In
the past, this has been a missing element on the website allowing folks to get
directly in touch with me. Many of you have sent orders along via Ben, the
humble webmaster. Now you can use the above address for Paypal payments as well
as simply direct communicado with the Doctorado. For regular snail mail orders
by check, etc. see below...
Home made packaging is now for the most part constructed out of the used records
nobody wants from the Lee Street “Collectables” store in Greensboro. I have been
chopping up lots of Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel and John Denver albums for example.
These are really fine covers, individual works of art and at least somebody is
doing something with all this crap music nobody wants even if it is egotistical
in the extreme to be
covering it over with my own shit.
THE HOUSE of CHADULA OFFICIAL
GUARANTEE of QUALITY:
Presently I duplicate with CD-rs using a CD Dimensions dedicated
duplication tower. I am not duplicating on a laptop, low budget stand alone,
etc. The major difference between my CD-rs and CDs from factory plants are MINE
ARE GUARANTEED FOR YOUR LIFE.
That means if one of them does not play, when you buy it or it stops playing two
years later, I will make you a new copy, no charge. It is not required to send
the defective one, just tell me you need a new one and I will send one to you.
There are always at least two direct email routes for contacting me and asking
for stuff, so getting a replacement should not be a problem for anyone.
I know sometimes CD-rs fuck up and so I have always made this guarantee!
If your CD does not play, it is not part of a conceptual art piece. I will get
you one that does! It doesn't matter if the problem is really your dog
took a shit on the CD or someone scratched it with a switchblade. I will send
another one, it is like you have "stash insurance" with me.
Orders are prepaid.
Sorry I have had to raise rates because of postal service prices rising.
Single discs $15 postpaid in USA, inquire for larger orders $18 postpaid in
Canada, Europe or elsewhere
Double CDs or "Coffeebag Combos" are $18 postpaid in USA, $20 elsewhere.
DVDs are $20 postpaid in USA,
or $25 postpaid abroad
Send to:
Eugene Chadbourne
707 Longview St.
Greensboro NC 27403
1975A :
VOLUME ONE & TWO: SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR - The compact disc reissues of
these vinyl albums contain additional material of great interest. The
digital version of Volume One might be considered an improvement, it was
made from a reel to reel copy of the original session so does not have the
bad pressing issues of the original pressing. These two CDs contain
instrumental solos on acoustic 6 and 12 string guitars, sometimes prepared
guitars. They are available either individually, or as a double “coffeebag”
set. That means they come in a coffeebag with much far out art!
1977
My duet with Frank Lowe
from 1977, Don't Punk Out,
has been reissued by the magnificent
Emanem outfit.
1977A : AMBER -
A live recording of a concert at the
Dandelion Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, February of 1997. A duet with
bassist Billy McCarroll, the program includes what were new compositions at
the time: Marcella Bienvenue, Amber, You’ve Got to Draw the Line Somewhere
and What is Pointed in One Direction and Headed in the Other? “The Floyd Dan
Radio Show” is a solo on the prepared Harmony 12-string used on my first
Parachute recordings. There are also versions of Ruby My Dear by Thelonious
Monk and 245 by Eric Dolphy. The location recording was carried out by the
same engineer involved in these recording sessions, Wade McGregor. It has
been quite nicely digitally remastered.
1978A :
UDINE - This is a duet with percussionist Andrea Centazzo and marks a
new chapter in my life on my first European tour as a performing guitarist.
Excellent sound quality redigitized by audio expert and retired court
reporter Dennis Burton.
Note: Listeners are
encouraged to check out the newly revived Ictus label and
some fine releases of both duet and trio (with Toshinori Kondo) sessions and
well recorded gigs that were never released at the time.
1979B&C:
WHERE IS KONDO? - This is a double CD that includes
the first ever duet concert with Toshinori Kondo and myself as well as a
lengthy excerpt from our first Greensboro gig, where we are joined by
eventual Chadbournes and Shockabilly drummer David Licht and a New York City
improv set where multi-instrumentalist Steve Beresford joins in.
