Eugene Chadbourne (January 4, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York) is an American, improvisor, guitarist and banjoist. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County New York. It lies on the border of the New York City Borough of the Bronx. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Improvisation (also called extemporization) is the practice of acting singing talking and reacting of making and creating in the moment and in response to the stimulus of A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres A listing of notable Musicians who play the Banjo as a major part of their output include A Highly eclectic and unconventional, Chadbourne's most formative influence may be jazz[1]. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States He has also been a reviewer for the All Music Guide (AMG), and a contributor to Maximum RocknRoll. See also Critic. A review is an evaluation of a publication such as a movie, Video game, Musical composition allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide.
Chadbourne started out playing rock and roll guitar, but quickly grew bored with the form's conventions. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African 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. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. For the Ornette Coleman album after which this genre was named see Free Jazz A Collective Improvisation. He was also influenced early on by the experimental stylings of Captain Beefheart and the Mothers of Invention. Don Van Vliet (born Donald Glen Vliet on January 15 1941, in Glendale California, U The Mothers of Invention was an American Rock and roll band active from 1964 to 1975 A notable solo album, Songs (Intakt 026: 1993), features political orientated originals, such as "Knock on the Door" and "Hello Ceausescu", and covers, such as Drake's "Thoughts of Mary Jane" and Floyd Tillman's "This Cold War With You". Nicolae Ceauşescu (nikoˈlaje tʃauˈʃesku (January 26 1918 – December 25 1989 was the communist dictator of Romania from 1965 until December 1989 when a revolution Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974 was an English Singer-songwriter and Musician best known for his acoustic autumnal songs Floyd Tillman ( 8 December 1914 – 22 August 2003) was a Country musician who in the 1930s-40s helped create the Western swing
He is also known as the inventor of the electric rake. This instrument is made by attaching a microphone or an electric guitar pickup to an ordinary lawn rake. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder
Chadbourne has worked with numerous artists including John Zorn, Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Carla Bley Band, Paul Lovens, Toshinori Kondo, Camper Van Beethoven, Jello Biafra, They Might Be Giants, Sun City Girls, Aki Takase, Walter Daniels, Kevin Blechdom, Biff Blumfumgagnge, Zu,and Jimmy Carl Black. John Zorn (born September 2 1953 in Queens, New York City) is an American Avant-garde Composer, arranger, Record Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and improvisor. Derek Bailey ( January 29, 1930 – December 25, 2005) was an English avant-garde Guitarist and leading figure in the Han Bennink (born April 17, 1942) is a Dutch Jazz Drummer, Percussionist. Carla Bley, née Borg, (born May 11, 1936) is an American Jazz Composer, pianist, Organist and band Paul Lovens (born in Aachen, Germany, 6 June 1949) is a musician Toshinori Kondo ( December 15, 1948 in Ehime Prefecture) is an Avant-garde jazz and Jazz fusion Trumpeter. Camper Van Beethoven is an American Alternative rock group An eclectic band even by the standards of '80s underground music Camper Van Beethoven mixed elements of pop Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958) more widely known by the Stage name Jello Biafra, is a musician who first gained They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American Alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John The Sun City Girls were a United States Experimental rock band formed in Phoenix Arizona in 1982. (born January 26 1948 in Osaka) is a critically acclaimed award-winning Japanese jazz pianist and composer ' Walter Daniels is an American Musician and Harmonica player noted for introducing the instrument into a number of styles of music not usually Kevin Blechdom, born Kristin Erickson is an experimental Electronic musician / Performance artist from San Francisco California. Biff U Blumfumgagnge (born 17 January, 1964 in Milwaukee, WI is an active Wisconsin musician, guitar technician sound engineeer producer Jimmy Carl Black (born James Inkanish Jr on February 1, 1938) is a Drummer, Vocalist and "Indian of the group" for
While in Canada in the 1970s, he produced and hosted a radio program on Radio Radio 104. 5 Cable FM in Calgary, Alberta. Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada 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. Shockabilly was a band which included Eugene Chadbourne on guitar/vocals Mark Kramer on bass/organ and David Licht on drums Mark Kramer, known professionally as Kramer, is a musician composer performer Record producer and founder of the NY record label Shimmy-Disc.
Chadbourne currently resides in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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