Vaseline Machine Gun - Leo Kottke Live - 11/6/8 video free download

Lefty Tracking

Mind blowingGlad I wasstoned

Bill Sulacor

Vaseline Machine Gun ♫ Leo Kottke (Live - 2011/6/8)the master of the 12-string

William Gabriel

A master of the 12 and 6 strings ... 

SongSwan

Timbo,most people dont put that much thought into what for them is an emotional exercise and experience

timbo wilderbeeste

I revere Leo Kottke, have seen him live a number of times, and even had a brief chat with him once while getting him to autograph an album - he was actually quite funny about it, asking me if I was sure it was him I was after and not Joe Pass or Paco Pena, who he'd been playing with.That said, people need to show a little circumspection when it comes to all the slavish hero worship on styles and getting hard-ons regarding virtuosity. You can't click on ANY guitarist of note on here without people rattling away in blinkered fashion on how they're 'the best' - music isn't a pissing contest.I think Kottke himself has been quoted, half jokingly, that much of his playing revolves around the pyrotechnics of his right hand while he 'fakes it' with the left. Obviously he's selling himself short as he is an elite guitarist, but anyone who knows anything about playing would appreciate that while his work on the fretboard is excellent, it's not virtuosic - this song is a good example.The other things is the narrow focus of so many when comparing styles and types of guitar playing. If you really want to be honest, the average village Flamenco guitarist in some Spanish backwater would be more technically proficient, while fine classical guitarists like John Williams are just in the stratosphere in terms of virtuosity - Kottke's even mentioned him on a few occasions. But of course 99% of the people posting on here wouldn't know who he is (most would probably scratch their heads and say "oh, I thought he composed music for movies') because they don't listen much to classical music and even less of works composed for the classical guitar. Same again for the great Paco Pena on Flamenco guitar.There's also a ton of fine technicians in the folk guitar field, while people like Australia's Tommy Emmanuel have that rare ability amongst fine electric guitar soloists of being just as good, if not better, on an acoustic guitar.What makes Kottke such a memorable performer is the fact he IS a fine guitarist, but he also throws in his self-deprecating humor, skills as a raconteur, and a vast body of work that sets him apart from everyone else in terms of the immeasurable quality of material he's contributed to the canon. That's actually one of his knocks on Williams, that the sheer weight of all those centuries of classical composition and hefty reputations weigh so heavily on people like him that he composes next to nothing.So taken as a whole, there is only one Leo Kottke, but don't sell him short by just focusing on his playing and trying to compare him to others solely on that basis. His greatness lies in the wonderful package he brings to the musical table.

Dietrich Schmitz

Vaseline Machine Gun - Leo Kottke Live - 11/6/8

Dietrich Schmitz

Vaseline Machine Gun - Leo Kottke Live - 11/6/8

lucky56ification

wonderful as always 40 years plus ive been listening only gets better. A treasure

Laurent Zeude

De la douze en arpège, c'est chaud !!!!

Cyclist0623

If he really does "Owe It All to Pamela Brown," then we all owe Pamela Brown about, ummm, half the world.

Geir MB Myklebust

If you watch again you might see that he's playing on a 12-stringed beauty :)

Bidisha Mohanta

This man is genius! His fingers move like a river on that six-stringed beauty!

Jimi Hendrix

one Man Band Leo Kottke !I start lo learn some songs from him , and i must say he`s The greatest single acoustic player i EVER Heard ..Brilliant !!

Amanda Frye

Forgot to wish my favorite man alive a Happy Valentine's Day.... I love you Leo!!!

Siamesee88

Sound is great quality!

Amanda Frye

The most adorable, beautiful man alive. That damn smile; it just melts me into mush every single time. The pure joy and happiness in what he is doing. Oh, Leo.... Severely intelligent, eccentric, somewhat genius, wordy, rambling, expressive.... the mind/hand connection. Woosh.

Matthew Wendler

if i'd seen this six months ago i could have offered you one. haha

KrownSkull

hahaha so true! but you cant convince these young guys who wanna play like steve vai because they are seduced and blinded by the speed, flash and stupid phrasing. if you've never seen leo kottke play live, you're missing out on a true guitar legend that always adhere to pure guitar principles. chet atkins was another master.

Matthew Hayman

You, sir, are 100% correct about soul being more important than EVH's theatrics. I do, however, have to disagree about B.B. King. B.B. lost his mojo sometime back in the early seventies. He sold out to become more of a showman than a bluesman.

TheKzfisher

The original Vaseline Machine Gun was like covering fire laid down hard and fast - This is the bullseye of a skilled marksman hitting right on target - BOTH versions are what they are and both are excellent -

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