Time Step is an album by American

United States

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 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...

, released in 1983.

History

Time Step is Kottke's last recording on the Chrysalis label. It is the first of two Kottke albums produced by T-Bone Burnett

T-Bone Burnett

Joseph Henry Burnett , widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue...

, the second being My Father's Face

My Father's Face

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. Guests include Albert Lee

Albert Lee

Albert William Lee, born 21 December 1943 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England, is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked both in the studio and on tour with some of the most famous musicians which stretch through a very wide of genres...

 and Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...

.

After the release of Time Step Kottke went into a three year seclusion. When he returned later in 1986, it was as a guest musician on The Blind Leading the Naked

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by Violent Femmes

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, then his own releases with a new direction and picking style.

Time Step was re-issued on CD by BGO (CD255) in 1995.

Side one

1. "Running All Night Long" – 2:44
2. "The Bungle Party" – 3:00
3. "Rings" (Eddie Reeves
   Eddie Reeves
   Edward Benton Reeves is an American songwriter who has also been a recording artist, music publisher, artist manager, record company executive, and author...
   
   /Alex Harvey) – 2:53
4. "Mr. Fonebone" – 2:05
5. "Julie's House" – 3:24
6. "Memories are Made of This
   Memories Are Made of This
   "Memories Are Made of This" is a popular song written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller in 1955.-History:The most popular version of the song was recorded by Dean Martin. It reached #1 on the Billboard chart for six weeks in 1956, and became his biggest hit...
   
   " (Frank Miller
   Frank Miller (singer)
   Frank Miller is a singer and songwriter. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.With Terry Gilkyson and Richard Dehr, he wrote the song "Marianne." As a group called The Easy Riders, Dehr and Miller accompanied Gilkyson on the best-selling recording of the song in 1956.Subsequently, Frank Miller, Jerry...
   
   /Richard Dehr/Terry Gilkyson
   Terry Gilkyson
   Hamilton H. Gilkyson III , better known as Terry Gilkyson, was an American folk singer, composer, and lyricist.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 2:38

Side two

1. "Saginaw, Michigan" (Bill Anderson/Don Wayne) – 3:37
2. "I'll Break Out Again" (Sanger D. Schafer/A. L. Owens) – 3:26
3. "The Wrong Track" – 2:44
4. "Starving" – 2:55
5. "Here Comes That Rainbow Again" (Kris Kristofferson
   Kris Kristofferson
   Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
   
   ) – 3:11

Personnel

• Leo Kottke - acoustic guitar, vocals
• David Kemper
  David Kemper
  David Kemper is a drummer. He was a long-time member of both the Jerry Garcia Band and Bob Dylan's band . He was with the Jerry Garcia Band for the last eleven years of Garcia's life...
  
   - drums
• David Miner - bass
• Albert Lee
  Albert Lee
  Albert William Lee, born 21 December 1943 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England, is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked both in the studio and on tour with some of the most famous musicians which stretch through a very wide of genres...
  
   - guitar on "Starving" and "Julies House", background vocals
• Emmylou Harris
  Emmylou Harris
  Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
  
   - background vocals
• Don Heffington - drums and percussion on "The Wrong Track"
• Dennis Keely - percussion on "The Bungle Party" and "Running All Night Long"

Production notes:

• Produced by T-Bone Burnett
  T-Bone Burnett
  Joseph Henry Burnett , widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue...
  
  
• Engineered by Donivan Cowart
• Second engineer: Alan Vashon

External links

• Leo Kottke's official site
• Unofficial Leo Kottke web site (fan site)