Leo Kottke - The Driving Of The Year Nail

Leo Kottke - The Driving Of The Year Nail (1973)

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[somewhere59]

...and let a few more seconds pass before you stop the video-sequence, otherwise we cannot see Leo's boy-like face when he lifts his head after the end of the tune.

[tmjcbs]

Yes, there is probably more on the shelves of the BBC, where this came from, and the archives of American TV and radio stations. But we'll just have to wait until they care to share something else. As for the ending: this was just about the last frame of Leo before the next artist came up.

[somewhere59]

Does this mean that Leo has performed in Europe already 1973 (he told me once that he toured here for the first time with Procol Harum in 1975)?

[tmjcbs]

Good question. Your guess is as good as mine. Although it is of course possible that he only travelled to London for this recording session.

[tabber87]

I love how they mention that Bubba Sparxxx is from Athens Georgia, like any one cares...

[Joekaf2724]

This video makes my insides happy like only Leo Kottke can.

[gtrrobster]

@1crow Sorry, not true

[gtrrobster]

@PoetryHound

I think with Leo, especially the open tuning tunes....more of the work is done with RH...so blazing fast!

[99necron99]

@tabber87 Ok, well, here are a few others from our small town, besides the Leo and REM: Drive-By Truckers, Vic Chestnutt, the B-52s, and Widespread Panic. Athens is a talent incubator, and always has been.

[watertonrivers]

I saw Leo Kottke perform as a warm up for Foghat in 1973, Colorado State University Field House. Foghat was really good but Leo Kottke was Outstanding!!

[PoetryHound]

You can tell the cameraman isn't a guitar player. He focuses on the right hand because that's where the fingers are moving, but what the left hand is doing is just as important, if not more important. Hey cameramen, just focus on BOTH hands at the same time.

[fdjondal1]

He sings great with Emmylou Harris on Here comes that rainbow again.

[stillwaterjames1]

aaahh the testosterone of youth 

[goodbyezachry]

Holy Bejesus

[murrmac]

@tmjcbs Just toi confirm that Leo did in fact tour Britain in 1973. I saw him play in the George Square Theatre in Edinburgh that year (the tour was sponsored by the Arts Council btw).

He revisited these shores in 1975 and played the Cambridge Folk Festival that year, but I don't think he has been back here since , although I could be totally wrong about that..

[ryan9600]

And the most useless information award goes to - The BBC !!