"Watermelon" - Leo Kottke live, May 1971, & Don/Tad live, November 1972

[@toomuchrose]

You've made my Christmas! My absolute favourite Leo tune and the first thing I ever heard him play when I bought his first album when I was a kid so many decades past...

[@Cj12sings]

THANKS SO MUCH...first " live " version of this I have heard. As A long time Leo fan, It is much appreciated....

[@etall8man]

I concur with all the appreciative comments. The quality of the recording is also impressive.

[@boonhawk]

OMG Don this is AMAZING - 15 years of hunting Kottke bootlegs I've never heard a live recording of this song! You've literally been sitting on the absolute Kottke motherlode!!! Thank you so much for sharing P

[@boonhawk]

Listen to him tear up the guitar! He's a total animal....

[@boonhawk]

Love the fact that you added yr own rendition to the same video as well..

[@dongiller]

Thanks! I’ve been sitting on it for only 48 years. Figured it was finally time to digitize it. :)

[@boonhawk]

Don Giller - if he played Coolidge rising at this show am gonna completely lose my mind...

[@dongiller]

Peter Wright He didn’t, sorry. There were 19 songs performed. I can’t ID 4, though a few are easily recognizable to others. Here’s the rundown: Set 1: 1. The Driving of the Year Nail 2. Vaseline Machine Gun 3. TK 4. What You Want to Be (vocal) 5. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring 6. June Bug 7. It Can’t Be the Same (vocal) 8. Some Cloudy Day (vocal) Set 2: 1. TK 2. TK 3. Who Do You Love (vocal) 4. Cripple Creek 5. TK (Bukka White arranged by John Fahey) 6. Easter and the Sargasso Sea 7. Fisherman 8. Bouree 9. The Ice Miner 10. Watermelon Encore: Jack Fig

[@bandjolyn]

Letterman and Kottke deep dives? You are the absolute dude, my dude. Thank you for the work you do!

[@joancarlson8704]

Oh dear God, this is wonderful! Thank you

[@tombowman3693]

Incredible! Thanks so much for sharing. First time I've ever heard him play Watermelon live. Explosive! Can't wait to see what is next!

[@boonhawk]

Its incredible isn't it - don't worry Tom I haven't forgotten about Kottke 1965, just need a spare hour to convert it etc 👍

[@tombowman3693]

@@boonhawk Thanks Peter. If you have any other live shows from the early to mid 70s let me know which ones. I'd be glad to trade. I have some you might want

[@danielblake8956]

Best everlasting music ever!!!

[@Greens_Blues]

Thanks for sharing, this is lovely . Amazing tribute so early on👏✌🏽

[@mikelord9860]

This was my fave cut on the 'Armadillo' album, and I dug that little hook on this version (that you don't hear on the album).

[@tombowman3693]

You guys nailed it! Amazing set list! Can't wait to hear the early renditions of all of these classics. Thanks for bringing this to life Don.

[@billymernit2205]

Thank you for posting this! It was a night to remember.

[@dongiller]

Billy!

[@jamesmarshall9598]

Thank You!

[@LeonardDieckmann]

thank so much, my favourite kottke song

[@jamiepastman5594]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@groki9572]

Oh yeah, that's simply amazing... Thanks!

[@wchphoto]

Nice interpretation, gentlemen!

[@dongiller]

Thanks!

[@klarifoon]

The playing of your pal and you is magnificent. Rich arrangement and full sound. Excellent done and nice you've uploaded it.

[@dongiller]

Thanks!! 34 years later we finally put out a CD. :) All of the tracks are on YT that I think CD Baby put up without our knowledge. If you’re interested, search for “Red Horizon Lathrop Giller,” and you should find all the tracks. 13 years after the release we’re thinking about sharing some of the tracks we rejected for RH, mostly due to sub-par sonics. But there are some ideas we were happy with.

[@rd264]

did not know that about the fish.

[@neilangus4401]

He is just magic

[@wc1472_]

wow gorgeous!!!

[@ingridguerci368]

What a sense of humor; even back then! 🤣

[@driftkrinsky6537]

Very cool, thanks for sharing! I remember your music being among your earliest uploads and enjoying it a lot. There's a CD, right?

[@dongiller]

There is! Stuff recorded from 1974 to 2005. Released in 2006.

[@driftkrinsky6537]

@@dongiller Is there a place we can get it where you'd get money from it?

[@dongiller]

Amazon, but they’re now selling it at an outrageous price of $41(!) Try iTunes instead: the CD’s called “Red Horizon,” by Tad Lathrop and me. And thanks!! Even if you just listen to the samples and decide to spend your hard-earned cash elsewhere, I appreciate the gesture. :)

[@dongiller]

Tad suggests a better place to buy the CD is here: store.cdbaby.com/cd/lathropgiller

[@katiezee2]

@@dongiller i just saw this posting, late to the party. I got nosy and searched eBay for the Red Horizon CD. Someone has 2 new & sealed, for $26 and change (each). . Also fyi, the above link is dead.

[@richardseegman803]

No one could -play guitar like Leo, You can take Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and Keith Richards. None of them can touch Leo