Eugene Chadbourne
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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.
He is also known as the inventor of the electric rake. This musical instrument (though some would hesitate to call it "musical") is made by attaching a microphone or an electric guitar pickup to an ordinary lawn rake. The sounds that it can produce are impossible to describe.
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.
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.
Chadbourne currently resides in Greensboro, NC.
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[edit] Articles reviewed by Chadbourne in All Music Guide
- Lee Konitz - "Subconscious-Lee"
- Cody Oliver - "Solo Acoustic/Electronic" and "Yamadori"
- Sugar Pie DeSanto
- Tod Dockstader - "Eight Electronic Pieces"
- The Four Blazes -
- Djivan Gasparyan - "Nazani"
- Marvin Gaye - "Soulful Moods"
- Don "Sugarcane" Harris - "Sugarcane"
- The Institute of Sonology - "His Master's Noise"
- Kenny Lattimore - "At Last"
- Cyndi Lauper - "True Colors"
- Gloria Lynne - "Intimate Moments"
- Barbara McNair - "I Enjoy Being a Girl"
- Ted Nugent - "Journey to the Center of the Mind"
- Freda Payne - 'After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!'
- Richard Teitelbaum/Anthony Braxton - Time Zones
- Enrichment Center Percussion Ensemble - Three Pieces
- Various - "Native Music of Northwest Mexico: Tarahumara Warihio Mayo"
- Various - "Venezuela: Music of the Venezuelan Yekuana Indians"
- Various - "Musical Anthology of the Orient: Malaysia (UNESCO Collection)"
- Various - "Japan: Musical Anthology of the Orient - Unesco Collection, Vol. 5"
- Various - "Cambodia: A Musical Anthology of the Orient"
- Various - "Funky Soundtracks, Vol. 1"
- Various - "Funky Soundtracks, Vol. 3"
- Various - "Bali: Gamelan Music From Sebatu"
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