6- and 12-String Guitar [SEP] record label
6- and 12-String Guitar
6- and 12-String Guitar is the second album by Leo Kottke, a solo instrumental steel-string acoustic guitar album originally released by John Fahey's Takoma Records in 1969. It is popularly known as the Armadillo album after the animal illustrated in the distinctive cover art (by Annie Elliott). Although Kottke has had a prolific career as a recording artist, "6- and 12-String Guitar" remains his best-known album.
History.
The album showcases Kottke's early, hard-driving polyphonic
, 6-string acoustic guitar, 9-string amplified guitar)
- Beverly Bivens (1946 - living) (low contralto to high soprano, rhythm guitar)
- Jerry Burgan (tenor, 6-string acoustic guitar)
- Pete Fullerton (tenor, acoustic and Fender bass)
- Bob Jones (1947-2013) (baritone-tenor, 6-string electric jazz guitar, 12-string electric guitar)
Biography 1965-1970.
Record label A&M Records, owned by Herb Alpert, responded to the new popularity of folk and rock music