Up Tempo - Hear the Wind Howl and Busted Bicycle
I actually ment to share the song Busted Bicycle by Leo Kottke. But I had a hard time finding a video of Leo performing Busted Bicycle only. There are some but the quality is not that great. And there are a few people that have made videos with covers of the song. And they have done a pretty good job also might I add. But I wanted Leo Kottke to do a live performance and this was one of the videos that I could find where he did just that.
This video is from 1977 it was done on a TV program called Rockpalast in Germany on the WDR TV channel. Both the program Rockpalast and the WDR channel is still around. I checked, they even have videos online if you like to watch at https://www.wdr.de/tv/rockpalast/index.jsp and it's a good way for you to brush up on German.
Well the songs that Leo Kottke is playing here is first Up Tempo. This is a short tune that Leo did on his Leo Kottke album from 1976. The other songs Hear the Wind Howl and Busted Bicycle is from Leo Kottkes album called My Feet Are Smiling from 1973. The songs Hear the Wind Howl and Busted Bicycle is on track 1 and 2 on that album.
I said earlier that I ment to share the tune Busted Bicycle with you. So that's what I'm going to talk about. In this 8:18 min video Leo starts playing Busted Bicycle 4:25 min into the video. The song is played in Open C tuning CAEAEA. It's actually not that hard to play if you already know the fingerstyle / fingerpicking style of playing guitar.
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