I recently gave my copy of that album to a Buddy’s grandson.
He plays guitar well and is into vinyl. He lit up like a neon sign when we talked about it a few days after. ☺
I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop.
:^) Kottke often has that effect on people. I remember hearing him as if for the first time working at a summer job with the AOR station blaring — “Can’t Quite Put It Into Words” came on, and I realized I’d better get back to work when the song ended and the spell broke.
T Bone Burnett produced some of Kottke’s later albums, and I think they toured together in some fashion. On his eponymous album, Burnett did a tune “Oh No Darling” that pretty much lifts the tune of “Cripple Creek” (it’s public domain anyway, I suspect) and that never crossed my mind until I was streaming “Mudlark” last night.