Mudlark (album)
Encyclopedia
Mudlark is American
guitarist Leo Kottke
's fourth album, his first on a major label (Capitol
) and his first to feature other musicians. It reached #168 on the Billboard
Pop Albums charts.
It was re-issued by BGO Records (CD101) in 1990 and by One Way Records in 1995.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
guitarist Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke is an acoustic guitarist. He is widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies...
's fourth album, his first on a major label (Capitol
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
) and his first to feature other musicians. It reached #168 on the Billboard
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
Pop Albums charts.
History
Recording started in Los Angeles and later moved to Nashville. Four of the cuts were recorded in Wayne Moss's garage studio in Nashville.It was re-issued by BGO Records (CD101) in 1990 and by One Way Records in 1995.
Reception
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Jim Esch wrote of the album "A landmark early album, Mudlark increased Kottke's visibility and helped establish his reputation as a homegrown American original."Side one
- "Cripple Creek" (Traditional) – 1:59
- "Eight Miles HighEight Miles High"Eight Miles High" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn, and David Crosby and first released as a single on March 14, 1966 . The single managed to reach the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the Top 30 of the UK Singles Chart...
" (Gene ClarkGene ClarkGene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an American singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....
, Roger McGuinnRoger McGuinnJames Roger McGuinn is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' records...
, David CrosbyDavid CrosbyDavid Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...
) – 3:35 - "June Bug" – 2:15
- "The Ice Miner" – 2:00
- "Bumblebee" – 3:40
- "Stealing" – 1:38
- "Monkey Lust" (Kottke, Kim FowleyKim FowleyKim Vincent Fowley is an American record producer, impresario, songwriter, musician, film maker, and radio actor. He is best known for his role behind a string of novelty and cult rock pop singles in the 1960s, and for managing The Runaways in the 1970s...
) – 1:49
Side two
- "Poor Boy" (John FaheyJohn Fahey (musician)John Fahey was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitivism, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the...
, Bukka WhiteBukka WhiteBooker T. Washington White , better known as Bukka White, was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. "Bukka" was not a nickname, but a phonetic misspelling of White's given name Booker, by his second record label .-Biography:Born between Aberdeen and Houston, Mississippi, White was the...
) – 2:06 - "Lullaby" – 3:20
- "Machine No. 2" – 3:01
- "Hear the Wind Howl" – 2:59
- "Bouree" (J. S. Bach) – 1:26
- "Room 8" – 2:59
- "Standing in My Shoes" (Leo Kottke, Denny BruceDenny BruceDenny Bruce is an American record producer and artist manager. He was born in Lancaster, PA on October 4, 1944.In the early 60s, he was a drummer for Frank Zappa but suffered a six-month illness with mononucleosis which cost him his job prior to the recording of Zappa's first album with The Mothers...
) – 3:11
Personnel
- Leo Kottke - 6 & 12-string guitar, vocals
- Roy EstradaRoy EstradaRoy Estrada is an American musician and backing vocalist, best known for his bass guitar work with Frank Zappa and for co-founding Little Feat.-Biography:With drummer Jimmy Carl Black and Ray Collins, Estrada was an original member of Frank Zappa's...
- bass - Paul Lagos - drums
- Larry TaylorLarry TaylorLarry Taylor is an American bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of Canned Heat from 1967. Before joining Canned Heat he had been a session bassist for The Monkees and Jerry Lee Lewis...
- bass - Kenny ButtreyKenny ButtreyAaron Kenneth Buttrey was an American drummer and arranger. According to CMT, he was "one of the most influential session musicians in Nashville history"....
- drums, percussion - John Harris - piano
- Juke Box Phantom (actually Kim FowleyKim FowleyKim Vincent Fowley is an American record producer, impresario, songwriter, musician, film maker, and radio actor. He is best known for his role behind a string of novelty and cult rock pop singles in the 1960s, and for managing The Runaways in the 1970s...
) - guest vocalist - Pat Smith - bass
- Jeffrey Kaplan - piano
- Wayne Moss - bass
Production notes
- Produced by Denny Bruce
- Engineered by Dave Hassinger
- Design and Photographs by John Van HamersveldJohn Van HamersveldJohn Van Hamersveld is an American graphic artist and illustrator who designed record jackets for pop and psychedelic bands, since the 1960s...