1980A :
THERE'LL BE NO TEARS TONIGHT - Here is where the country and western
first comes in, the CD version of this album is appealing to me because it
allowed me to include an amazing solo improvisation on the dobro done on the
way home from the Greensboro recording session where “Tears” was finished. I
have gotten some memorable reactions on this record over the years from well
known artists in their own right, including: “The best improvising by John
Zorn on record”—Henry Kaiser/ “The only record I have ever listened to
twice.”—Ed Sanders/ “The record I listen to so I don’t commit suicide”—well
known country session man who wants to remain anonymous/ “The only record
Mason Williams would listen to every day in the car on tour”—former Williams
sideman.
1980B : LSDC&W
Double CD - The presently available double CD, originally a double
album, seems to make quite a few folks happy. It features the entire
original release plus most of a live set from The Chadbournes quintet with
John Zorn and Tom Cora plus Shockabilly. Eventually the output of the
Chadbournes seems worthy of an even lengthier document since there are quite
a few unreleased live sets on cassette, decent quality, that represent one
of the most insane chapters in the history of American country and western
music.
1982A :
THE DAWN OF SHOCKABILLY - Now the Chadbournes morph into Shockabilly, a
trio focusing more on psychedelic than country and also introducing original
songs, initially as a way of collecting publishing royalties. “Dawn” was an EP,
like all the entries in the House of Chadula Shockabilly series, the additional
material comes from a large collection of cassettes recorded by David Licht on
an excellent portable Sony machine that had a fine built in condenser as well as
higher quality recordings done by radio stations. Even the cassette recordings
have a decent sound and are amusing documents of the venues they were recorded
in, at points approaching documentary status thanks to the enthusiastic
shout-outs from audience members.
1983—SHOCKABILLY
AT 10 FOOT HENRY - This is also
recorded in Calgary, Alberta at what was a fantastic club. I had moved away
and established Shockabilly out of New York City and Greensboro
collectively, this was a rare opportunity to come back to one of my musical
hometowns and present my up to date band. The sound board recording was
tweaked marvelously by Dennis Burton—there was also a fine monitor mix on
the stage itself so even more small detail was possible than usual for a
Shockabilly club, the presence of aspects such as the cassette tape effects
is really strong. I have heard a lot of live Shockabilly over the years and
wonder if anyone agrees with me that this is some of the best stuff.
1985A : SHOCKABILLY HEAVEN
- A favorite of many of my fans, this album was actually completed
and released once the band broke up. The versions of Happy New Year and
Hendrix Buried in Tacoma originated from acoustic guitar dressing room
presentations. Some of the songs chosen for this album originated with my
home tape releases, in fact the version of How can You Kill Me I’m Already
Dead came directly from a cassette. The original versions are presented as
well as live versions of parts of the Heaven program, almost creating an
interesting alternate version of Heaven.
1985B : COUNTRY PROTEST - Now I am off as a
solo artist again with an actual budget from Fundamental records to collaborate
with among others the Red Clay Ramblers, Lenny Kaye and Greensboro’s unique
F-Art Ensemble. For the CD version I added a pair of fun tracks including a duet
with banjoist Tony Trischka. Listeners who like oldtime music may find this my
most satisfying outing, however it is simply not tied down to any one genre,
proven by the lengthy Medley in C in which the Red Clay Ramblers and I cover
Butthole Surfers and Black Flag tunes as part of the set.
1986A :
CORPSES OF FOREIGN WAR - The Violent Femmes came a calling, leading
to one of my best produced sessions and a recording that holds up very well
over the years. The CD is identical to the album although the cover art has
been completely redone. Highlights here include Der Fuehrer’s Face, the
Mayor’s New Law, the Bully Song, Why Kids Go to School, I’m Your Neighbor
and KKKremlin. Features Brian Ritchie and Victor deLorenzo, original rhythm
section and founders of the now defunct Femmes, R.I.P.
