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• Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon- Clone

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Amazon.com Although Leo Kottke has recorded with the occasional guest artist before, Clone marks the first time he has worked with a full-fledged collaborator. Phish bass player Mike Gordon certainly has the musical chops to keep up with Kottke's intricate fingerpicking, but songs like "Car Carrier Blues," in which the singer worries about being crushed by a falling auto from a car-carrying truck, or the surreal "From Pizza Towers to Defeat," which was composed by Bob "Frizz" Fuller, suggest that both musicians were drawn together as much by their slightly skewed worldview as by their musical compatibility. The instrumental tracks, which include generous helpings of Kottke's impeccable picking and Gordon's sinuous bass lines, are augmented by an assortment of peculiar instruments like the "skull flute," kitchen percussion (a polite name for banging on pots and pans), and an ancient, slightly dysfunctional guitar synthesizer called the Condor. The music sounds as if Kottke and Gordon had a great time in the studio together. The only problem with this CD is the title. The word clone implies this is a copy of something, but it's guaranteed you've never heard anything quite like this from either musician before. --Michael Simmons