Acoustic guitar virtuoso Leo Kottke and erstwhile Phish bassist Mike Gordon have confirmed a 25-date fall tour of large clubs and theatres beginning September 15th at the Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS, in support of their new album, Sixty Six Steps, which will be released August 23rd on RCA VICTOR.
Like Clone, the duo’s first album, Sixty Six Steps builds on the relationship of two musicians whose backgrounds and styles differ significantly, but together complement each other’s dynamic, and at times, offbeat songwriting.
Seasoned with the buoyant rhythms and freewheeling spirit of the tropics, Sixty Six Steps is not literally a calypso album but one that uses the calypso feel as a touchstone. Rehearsed in Costa Rica, Kottke and Gordon recorded the album at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, with Clone producer David Z (Prince, Johnny Lang) and were joined by Neil Symonette (Al Green), the renowned house drummer at Compass Point.
LEO KOTTKE/MIKE GORDON FALL TOUR 2005:
Sept 15 Liberty Hall Lawrence, KS
Sept 16 Mississippi Nights St. Louis, MO
Sept 17 The Blue Note Columbia, MO
Sept 19 The Orange Peel Asheville, NC
Sept 21 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
Sept 23 Austin City Limits Festival Austin, TX
Sept 27 The Lensic Santa Fe, NM
Sept 28 Paramount Theatre Denver, CO
Sept 30 House of Blues Los Angeles, CA
Oct 1 Stanford University Palo Alto, CA
Oct 4 The Catalyst Santa Cruz, CA
Oct 6 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
Oct 9 Moore Theatre Seattle, WA
Oct 18 Barrymore Theatre Madison, WI
Oct 19 Park West Chicago, IL
Oct 21 The Music Mill Indianapolis, IN
Oct 22 Bogarts Cincinnati, OH
Oct 23 Michigan Theatre Ann Arbor, MI
Oct 25 Higher Ground Burlington, VT
Oct 26 Toad’s Place New Haven, CT
Oct 28 Berklee Performance Center Boston, MA
Oct 29 Irving Plaza New York, NY
Oct 30 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
Nov 1 Starr Hill Charlottesville, VA
Nov 2 9:30 Club Washington, DC
