That's What

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That's What
That's What cover
Studio album by Leo Kottke
Released 1990
Recorded Mike Jones Film Corp., Minneapolis, MN
Genre Folk, jazz
Length 37:34
Label Private Music (2068-2-P)
Producer Willard Oliver, Leo Kottke
Professional reviews
Leo Kottke chronology
My Father's Face
(1989)		 That's What
(1990)		 Great Big Boy
(1991)

That's What is one of the more idiosyncratic releases by solo steel-string guitar artist Leo Kottke. It is distinctive in it's jazzy nature and "talking" songs ("Buzzby" and "Husbandry"). It reached #24 on Billboard's Top New Age Albums charts, Kottke's highest charting postion on Billboard.

The song "Little Snoozer" is played on a Charvel demo model of a Danelectro 6-string bass guitar tuned one octave lower than a standard 6-string guitar.

Kottke has re-recorded at least two more versions of "Jesus Maria" and "Oddball" is often a concert staple.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Little Snoozer" – 3:53
  2. "Buzzby" – 3:57
  3. "What the Arm Said" – 2:54
  4. "Creature Feature" – 4:14
  5. "Oddball" – 2:51
  6. "Czech Bounce" – 3:38
  7. "Mid-Air" (Willard O. Peterson) – 3:23
  8. "The Great One" – 3:22
  9. "Husbandry" – 4:52
  10. "Jesus Maria" (Carla Bley) – 4:30

All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.

[edit] Personnel

  • Leo Kottke - guitar
  • Billy Peterson - string bass, 5-string electric bass, drums, piano, synth, Farfisa Professional
  • Bruce Paulson - tenor & bass trombones
  • Gordy Knudtson - percussion

[edit] Production notes

  • Produced by Willard Oliver & Leo Kottke
  • Engineered by Paul Martinson
  • Assistant engineers: Scott Bartel & Sam Hudson
  • Mastered by Doug Sax
  • Arrangements by Willard Oliver except guitar on "Jesus Maria" arranged by Tim Sparks

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