I don't come up with that much slide stuff anymore but I did in the beginning and all of a sudden I was dying to write instrumentals.
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I don't spend a lot of time thinking of what they'll do musically, I try to imagine being locked into a windowless room with this person for twelve hours at a time. If you can look at that and think it might be fun then maybe you've got the right musician.Leo Kottke
It was almost two years after I left Capital that I put out the first one on Chrysalis and that was really instructive because it was no better in particular than any other record I'd done.
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I never had any problems, and it was always a surprise to those audiences when they heard how much sound was available on a flat top guitar.
Leo Kottke
I was required by Capital to release one every six months and the fastest I could do with all my touring was every nine months, and it would spook me every time because I never had what I needed and I really didn't want to do covers.
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If you get really worn out that's frequently a good way to get an idea because your usual noise isn't happening and they can come through easier.
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We spent a lot of time on that record with the sound and recorded it on the Paramount sound stage which is this huge room where the sound is reflected but the reflection is so late and comes from so far away that it doesn't blur the music but gives you a room nonetheless.
Leo Kottke
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