Eugene Chadbourne

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 , Sun City Girls , Aki Takase , Walter Daniels , 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.

Chadbourne currently resides in Greensboro, North Carolina .

TRIVIA

At a recent performance in Vancouver, British Columbia, Chadbourne performed a cover of The Flying Burrito Brothers song ''My Uncle,'' which features the lyrics, "A letter came today from the draft board./With trembling hands I read the questionaire . . . so I'm headed to the nearest common border;/Vancouver may be just my kind of town."

ARTICLES REVIEWED BY CHADBOURNE IN ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Various - " Japan : Musical Anthology of the Orient - Unesco Collection, Vol. 5"

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