Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne (January 4, 1951 in Mount Vernon, New York) is a USA composer, improvisor, guitarist and banjoist. He has also been a reviewer for the All Music Guide (AMG), and a contributor to Maximum RocknRoll.
Chadbourne started out playing rock and roll guitar, but quickly grew bored with the form's conventions. He started studying other genres, including blues, country, bluegrass, free jazz, and noise - eventually synthesizing all those heterogeneous influences into a unique style of his own. He was also influenced early on by the experimental stylings of Captain Beefheart and the Mothers of Invention.
He is also known as the inventor of the electric rake. This instrument (some would hesitate to call it musical) is made by attaching a microphone or an electric guitar pickup to an ordinary lawn rake.
Chadbourne has worked with numerous artists including John Zorn, Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Carla Bley Band, Paul Lovens, Camper Van Beethoven, Jello Biafra, Aki Takase, Zu,and Jimmy Carl Black.
While in Canada in the 1970s, he produced and hosted a radio program on Radio Radio 104.5 Cable FM in Calgary, Alberta. His show was notorious for obscure and remarkable music. Radio Radio is now the last quasi-pirate station in Canada.
Chadbourne also fronted Shockabilly (1982-1985) with Mark Kramer (bass/organ) and David Licht (drums), releasing four eclectic albums.
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- Odd Time by Raul d'Gama Rose
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Album Review
- The Hills Have Jazz by Jerry D'Souza
- The Hills Have Jazz by Kurt Gottschalk
- The Hills Have Jazz by John Kelman
- Pain Pen by Mark Corroto
- Young At Heart/Forgiven by Glenn Astarita
- Beauty and the Bloodsucker by Robert Spencer
- Worms with Strings by Robert Spencer
- Worms with Strings by Robert Spencer
June 03, 2009
Jazz This Week: Peter Martin, Terence Blanchard, Eugene Chadbourne,...
May 24, 2009
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Musical Worlds of Eugene Chadbourne
April 23, 2009
Eugene Chadbourne to Perform Wednesday, June 4 at the Tap Room