''12-String Blues'' (sub-titled ''Live at the Scholar''), is the first album by
American
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guitarist
Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945) is an American acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He has overcome a series of personal obstacles, i ...
, released in 1969.
History
The majority of the album was recorded live at The Scholar, a Minneapolis coffee house (formerly known as the Ten O'Clock Scholar in another location) that had also featured
Bob Dylan
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,
Spider John Koerner
"Spider" John Koerner (August 31, 1938 – May 18, 2024) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as a guitarist and vocalist in the blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, with Dave "Snaker" Ray, Dave Ray and Tony Glover ...
and
Simon & Garfunkel
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early in their careers. Three of the instrumentals were recorded in a studio. The
LP record
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was a limited edition of 1000 copies, on the Minneapolis West Bank-based Oblivion Records, and has not been reprinted and/or re-issued on CD. Publishing for the songs was by Symposium Music, same as the publishing and record label for Kottke's third LP.
Most of the songs on the album were re-recorded for Kottke's album ''
Circle Round The Sun''.
Track listing (with Kottke's notes)
Some versions of the album do not include "Long Way Up the River"
Personnel
*Leo Kottke – 6 & 12-string guitars, vocals
*Annie Elliott – cover design
Copyright Symposium Music, BMI 1969
References
External links
* Read some contemporary and retrospective views
''Out of Oblivion''Leo Kottke's official site
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Leo Kottke live albums
1969 debut albums
1969 live albums
Live blues albums