1987A : VERMIN OF THE
BLUES - It became quite hard to top this album done with backup from Evan
Johns and the H Bombs—the original band—and the original album, unchanged for CD
version, had quite a broad reach including the localized eastern bloc college
radio hit Bo Diddley is a Communist. The big fat sound of the recording studio
in Austin is part of the magic—this is one of my favorites for sure. Other
originals include I Hate the Man Who Runs This Bar, God Made Country Music for
Good People Like Y’all, Breaking the Law Every Day, Johnny Cash in the
Philippines and Fried Chicken for Richard Speck.
1990A :
COUNTRY MUSIC IN THE WORLD OF ISLAM - It is the Sun City Girls that
retain the most cachet of any of the bands I worked with during this series
of collaborative sets, originally financed by Fundamental records. Elliot
Sharp was also a guest on this recording in which I utilized unique and
entertaining recording methods, winding up with an album that mixed many
songs together with intense electric free jamming. Perfume of the Desert,
The Man Who Made off with the Money, I’m Not You and Big John Loves his Dick
are among the originals, but rockers seem to like The List is too Long.
1991A:
EUGENE VAN BEETHOVEN aka CAMPER VAN CHADBOURNE: THIS TIME WE WON’T COME BACK
(GULF WAR TOUR)
My favorite of the line-ups under this name, the sextet Eugene Van Beethoven
did a three week non-stop series of dates in Europe during the Gulf War. The
Hamburg Markethalle show was early in the series so in the intial round of
tinkering with live tapes I didn’t pay that much attention it. The
soundboard recording surfaced eventually and shows that soundman Eppo Kroll
had a good feel with this large room and its possibilities for big thick
sound. The program mixes originals, cover versions, has a strong anti war
focus as well as jazz covers—Ask me Now by Thelonious Monk, a Pharoah
Sanders medley—and also includes two sections of the Post Day of the Dead
suite.
2000A : ME AND PAUL -
Documentation of my duet with Paul Lovens, Me and Paul, passes on to House
of Chadula after releases on Victo and Leo. This concert from Action 2000 in
France is beautifully recorded and is a superb example of our program and
interaction, includes Happy New Year, Everyone’s Been Burned, BYOB Club and
more.
2001B : WARSAW
- Me and Paul went to Warsaw, got out at the wrong train station, got kind
of freaked out because it was really a grungy scene, were rescued by
organizers in a van, arrived at the venue where the crowd was waiting, threw
the gear together and started playing moments after a jar of mustard was
thrust into my hand with the salutation “Welcome to Poland, we have been
waiting a long time.” The mustard was great and when I got the recording I
realized the jam was even better. “I played 19th Nervous Breakdown for a
friend who is a Rolling Stones freak and he said ‘What a load of
rubbish’”—Paul Lovens.
2001C : GERMAN COUNTRY AND WESTERN
- These are recordings of Bach violin sonatas adopted for the 5 string banjo.
While I was unable to transition into a new career as a classical recitalist,
the results have proven to have some kind of simmering appeal with an audience
ranging from baroque music fans to free improvisers. Originally released by a
Canadian label, the House of Chadula has modified the original artwork.
2002A : IN THE
MALAKOFF DIGGINGS - While the previous Me and Paul discs were documents
of entire concerts, this one was created by selecting favorite parts from as
many as a dozen live recordings. It is quite a journey and at one point we wind
up in a northern Italian village bar, where we played a couple of songs to the
drunken locals. Also includes Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Gram Parsons covers.
2004D : DOC CHADS BANJO BOOK - Originally put
together partially as a giggle, this collection of banjo-centered music has
proved to have quite an appeal. The wonderful banjo holds forth in a range of
contexts, from traditional old time solos to sonic freakouts alongside Martin
Klapper and Han Bennink. A set sitting in with the Aquarium Rescue Unit is given
the Dean Benedetti treatment, i.e., everything else is cut out save for my banjo
solos.
2005A : CHAD AND HAN
- I toured with Han Bennink on the east coast and recordings from both New York
City and Atlanta factor into this collection. Han plays drums as well as chairs
and the forehead of a George Bush talking puppet. Some cover versions come up
and are played as if the original songwriter had gone through a waterboarding
and now was seeking a last date with Eric Dolphy.
