Chewing Pine

Chewing Pine
Studio album by Leo Kottke
Released	1975
Studio	Sound 80 (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Genre	Folk, new acoustic, American primitive guitar
Length	33:26
Label	Capitol (ST-11446)
Producer	Denny Bruce
Leo Kottke chronology
Leo Kottke, Peter Lang & John Fahey (1974) Chewing Pine (1975) 1971-1976 (Did You Hear Me?) (1976)

Chewing Pine is the last album on the Capitol label by American guitarist Leo Kottke, released in 1975. It peaked at #114 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. "Power Failure" was originally recorded by Procol Harum, a band Kottke toured with in Europe in the 1970s.

It was re-issued on CD by BGO (CD148) in 1992 and One Way Records (18461) in 1996.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "a dazzling amalgam of sounds and styles — there's a surprising emphasis on vocal numbers here... The obvious attempt on Chewing Pine to sell Kottke as more of a mainstream artist and a sometime singer obviously didn't work... There are enough good moments, and even a few transcendent ones, to justify owning this album." ^[1]

Track listing

All songs by Leo Kottke unless noted.

Side One

1. "Standing on the Outside" (Leo Kottke, Mary Kottke) – 2:35
2. "Power Failure" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid) – 2:24
3. "Venezuela, There You Go" – 3:08
4. "Don't You Think" (Marty Robbins) – 3:34
5. "Regards From Chuck Pink" – 2:56

Side Two

1. "Monkey Money" – 1:45
2. "The Scarlatti Rip-Off" – 3:33
3. "Wheels" (Norman Petty) – 1:47
4. "Grim to the Brim" – 3:13
5. "Rebecca" (Richard Crandell) – 2:48
6. "Trombone" – 2:12
7. "Can't Quite Put it Into Words" – 3:21

Personnel

• Leo Kottke – 6 & 12-string guitar, vocals
• Bill Berg – drums, percussion
• Bill Peterson – bass
• Bill Barber – piano
• Jack Smith – organ on "Don’t You Think"

Production notes

• Produced by Denny Bruce
• Engineer: Paul Martinson
• Mastering Engineer: Bob Berglund
• Technical Assistance: Tom Mudge and David Pelletier
• Art Direction: Roy Kohara
• Photography: Tom Berthiaume

References

1. Eder, Bruce. "Chewing Pine > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved June 28, 2011.

External links

• Leo Kottke's official site
• Unofficial Leo Kottke web site (fan site)
• The Capitol Years ^{[ permanent dead link ]}