Peculiaroso

Infobox Album |
Name = Peculiaroso
Type = Album
Artist = Leo Kottke


Released = 1994
Recorded = Ocean Way and Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre = Folk, singer-songwriter
Length = 36:23
Label = Private Music (01005-82111-2)
Producer = Rickie Lee Jones
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6zrc286r053a link]
Last album = "Essential"
(1991)
This album = "Peculiaroso"
(1994)
Next album = "Live"
(1995)

"Peculiaroso" is a 1994 album by guitarist Leo Kottke.

Coming more than two years after the "Great Big Boy" album, where all tracks included vocal parts, "Peculiaroso" returned to Kottke's usual mix of vocal and instrumental selections. The album included several notable cover versions, including an instrumental take on the Sutherland Brothers' "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 Rickie Lee Jones, 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 Oct 29, 2007.

Track listing

# "Peg Leg" – 3:27
# "Poor Boy" (Bukka White & 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" (Ian Sutherland) – 3:06
# "The Room at the Top of the Stairs" (Randall Hylton) – 2:41
# "Big Situation" – 3:15
# "Twilight Time" (Buck Ram, Morty Nevins & Al Nevins) – 1:50

All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.

Personnel

*Leo Kottke - guitar, vocals
*Dean Parks - electric guitar
*Van Dyke Parks - accordion
*John Leftwich - bass
*Bill Berg - drums
*Brad Dutz - percussion
*Rickie Lee Jones - 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

External links

* [http://www.leokottke.com Leo Kottke official site]
* [http://www.guitarmusic.org Unofficial Leo Kottke web site (fan site)]