2006A : REBUILD NEW ORLEANS IN IRAQ
- A regular series of releases with political material was instigated following
9/11. This particular was collected during a time period when an opportunity
came up to take part in a tribute to Charles Mingus, so several solo guitar
treatments of his material are featured on the program as well as the title
song, a reaction to a commentators’ idea that “we have money to fix one or the
other, New Orleans or Iraq.”
2007-A :
NEW DIRECTIONS IN APPALACHIAN MUSIC
- The complete set from the 2006 Chadfest featuring the Doc with Phil Minton,
vocals, Paul Lovens, drums, Mike Cooper, dobro and lap steel and vocals, Cedric
Prive, violin and Johnny Hamil, bass. Beautifully recorded with a lovely program
of Appalachian and country classics scattered with improvisational gestures like
an antique quilt wrapped around a rabid chihuahua.
2007-B : COUNTRY BOOBS - With the
Psychad studios newly equipped due to an insurance settlement, I set to work on
an ultimate collaboration with daughters Molly and Lizzie, whose perverse sense
of humor had been always quite enjoyable to me. There are several originals on
this such as Condaleeza Rice and She Fainted at Bonaroo, but the focus is mostly
on new approaches to cover versions of more contemporary material including rap
(Danger!), Cyndi Lauper (Time After Time) and Ween (Piss up a Rope). The new
multi tracking set up allowed me to record on my growing collection of stringed
instruments such as baclamel and bajo sexto. “The best sounding Chadbourne
record ever” quoth David Doyle and he oughtta know.
2008A : Think 69
- This was the year of Jimmy Carl’s 69th birthday and in attempting to
do 69 gigs we managed to do about 33, many of which were recorded. That
gave me a big selection for putting together a documentation, I made use
of material recorded in New York City with guests Thomas Heberer,
trumpet/ Tony Trishka, banjo/ and Brian Jackson, piano. There is also a
DVD from these concerts available on Straw to Gold that I would highly
recommend. Other recordings come from out on the road: Kansas City,
Chicago, Detroit, Rochester—there were a lot of great gigs and mucho
fantastic playing.
2008B : SACRED INSECTS OF
ANCIENT EGYPT - Also available as part of the large Insect and
Western box set, this performance with a sextet is I believe a fine
representation of the outcome of compositional methods utilized in this
series of pieces. The ensemble, presented in two live sets from The
Stone in New York City, features myself on banjo with Barry Mitterhof/mandolin,
Mary Halverson/electric guitar, Jessica Pavone/viola, Evan
Gallagher/electronics and percussion and Stephanie Rearick, piano.
2009A : WE
DON'T HAVE THIS IN THE HOME - My summer 2008 tour with Jimmy Carl
was the final series of Jack and Jim concerts and here we have a
selection of favorite tracks from gigs in Tokyo and elsewhere. Jimmy
died later that year of cancer. I will forever miss him, my best friend.
This includes, finally, his favorite song I ever came up with, I Got
More Pussy than Zappa. Lots of action packed jamming!
2009B : MUSEO DELLA MUSICA
- Studio recordings of old and new songs including Birthday Song,
Breaking the Law every Day and The Boy With the Coins were combined with
the raucous live reception of Roll Over Berlosconi in Italy, developing
into one of my best selling home CDs to date. Some of this material was
selected for the Italian LP Roll over Berlosconi so there is some
overlap there. The cover version of Birthday by the Beatles features the
fine Friulian band Arbe Garbe.
2009C : ADRIFT! - This
collection of 2009 live recordings, radio shots and in progress studio
recordings has done quite well. The li ve version of the title song eventually
replaced the studio version on the 2010 Treason/Reason compendium but the rest
of these tracks are not featured elsewhere.
2009D : THE ISLAND OF THREE
SHREEVES - Likewise this collection culled from live performances of this
year ranges from solo to a Belgian big band and among other things focuses on
avant jazz guitar stylings in the form of multiple versions of Doc Chad tunes
written in the ‘70s.
