# Event Details - **Event Name**: Leo Kottke - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 13 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: "an American legend in the guitar world" –Los Angeles Times 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. "The trip was not something I enjoyed," he has said, "I was broke and met too many interesting people." Discharged in 1964, he settled in the Twin Cities area and became a fixture at Minneapolis' 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'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'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's 1971 major-label debut, "Mudlark," 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's "Greenhouse" and 1973's live "My Feet Are Smiling" and "Ice Water" found him branching out with guest musicians and honing his guitar technique. His collaboration with Phish bassist Mike Gordon, "Clone," caught audiences' attention in 2002. Kottke and Gordon followed with a recording in the Bahamas called "Sixty Six Steps," produced by Leo'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. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ann-arbor/leo-kottke/200029799386950 - **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, performances, sports, live-music, jazz - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 62 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: http://mutotix.umich.edu/6390?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=ann+arbor-events ## Event venue details - **city**: Ann Arbor - **state**: MI - **country**: United States - **location**: 316 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48104 - **lat**: 42.27903 - **long**: -83.74902 - **full address**: 316 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48104 ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 2 - **organizer**: The Ark - Ann Arbor (https://allevents.in/org/the-ark-ann-arbor/390501) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/ec044aab7e9f4d0947662d0e8a0fbdad12420cdac74b536767d87f41f5798926-rimg-w1200-h801-dc000001-gmir?v=1774524649 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/e9d2f9a7e9ea68fa0389a7a0eb4b01f82cea7ba59b83923118512a718c837339-rimg-w300-h300-dc000001-gmir?v=1774524650 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Wed, 13 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00) - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** 316 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48104 - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** The Ark - Ann Arbor - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** music, entertainment, performances, sports, live-music, jazz - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Leo Kottke ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "MusicEvent", "name": "Leo Kottke", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/ec044aab7e9f4d0947662d0e8a0fbdad12420cdac74b536767d87f41f5798926-rimg-w1200-h801-dc000001-gmir?v=1774524649", "startDate": "2026-05-13T20:00:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/ann-arbor/leo-kottke/200029799386950", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "316 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48104", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "314 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2108, United States", "addressLocality": "Ann Arbor", "addressRegion": "MI", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "42.27903", "longitude": "-83.74902" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "\"an American legend in the guitar world\" –Los Angeles Times \n\nAcoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year and a half. 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