Chewing Pine

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.

Chewing Pine
Studio album by
Leo Kottke
Released1975
RecordedSound 80, Minneapolis, MN
GenreFolk, New Acoustic, American Primitive Guitar
Length33:26
LabelCapitol (ST-11446)
ProducerDenny Bruce
Leo Kottke chronology
Leo Kottke, Peter Lang & John Fahey
(1974)		 Chewing Pine
(1975)		 1971-1976 (Did You Hear Me?)
(1976)

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

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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