Treason features mostly banjo songs and Reason focuses
on guitar, but because I overdub myself on quite a few instruments , it
is not a clear delineation between guitar on disc and banjo on the
other. I am really proud of both the songs and the sound, besides the
guitar and banjo and singing I play bajo sexton, cjumbus, baclamel,
charango, prepared guitar and percussion.
Both Treason and Reason feature spoken word passages by the one and
only Robert Harris, best known for his portrayal of the gang-banger
friendly convenience store owner in Cabin Fever—a hard working North
Carolina character actor for decades, Harris was first heard on a Doc
Chad disc when his shout out to a local radio show was taped and cut
between songs on the Vermin of the Blues production.
These were my major recordings for 2010 and I played many if not all of
the songs in concert, some of them will be familiar to anyone who has
seen me play recently.
2010A : TREASON
- Water Song, Bird Song, Adrift, I Woke up at Home, Best Friend, Flying
Song, Song of Good Health, Pepper Mine, Song of Confidence
2010B : REASON
- Song of Mirrors, Song of Questions, Song of Regrets, Something Else I
Saw, Song of Prayer, Jesse’s Desk, Incredible Shrinking Address Book,
To Think About, Put me Back in the River.
NOTE: Available individually or together….in the
coffee pack….
The bug news is
the 8-CD box set Insect and Western, truly
an art object but no less a musical event on a grand scale. Players from
many countries and most states in the union have taken part in
performances involving works from my Insect and Western series.
Documentation to date has been highlighted by three separate discs on
the British Leo label: Insect Attracter, Worms with Strings and Beauty
and the Bloodsucker. This deluxe box set contains all three of these
discs in their original CD—not CD-R—pressings plus all the liner booklet
and tray card art. In addition owners will find the Bedbugs CD-R
featuring fine jazz players from the St. Petersburg, Florida scene. Plus
there are four more discs of previously unreleased material. Sacred
Insects of Ancient Egypt is the only new title that will also be
available separately, see description below. The two-disc Butterfly
Garden examines this suite in contrasting solo and septet modes: the
maestro Keiji Haino dug the solo performance, taped at The Stone in New
York City in May of 2006. Finally there is a brand new disc overviewing
various compositions in the series in more recent performances,
including the Emotional and Intellectual World of the Cockroach, a new
version of the Worms With Strings suite and excerpts from a French
workshop version of Sacred Insects of Ancient Egypt done without my
physical participation. Much artwork and copious examples of scores in
these beautiful boxes. Truly a deluxe gift.
Eight discs and
handmade artwork for $115 postpaid in USA, $125 elsewhere. Musicians who
have participated in these recordings can apply for a 25 per cent
discount if they would like to own a copy of this massive set!
>>>Big
news to scare the hell out of the Doc Chad fans!
It is ready and available, CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT: Total Horror...
Utter Horror
The Horror Box Set—
Compiling Doc Chad’s total set of works based on horror films and
monsters both real and imaginary.
A total of 14 CDs complete with a great deal of art and
printed information about the various projects. An all star cast of
performers is featured as well as many solo projects. Concepts behind
the various pieces—dedicated to among others Ray Milland and a
Greensboro high school concert band conductor—range from intricate
multi-track tape pile-ups to live performances by small to large
ensembles.
All 13 Volumes in the Horror Series are featured, including The Horror
Part Nine Band, up til now only presented as a live multi media event.
In addition the package contains the British LEO records release I
Talked to Death In Stereo, originally conceived as a release in the
Horror series until the cover art was banned in the UK.
This monstrosity features home made cover art packages and is morbidly
priced at $136.66 plus the cost of posting it to wherever the HELL (in
this case a sure thing) it is that it is going.
The contents of Utter Horror slide out
of the extended cardboard box fashioned from recycled VHS sleeves.
Inside the CDs are packaged primarily into an enjoyable booklet/folder.
For fun several packages are left as originally released. The contents
of the LEO release I Talked to Death in Stereo are taken from the
original stock and are also loose, along with a separate box of extra
material, artwork and notes.
