In 1987 I previewed the 14th annual Telluride for the Daily Camera. Performers that year included newcomers Lyle Lovett and Nanci Griffith, Rodney Crowell and Roseanne Cash, Riders in the Sky and the Telluride All-Stars: Marc O’Connor, Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer, Sam Bush and Bela Fleck. In the article I asked guitarist Leo Kottke what he was doing playing at a bluegrass festival:
“It has more to do with Telluride than with the musical category. I don’t have any name for what I play. I just glom onto whatever I like and it all seeps into my music,” said Kottke from his Minnesota home, taking time out from installling tie rods on his car.”