesome work in post production!

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