Leo 45

Leo Kottke - Guitar Music (1981) {Chrysalis F2 21328 rel 1985}
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© 1981, 1985 Chrysalis Records | F2 21328 / DIDX 1444
Finger-Picked Guitar / Progressive Folk / Jazz Blues / Contemporary Folk / New Acoustic

Guitar Music is an album by American guitarist Leo Kottke, released in 1981. The album is all solo guitar played on a Gibson J-45 and a Lundberg-Martin 12-string. A classic 1981 release, "Guitar Music" is a self-explanatorily-titled instrumental album by one of the most wide-ranging guitarists of his era.

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