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Try and Stop Me
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Track Listing
- Death By Reputation
- Stolen
- Mockin' Bird Hill
- Then
- Mora Roa
- Axolotl
- Bristol Sloth
- Unbar
- Jesus Maria
- Gewerbegibite
- Banks Of Marble - Kottke, Leo & Los Lobos
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #211577 in Music
- Released on: 2004-06-28
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Import
Editorial Reviews
CD Description
Some 35 years into his recording career, acoustic guitar virtuoso Leo Kottke seems none the worse for the wear on TRY AND STOP ME. As on his previous solo album, 1999's efficiently titled ONE GUITAR, NO VOCALS, Kottke is back to his roots in solo-guitar instrumental compositions. Simultaneously angular and inviting, knotty and amiable, the tunes completely sidestep the preciousness inherent in the work of so many ofKottke's peers. Instead, his combination of country and folk picking techniques, jazz, rock, and world music song structures, and bluesy feel seems as individual as it is unpretentious. Kottke's playing is alternately rhythmic ("Bristol Sloth") and rubato ("Jesus Maria"), challenging ("Monopoly") and lyrical ("Mockingbird Hill"). For a change of pace, the album closes with a bluesy vocal tune, "The Banks of Marble",where Kottke's trademark baritone warble is accompanied by surprise guests Los Lobos.
Customer Reviews
LEO'S ON A ROLL
The man's skill and dexterity on acoustic guitar is so well known to his fans that it's easy sometimes to take Leo Kottke for granted. This album is a timely reminder that - in his late fifties - he still has that rare and sublime gift to craft melodies and moods from a single instrument. 'Try and Stop Me' is mainly self-penned, mainly solo and always a spell-binding journey through a range of moods. Playful, plaintive, joyous and briefly frantic it's Leo's most accomplished collection since the live outing a decade ago. In three and half decades he's rarely fallen below making excellent records but even in the company of 'A Shout Toward Noon,' 'Mudlark' and 'My Father's Face,' - my favourites - this is one of the better efforts in a great career.
