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WESTERLY — Legendary acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke, admired widely for his fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz and folk music, and for his syncopated, polyphonic melodies, will perform at
Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in 12 different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, flirting with both violin and trombone, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11. After adding a love for the country-blues of Mississippi John Hurt to the music of John Phillip Sousa and Preston Epps, Kottke joined the Navy underage, to be underwater, and eventually lost some hearing shooting at lightbulbs in the Atlantic while serving on the USS Halfbeak, a diesel submarine.
The Center for the Arts is pleased to welcome acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke to the Marisa Funk Theater on February 10. Leo Kottke has performed for five decades, setting the
CLEARWATER — Grammy nominated guitarist Leo Kottke will perform Tuesday, Jan. 24, 8 p.m., at the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater.