''Chewing Pine'' is the last album on the Capitol label by

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guitarist Leo Kottke, released in 1975. It peaked at #114 on the

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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

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(18461) in 1996.

Reception

Writing for

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, 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."

Track listing

All songs by Leo Kottke unless noted.

Side One

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

Side Two

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

Personnel

*Leo Kottke – 6 & 12-string guitar, vocals * Bill Berg – drums, percussion * Bill Peterson – bass *

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– piano *Jack Smith – organ on "Don’t You Think"

Production notes

*Produced by

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*Engineer: Paul Martinson *Mastering Engineer: Bob Berglund *Technical Assistance: Tom Mudge and David Pelletier *Art Direction: Roy Kohara *Photography: Tom Berthiaume

References

External links

Leo Kottke's official site

Unofficial Leo Kottke web site
(fan site)

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