''Peculiaroso'' is an album by American guitarist

Leo Kottke Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945) is an acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He overcame a series of personal obstacles, including parti ...

, released in 1994.

History

Coming more than two years after the ''

Great Big Boy ''Great Big Boy'' is an album by United States, American guitarist Leo Kottke, released in 1991. History Kottke's fifth album on the Private Music label, ''Great Big Boy'' is unique in the later Kottke canon in that every song includes a vocal pa ...

'' album, where all tracks included vocal parts, ''Peculiaroso'' returned to Kottke's usual mix of vocal and instrumental selections. The album included several notable

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s, including an instrumental take on the

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' "Arms of Mary" and a version of Randall Hylton's "Room at the Top of the Stairs" which received some airplay on Adult Alternative radio. The album was produced by singer-songwriter

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, who also provided backing vocals on several tracks. Kottke credited Jones with capturing a more spontaneous and relaxed feel on the recording than was typical of his own attempts. ''Peculiaroso'' was re-released on CD as a "twofer" with ''Great Big Boy'' by Acadia (8182) on October 29, 2007.

Reception

Writing for

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, music critic Jeff Crooke wrote of the album "... this release, well produced by Rickie Lee Jones, is at turns humorous, haunting, and highly enjoyable."

Track listing

All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted # "Peg Leg" – 3:27 # "Poor Boy" (

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, John Fahey) – 3:07 # "Parade" – 2:49 # "Wonderland by Night" (Klaus Gunter-Newman, Lincoln Chase) – 3:30 # "World Made to Order" – 3:47 # "Room Service (At the Tahiti Hotel)" – 2:52 # "Turning into Randolph Scott (Humid Child)" – 3:42 # "Porky and Pale" – 2:26 # "

Arms of Mary "Arms of Mary" is a song written by Iain Sutherland and performed by Sutherland Brothers and Quiver. It was a 1976 international hit single for the band; the '' Glasgow Herald'' in its obituary for Iain Sutherland described "Arms of Mary" as "a ...

" ( Ian Sutherland) – 3:06 # "The Room at the Top of the Stairs" (Randall Hylton) – 2:41 # "Big Situation" – 3:15 # "Twilight Time" (

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, Morty Nevins, Al Nevins) – 1:50

Personnel

*Leo Kottke – guitar, vocals *

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– electric guitar *

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– accordion *John Leftwich – bass * Bill Berg – drums *Brad Dutz – percussion *

– vocals * Syd Straw – vocals *Teresa Tudbury – vocals Production notes: *Produced by Rickie Lee Jones *Recorded and Mixed: Paul duGre *Assistant engineers: Dan Bosworth, Mark Duilbeault, Noel Hazen & Marnie Riley *Mastered by Joe Gastwirt

References

External links

Leo Kottke official site

Unofficial Leo Kottke web site (fan site)
{{Authority control 1994 albums Leo Kottke albums Private Music albums