There are nights when you can feel stale because you've fallen into a pattern by touring too much, but it's easy to get out of it by deliberately getting in trouble and playing yourself into a corner to then see if you can get out of it.

Kottke has also combined previously-recorded tunes into new compositions notably the mini-suite "Bigger Situation" also released on One Guitar No Vocals. Two years later Kottke returned with Peculiaroso produced by Rickie Lee Jones. Leo Kottke (born September 11 1945 Athens Georgia U.

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. S. 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".