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Released
  
1974

Artist
  
Leo Kottke

Producer
  
Denny Bruce

Length
  
30:03

Release date
  
1974

Label
  
Capitol Records

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Recorded
  
Sound 80, Minneapolis, MN

Dreams and All That Stuff (1974)
  
Leo Kottke, Peter Lang & John Fahey (1974)

Genres
  
Folk music, American Primitive Guitar, New Acoustic Music

Similar
  
Ice Water, Chewing Pine, My Feet Are Smiling, Regards from Chuck Pink, Mudlark

Dreams and all that stuff is the eighth album by guitarist Leo Kottke. It is the only completely instrumental album Kottke released on Capitol. It peaked at #45 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts, his highest position achieved on the Pop Albums charts.

Contents

It was re-issued on CD by BGO (CD132) in 1992 and One Way Records (S21-18462) in 1996.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "The shifting moods make this album, appropriately enough, a rather dreamlike experience... Kottke's own tunes are reasonably memorable, though the virtuosity tends to overshadow the music itself at times."

Track listing

All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.

Side one

  1. "Mona Ray" (Leo Kottke - Michael Johnson) – 3:40
  2. "When Shrimps Learn to Whistle" – 3:28
  3. "Twilight Property" – 3:11
  4. "Bill Cheatham" (P.D.; Arrangement: Kottke, Hand) – 1:45
  5. "Vertical Trees" – 2:34

Side two

  1. Medley: "San Antonio Rose" / "America the Beautiful" (Bob Wills, Ward-Bates, P.D.; Bourne Co. / Arrangement: Kottke) – 2:03
  2. "Constant Traveler" – 3:50
  3. "Why Ask Why?" (Norman Gimbel - Ken Lauber) – 2:09
  4. "Taking a Sandwich to a Feast" – 2:45
  5. "Hole in the Day" – 2:50
  6. "Mona Roy" – 1:48

Personnel

  • Leo Kottke - 6 & 12-String Guitar
  • Mike Johnson - Duet Guitar (on track 1)
  • Bill Berg - Percussion
  • Bill Peterson - Bass
  • Bill Barber - Synthesizer, Piano
  • Cal Hand - Steel guitar, Dobro
  • Herb Pilhofer - Piano (on track 8)
  • Jack “Birthday Party” Smith - Piano (on track 11)

    • Songs

    1Mona Ray3:44
    2When Shrimps Learn to Whistle3:33
    3Twilight Property3:16

    References

    Dreams and All That Stuff Wikipedia
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