An Open Letter to Mr. Leo Kottke

Dear Leo.

We realize you're a preeminent operator in the field. We know you're a busy man of the world. We understand that you are legend.

That being said, at minimum, we owe our many thousands (that's right...) of monthly readers a good college try at having a “Nine Questions” interview with you and we will continue to relentlessly pursue this objective until that goal has been met.

In an effort to entice you into playing ball, we've undertaken a comprehensive audit of all available resources here at FingerstyleGuitarists.com headquarters and crafted the following compensation package. In exchange for answering nine simple questions, we can give:

1. Ten dollars, cash money.

2. Two Beers (it was originally supposed to be a full 12 pack, but the editorial staff here at FingerstyleGuitarists.com has the self-control of small children, so that plan didn't quite work out)

3. One rubber figurine: WWF Wrestling Superstar and former Minnesota Governor Jesse “The Body” Ventura

     Indeed sir, all this can be yours.

Think it over, Kottke. Opportunities like this don't come along very often.