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
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
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
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