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Tuesday, November 10, 1992
The Battalion
Page 3
Innovative guitarist Leo Kottke
hits B-CS lor 1 of 2 Texas shows
By JULIE POLSTON
Feature Writer of THE BATTALION
Leo Kottke, whom critics praise as one of
the most innovative acoustic guitarists of all
time, will play at Stafford Opera House
Nov. 11.
Stafford promotions manager T.C.
Nguyen said Kottke's music is similar to
folk and blues.
"It's a folksy, blues kind of music," he
said. "But more blues than folk."
Nguyen said Kottke's tour will only stop
twice in Texas - Houston and Bryan-College
Station.
"He has never come to College Station
before, and we are very glad he is coming to
this town," he said. "We've had a lot of
compliments, people calling in and writing
letters, to thank us for bringing him in."
Nguyen said he expects the show to sell
out.
"It's going to be a good show," he said.
"We've sold about 150 tickets in advance al
ready."
After 20 years of live performance and 21
albums, Kottke has dedicated fans all over
the world.
Kottke's latest work, "Great Big Boy," is
his first all-vocal album.
Kottke said, "There were whiners who
said, 'Leo, please don't do that,' but I was
ready .for an all-vocal album. For me, it feels
like the best record I've made."
Kottke worked with record producer
Steve Berlin for the first time on this album.
Berlin, a saxophone player for Los Lobos, is
a producer for his band as well as other
artists like Faith No More, The Blasters and
Chris Sped ding.
"When we started, Leo was going to in-
Leo Kottke performs at Stafford Opera
House on Wednesday.
elude some instrumentals," Berlin said.
"But he kept coming up with these wonder
ful songs."
With the exception of Johnny Cash's "I
Still Miss Someone," all songs on the album
are originals.
"There's nobody else with this incredibly
oblique, free-form lyric writing ability he
has," Berlin said. "We were guided by the
songs, taking us wherever they did."
Several musicians make guest appear
ances on the album.
Lyle Lovett sings backup on three differ
ent songs. The duo works naturally, proba
bly because the two have toured together
extensively.
Berlin said that he wanted the music to
be as authentic as possible.
"My first rule was that there are no rules,
except that my job was to capture as much
of Leo as possible," he said. "Also, I tried to
make the singing easy, because I think the
emotions really connected with the music.
So on most vocals, there weren't a lot of
takes."
Kottke was born in Athens, Ga. and grew
up in Oklahoma, Wyoming and Minnesota.
He taught himself to play guitar, and
schools like the Wisconsin Conservatory of
Music now offer courses in the Kottke style
of guitar.
"When I found the guitar, it just hit me
between the eyes," he said. "I was dumb
founded by the sound, and the thrill has not
diminished."
In 1968, Kottke released his first album,
"12 String Blues," on a locally based Min
neapolis label.
Kottke said a friend told him about a gui
tarist, John Fahey, who started a record
company in Maryland.
"I didn't want to make my living as a
guitar player, but I did want to make a
record, so I sent Fahey a tape," he said.
"The first album took three hours to record -
it was the easiest one I ever made."
The rest, as the saying goes, is history.
Today, Kottke spends about 80 percent of
the year on the road. In the next four sea
sons, he will perform 175 times across the
United States and three continents.
Kottke performs extensively in the Unit
ed States and tours Europe every year and
Australia every two years.
Expose releases
album lacking in
feelings, emotions
By ANAS BEN-MUSA
Reviewer of THE BATTALION
Expose
"Expose"
Arista Records
Expose's latest release exposed
me to cruel and unusual punish
ment.
I was subjected to the weakest
"poppy" music since New Kids
on the Block.
It was like going to a concert
and sitting through an imperson
ation of Barry Manilow's "Copa
Cabana."
One song, "I Wish the Phone
would ring," almost made me
pick up the phone, call Expose,
and tell them what a lousy song it
was.
The song sounded so fake, I
thought I was listening to Ninten
do or Sega video game music.
The only light of hope on the al
bum is "As Long as I can Dream."
Co-written by Grammy winner
Diane Warren and late rock leg
end Roy Orbison, the song
showed the singing potential and
harmony of Expose.
Yet, Expose did not perform
anything exceptional in the song.
There was nothing unique about
the vocal arrangement.
I have to give credit to Expose
for being consistently ordinary. It
was great music to fall asleep to in
the middle of the afternoon.
It lulled me to sleep like a rock
ing chair.
The new self-titled album by
Expose suffers in originality.
Not a shred of spontaneity ex
ists in the album. I was hoping to
hear some emotion or feelings in
some of the songs. But with
mediocre titles like "I Think I'm in
Trouble," "I Specialize In Love,"
"The Same Love," and the infa
mous "Give Me All Your Love," I
was sinking in the dirt of garden-
variety songs.
The music and instrument
arrangement on the album was as
impressive.
The theme to "Mr. Roger's
Neighborhood" had a better beat
and rhythm than most of the
songs on "Expose."
It was that bad, folks!
If you see this album in the
records store...RUN! Don't look
back! The pop album from hell
will draw you in with its flashy
cover and pretty singers. There is
no substance or originality in the
album. Just keep on running for
your sanity!
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