| Chewing Pine | ||||
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | Sound 80, Minneapolis, MN | |||
| Genre | Folk, New Acoustic, American Primitive Guitar | |||
| Length | 33:26 | |||
| Label | Capitol (ST-11446) | |||
| Producer | Denny Bruce | |||
| Leo Kottke chronology | ||||
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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
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| Source | Rating | 
| Allmusic | |
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
- "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
 - 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 2 Eder, Bruce. "Chewing Pine > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
 