No this is not a broken camera screen, that is a sock that is part of
the package, for two reasons. 1. In the past any package of mine with a
sock on it sells instantly. 2. My socks have been described as one of
the most horrorible phenomena known to mankind.
Again - priced at $136.66 plus the cost of posting
it to wherever the HELL (in this case a sure thing) it is that it is
going.
2011A - "ECs'" -
is named after a
small town in Hungary where I spent some time a few summers ago. It is
the latest collection of my original songs, old and new, featuring No
One, Cormerant, Sunny One, Said than Done, Big Boys with Little Balls,
Wall One, Happy New Year, Mountain Men, Birthday Song, 30 One, Ice One.
I play about 25 instruments on this!
2011B -
BIGGER COUNTRY BOOBS - as mentioned in the tour
announcement, is the latest duo recording with myself and Tatsuya
Nakatani on percussion. Our subject is country and western music with
space for improvising in the places where whoever quarterbacks sees a
hole. Songs by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Henson Cargill
and others.
2011-C - STOP SNORING
- RECORDED EARLY SEPTEMBER 2011 AT THE SEA OF SHIT IN THE
LAP OF LUXURY STUDIOS, THE SOOKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Featuring Darren
Williams, tenor saxophone. Engineered and co-produced by Scott
Henderson—who also plays trombone, trumpet, Bb clarinet, alto clarinet,
bass clarinet, electronics, dumbek and drum set.
2012 : NEW RELEASES
CONCERTO SERIES
Winding down for now with my series of song collections, I have begun a
new Concerto series of extended works for my arsenal of instruments and
newly tweaked studio set up. These are extended instrumental works
covering a wide range of material! I think they sound really fine.
The first two volumes are now available--the first releases for 2012.
Concerto releases come with handmade booklets in my own handmade
packaging.
2012A
- CONCERTO OF THE SMOKE DETECTOR
(Christmas 2011)
The homemade Smoke Detector is featured in a wide range of instrumental
settings involving organ, piano, a vintage Martin acoustic, the Bo
Diddley Gretsch electric and Doc Chad's large scale percussion ensemble.
This piece has already provoked some of the most extreme reactions of my
career--it has actually been banished from certain premises. While
dedicated to Steve Lacy who liked to "walk around upstairs" in the high
register, Concerto of the Smoke Detector may simply be too extreme even
for Lacy. As part of the concerto program, the Chadbourne Family
Ensemble headed by my father Dr. Richard Chadbourne and featuring myself
on lap steel and older brother
Biff Badamino on Fraggle Rock drums, presents a program of French and
Irish songs. My grandmother Elisabeth Golm comments on the Christmas in
Germany before the First World War and my mother Gisela Chadbourne tries
to teach French and German to teenagers in Calgary, Alberta.
2012B
- CONCERTO OF THE JAGUAR (Ultimate
Destruction of the Temple 2012)
Since the Smoke Detector is such an unpleasant instrument--even by my
standards--it was turned into a religious temple and then destroyed in a
live assault with a dremel, handsaws, files, etc. This inspired a
Concerto featuring the ceramic jaguar head souvenirs that are apparently
popular around various Mayan temples in Mexico. The Doc Chad percussion
ensemble is joined by bajo sexto, Gibson Marauder and sarangi as well as
the deluxe Deering acoustic 12 string banjo and my new Belgian Republic
resonator guitar. (The company from Ghent is called Republic, I am not
referring to Belguim as a republic.)
NEW ARCHIVE MATERIAL!
- SUMMER OF ‘CHADFEST ON DISC’
I am really happy to present four different CD releases representing
different eras of my career.
In chronological order:
1977—AMBER
A live recording of a concert at the Dandelion Gallery, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada, February of 1997. A duet with bassist Billy McCarroll,
the program includes what were new compositions at the time: Marcella
Bienvenue, Amber, You’ve Got to Draw the Line Somewhere and What is
Pointed in One Direction and Headed in the Other? “The Floyd Dan Radio
Show” is a solo on the prepared Harmony 12-string used on my first
Parachute recordings. There are also versions of Ruby My Dear by
Thelonious Monk and 245 by Eric Dolphy. The location recording was
carried out by the same engineer involved in these recording sessions,
Wade McGregor. It has been quite nicely digitally remastered.
