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Released
  
March 1973

Length
  
43:33

Artist
  
Leo Kottke

Producer
  
Denny Bruce

Recorded
  
December 19–20, 1972

My Feet Are Smiling (1973)
  
Ice Water (1974)

Release date
  
March 1973

Label
  
Capitol Records

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Genres
  
Folk music, American Primitive Guitar, New Acoustic Music

Similar
  
Ice Water, Mudlark, Chewing Pine, Dreams and All That Stuff, Regards from Chuck Pink

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My Feet Are Smiling is American guitarist Leo Kottke's sixth album, and his second album recorded live. It reached No. 108 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.

Contents

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History

The songs were recorded December 19 and 20, 1972 at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the majority of the album's content being from the second night. "Blue Dot" was written three days before the concert.

The album was re-issued on CD in 1994 by BGO and in 1996 by One Way Records.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Mark Allen wrote of the album "The prodigious technique, deadpan sense of humor, and infamous singing are all evident less than a minute into the opening tune. Performing solo and playing more slide guitar than usual, Kottke wows a supportive hometown audience in Minneapolis with some of the finest playing of his career."

Track listing

All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.

Side one

  1. "Hear the Wind Howl" – 3:10
  2. "Busted Bicycle" – 2:40
  3. "Easter" – 3:19
  4. "Louise" (Paul Siebel) – 4:26
  5. "Blue Dot" – 2:58
  6. "Stealing" – 3:03
  7. "Living in the Country" (Pete Seeger) – 1:38

Side two

  1. "June Bug" – 2:06
  2. "Standing in My Shoes" (Leo Kottke, Denny Bruce) – 2:50
  3. "The Fisherman" – 2:43
  4. "Bean Time" – 2:15
  5. "Eggtooth" (Leo Kottke, Michael Johnson) – 5:15
  6. Medley: "Crow River Waltz" / "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (Johann Sebastian Bach) / "Jack Fig" – 7:20

Personnel

  • Leo Kottke - 6- & 12-string guitar, vocals
  • Songs

    1Introduction0:31
    2Hear the Wind Howl2:40
    3Busted Bicycle2:41

    References

    My Feet Are Smiling Wikipedia