''12-String Blues'' (sub-titled ''Live at the Scholar''), is the first album by

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guitarist

Leo Kottke Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945) is an acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He overcame a series of personal obstacles, including par ...

, 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

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early in their careers. Three of the instrumentals were recorded in a studio. The

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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
{{Authority control Leo Kottke live albums 1969 debut albums 1969 live albums Live blues albums