Name: An Evening with Leo Kottke
Start: 2020-03-07T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2020-03-07T21:30:00-08:00
Location: Raven Theater

An Evening with Leo Kottke

Raven Performing Arts Theater

Don't miss this  Grammy Nominated Artist's return to the Raven!

Raven Theater

Tickets may be available at the Door!  Please visit RavenTheater.org & https://facebook.com/HeartSpacePresents/ for ticket updates!

The Raven &amp; Heart Space Present:An Evening with Leo KottkeRaven Performing Arts TheaterSaturday, March 7th 2020Doors 7pm/Show 8pmALL AGESProceeds to benefit Live Music Lantern &amp; The Raven!About the Artist:Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in 12 different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, flirting with both violin and trombone, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11.After adding a love for the country-blues of Mississippi John Hurt to the music of John Phillip Sousa and Preston Epps, Kottke joined the Navy underage, to be underwater, and eventually lost some hearing shooting at lightbulbs in the Atlantic while serving on the USS Halfbeak, a diesel submarine.Kottke had previously entered college at the U of Missouri, dropping out after a year to hitchhike across the country to South Carolina, then to New London and into the Navy, with his twelve string. &quot;The trip was not something I enjoyed,&quot; he has said, &quot;I was broke and met too many interesting people.&quot;Discharged in 1964, he settled in the Twin Cities area and became a fixture at Minneapolis&#x27; Scholar Coffeehouse, which had been home to Bob Dylan and John Koerner. He issued his 1968 recording debut LP Twelve String Blues, recorded on a Viking quarter-inch tape recorder, for the Scholar&#x27;s tiny Oblivion label. (The label released one other LP by The Langston Hughes Memorial Eclectic Jazz Band.)After sending tapes to guitarist John Fahey, Kottke was signed to Fahey&#x27;s Takoma label, releasing what has come to be called the Armadillo record. Fahey and his manager Denny Bruce soon secured a production deal for Kottke with Capitol Records.Kottke&#x27;s 1971 major-label debut, &quot;Mudlark,&quot; positioned him somewhat uneasily in the singer/songwriter vein, despite his own wishes to remain an instrumental performer. Still, despite arguments with label heads as well as with Bruce, Kottke flourished during his tenure on Capitol, as records like 1972&#x27;s &quot;Greenhouse&quot; and 1973&#x27;s live &quot;My Feet Are Smiling&quot; and &quot;Ice Water&quot; found him branching out with guest musicians and honing his guitar technique.With 1975&#x27;s Chewing Pine, Kottke reached the U.S. Top 30 for the second time; he also gained an international following thanks to his continuing tours in Europe and Australia.His collaboration with Phish bassist Mike Gordon, &quot;Clone,&quot; caught audiences&#x27; attention in 2002. Kottke and Gordon followed with a recording in the Bahamas called &quot;Sixty Six Steps,&quot; produced by Leo&#x27;s old friend and Prince producer David Z.Kottke has been awarded two Grammy nominations; a Doctorate in Music Performance by the Peck School of Music at the U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; and a Certificate of Significant Achievement in Not Playing the Trombone from the U of Texas at Brownsville with Texas Southmost College.About Live Music Lantern:Live Music Lantern is a Sonoma County based 501(c)3 that provides self care in the form of live music to educators and social service providers. Since their inception in August of 2014, they have gifted over 3500 tickets to social service providers/educators in Sonoma County. In addition, as part of our Music is Care (MIC) program, we provide music healing concerts at schools and social service organizations.Raven Performing Arts Theater:The mission of the Raven Performing Arts Theater is to provide an inviting venue for performing arts and a vibrant center for community, educational, and public service activities. Specifically, to provide a long-term home for community performance groups including schools, churches, clubs, and public and private organizations. To offer programming that encompasses a variety of professional performances including dance, acting, music, and festivals. To provide a learning environment for children and adults, as individuals and in groups, to learn many aspects of theater operation, production, and presentation.***ALL SALES ARE FINAL, NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED. In the event that the show is POSTPONED, your tickets will be honored for the new date.

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