Focusing primarily on instrumental composition and playing, Kottke also sings sporadically, in an unconventional yet expressive baritone famously self-described as sounding like " geese farts on a muggy day ".

Kottke has also combined previously-recorded tunes into new compositions, notably the mini-suite " Bigger Situation ", also released on One Guitar No Vocals.

Kottke has also collaborated on his records with his mentor John Fahey, as well as with Chet Atkins, Lyle Lovett, Margo Timmins, Mike Gordon, and Rickie Lee Jones.

In 1990 Kottke and composer Stephen Paulus created Ice Fields, a work for amplified acoustic guitar and orchestra in a concerto format.

This guitar was made famous by Artists such as Lead Belly, Pete Seeger and Leo Kottke are famous 12 string players.

Fahey contemporary Robbie Basho added elements of Indian classical music and Leo Kottke used a Faheyesque approach to make the first solo steel-string guitar " hit " record.

* Clone ( Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon album ), the first studio album from Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon.

A reminder of their earlier folk incarnation was Kaukonen's solo acoustic guitar tour de force, " Embryonic Journey " ( his first composition ), which referenced contemporary acoustic guitar masters such as John Fahey and helped to establish the popular genre exemplified by acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke.

Acts range from newer bands just emerging onto the scene ( such as Tea Leaf Green, Nellie McKay and Raq ) to big name acts and jam rock staples, such as Les Claypool, Blues Traveler, and Mike Gordon ( of Phish fame ), to pop rock icons, such as Leo Kottke, The Flaming Lips, The Violent Femmes, and most recently, Perry Farrell.

Leo Kottke ( born September 11, 1945, Athens, Georgia, U. S .) is an acoustic guitarist.

Kottke overcame a series of personal obstacles, including partial loss of hearing and a nearly career-ending bout with tendon damage in his right hand to emerge as a widely-recognized master of his instrument.

In concert, Kottke intersperses humorous and often bizarre monologues with vocal and instrumental selections from throughout his career, played solo on his signature 6-and 12-string guitars.

Born in Athens, Georgia, Kottke moved with his parents so frequently that he was raised in twelve different states.

As a youth living in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Kottke was influenced by folk and delta blues music, notably that of Mississippi John Hurt.

Kottke learned to play trombone and violin before trying the guitar and developing his own unconventional picking style.

After being discharged from the Naval Reserve due to his partial loss of hearing, Kottke attended St.

It remains one of the works most associated with Kottke and has been re-released many times on various record labels.

Fahey's agent Denny Bruce signed Kottke to Capitol Records and in 1971, Capitol released Kottke's first major label record, Mudlark.

These albums showed Kottke moving toward an eclectic mixture of musical genres, including folk, rock, jazz and bluegrass.

Kottke closed out his contract with Capitol with his seventh album, Chewing Pine, in 1975.

Private Music was considered a New Age music label in the Windham Hill style, and Kottke often found his music categorized as such during this period.

Kottke released an album annually from 1989 to 1991, following My Father's Face with That's What, and finally Great Big Boy, which featured a guest appearance by Lyle Lovett.

Two years later, Kottke returned with Peculiaroso, produced by Rickie Lee Jones.

In 2002, Kottke and Mike Gordon ( the bassist from the band Phish, which was on an extended hiatus ) collaborated on Clone, an album featuring instrumental work and vocals from both musicians.

In between these two duet albums, Kottke released a solo album, 2004's Try and Stop Me.

Leo Kottke received an honorary Doctorate in Music Performance from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee on May 18, 2008, where he gave the commencement address.

In 1976, Kottke collaborated with arranger Jack Nitzsche on the release Leo Kottke, which featured Kottke backed by a small orchestral section on a number of tracks.

We also know that the Saxon Shore as reflected in the Notitia was created as a part of the Theodosian reorganization of Britain ( post A.D. 369 ).

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Eldon Elder, who designed the stage, also created a gay, spacious set that blended attractively with the park background and Shakespeare's lighthearted mood.

A television series was also created, based on the book, which airs in the United States, Australia, Canada, the UK, Norway and Venezuela.

Graeme Base also created a series of riddles relating to hidden objects within each of the illustrations written especially for the wall frieze.

It is considered that he created also the New York kouros, which is the oldest fully preserved statue of Kouros type, and seems to be the incarnation of the god himself.

The Ancestral Puebloans also created many petroglyphs and pictographs.

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" Arianism " is also often used to refer to other nontrinitarian theological systems of the 4th century, which regarded Jesus Christ — the Son of God, the Logos — as either a created being ( as in Arianism proper and Anomoeanism ), or as neither uncreated nor created in the sense other beings are created ( as in Semi-Arianism ).

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There is also an underwater statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe here, created in 1958 by Armando Quesado in memory of a group of divers that died here.

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Shakers today are most known for their cultural contributions ( especially style of music and furniture ). The Shakers composed thousands of songs, and also created many dances ; both were an important part of the Shaker worship services.

He also created a sacred cantata Le Jugement dernier ( The Last Judgement ).

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Finn Coren also created a different musical setting for the poem on his album The Blake Project: Spring.

Larry Blyden, who played Hysterium, the role created by Jack Gilford, also co-produced.

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