Raised in 12 different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, flirting with both violin and trombone before trying his hand at the guitar at age 11.
Album Design & Illustration Concept- John Van Hamersveld.Leo Kottke - 6- & 12-string guitar, vocals." Born to Be With You" ( Don Robertson) – 3:02." You Tell Me Why" ( Ron Elliott) – 3:58."Short Stories" (Leo Kottke, Cal Hand) – 3:01."All Through the Night" (Traditional arranged by Kottke) – 1:30."Tilt Billings and the Student Prince" (Leo Kottke, Ron Nagle) – 4:56.Among the instrumentals, "A Good Egg" is just the kind of light-fingered, light-textured virtuoso piece that one buys a Leo Kottke album expecting to find, and much of the rest shows off his talents in some unexpected directions." Track listing Writing for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder noted that the album was more directed to country flavored vocals and wrote of the album "This is a good record, though not the Leo Kottke album to start with, as it is not representative of his usual work. Reception Professional ratings Review scores Kottke has stated that he recorded the vocals for the entire album while lying on his back after being told by an Air Force sergeant that this position helps open the diaphragm and could improve one's singing voice (Kottke amusingly admits that "it didn't work"). It was re-issued on CD by BGO (CD146) in 1992 and One Way Records in 1996. Ice Water peaked at #69 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. It contains Kottke's only charting single, the Tom T. Ice Water is the seventh album by guitarist Leo Kottke. Folk, New Acoustic, American Primitive Guitar
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