That's What

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That's What
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Studio album by
Leo Kottke
Released1990
RecordedMike Jones Film Corp., Minneapolis, MN
Genre Folk, jazz
Length37:34
Label Private Music (2068-2-P)
Producer Willard O. Peterson, Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke chronology
My Father's Face
(1989)		That's What
(1990)		 Great Big Boy
(1991)

That's What is an album by the American steel-string guitar artist Leo Kottke. [1] It is distinctive in its jazzy nature and "talking" songs ("Buzzby" and "Husbandry"). It reached No. 24 on Billboard's Top New Age Albums charts, Kottke's highest charting position on Billboard.

Contents

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 used trombones on many of the songs. [2]

Kottke has re-recorded at least two more versions of "Jesus Maria".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "Kottke's eccentric poetics and monotone Lou Reed-style of delivery make 'Buzzby' and 'Husbandry' the strangest moments on That's What." [5] The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a rumbling, comic, folksy sound, yet one that remains strangely comfortable and comforting." [6]

AllMusic stated: "Leo Kottke has always been a highly idiosyncratic guitar player whose music is infused with his wry sense of humor. That's What is no exception, with Kottke's guitar work drawing from jazzy, blues and folk sources... Tying it all together is Kottke's fine guitar playing, as nimble and as quirky as ever." [3]

Track listing

All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.

  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

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Washburn, Jim (May 31, 1990). "Guitarist Leo Kottke Still Trying Some New Things". Los Angeles Times. p. F3.
  2. ↑ Christensen, Thor (September 21, 1990). "Should Kottke stick to guitar? Nah". The Milwaukee Journal. p. D1.
  3. 1 2 "That's What > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  4. ↑ Putterford, Mark (October 1990). "Leo Kottke: That's What". Select . No. 4. p. 107.
  5. ↑ Barbieri, Susan M. (August 31, 1990). "Leo Kottke". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 17.
  6. ↑ Heim, Chris (September 28, 1990). "Leo Kottke, Friday at Park West". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. O.
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