1983—SHOCKABILLY AT 10 FOOT HENRY
This is also recorded in Calgary, Alberta at what was a fantastic club.
I had moved away and established Shockabilly out of New York City and
Greensboro collectively, this was a rare opportunity to come back to one
of my musical hometowns and present my up to date band. The sound board
recording was tweaked marvelously by Dennis Burton—there was also a fine
monitor mix on the stage itself so even more small detail was possible
than usual for a Shockabilly club, the presence of aspects such as the
cassette tape effects is really strong. I have heard a lot of live
Shockabilly over the years and wonder if anyone agrees with me that this
is some of the best stuff.
1991 EUGENE VAN BEETHOVEN aka
CAMPER VAN CHADBOURNE:
THIS TIME WE WON’T COME BACK (GULF WAR TOUR)
My favorite of the line-ups under this name, the sextet Eugene Van
Beethoven did a three week non-stop series of dates in Europe during the
Gulf War. The Hamburg Markethalle show was early in the series so in the
intial round of tinkering with live tapes I didn’t pay that much
attention it. The soundboard recording surfaced eventually and shows
that soundman Eppo Kroll had a good feel with this large room and its
possibilities for big thick sound. The program mixes originals, cover
versions, has a strong anti war focus as well as jazz covers—Ask me Now
by Thelonious Monk, a Pharoah Sanders medley—and also includes two
sections of the Post Day of the Dead suite.
Special
Release!
2008-2009 INSECT AND WESTERN UPDATER
Some—including me perhaps—hoped the Insect and Western box set would be
the final word on this musical subject that has even driven some sidemen
to have nightmares. Perhaps in attempt to further said goal, I initially
languished in necessary attempts to process recordings of important new
insect musical portraits accomplished with the help of great talent—both
Tasmanian and Texan—during 2008 and 2009.
Insect and Western Updater is a
double CD set including several
booklets, packaged inside a coffeebag. If you already own an Insect and
Western box, you can put it right inside. It includes nearly 160 minutes
of music and covers the Click Beetle, Flat Shield Bug, Spider Face Leaf
Rolling Cricket, Raspy Cricket, Head Lice, Ear Wig, Spider, Millipede,
Walking Stick, Inchman, Assassin Fly and Red Bottom Bee.
Also
available from the House of Chadula website for $15 postpaid in USA, $17
elsewhere,
hard to get releases by Doc Chad from foreign countries:
ROLLING STONES HOSTAGE
INCIDENTS - features Doc Chad working with the Estonian Guitar
Octet, so that is a total of nine electric guitars from every stylistic
bent imaginable, all Estonian other than the Eugenian one and all
embroiled in a conceptually-scored live cut up and stack up of Stones
material. The German guy that got so pissed off at the Shockabilly cover
of 19th Nervous Breakdown should for sure stay away from this one. I
have about 20 copies for sale!
THE GREAT PROVA
- teams me up with Arbe Garbe, the live set recorded with studio quality
mobile truck is about half my original songs, the other half Arbe Garbe
material which walks on the wild side of Friulian folk/klezmer/ska/punk/gnocchi
and they let me blow over the top even though I had smoked something
smelly in the gangway behind the theater. These guys whom I love dearly
picked some interesting older songs of mine to redo including Why Kids
Go to School.
>>>>>>Just in case there is any confusion
about pricing for these
and other Chadula material:
Sorry I have had to raise rates because of postal service prices rising.
Single discs $15 postpaid in USA, inquire for larger orders
$18 postpaid in Canada, Europe or elsewhere
Double CDs are $18 postpaid in USA, $20 elsewhere.
Home made packaging is now for the most part constructed out of the used records
nobody wants from the Lee Street “Collectables” store in Greensboro. I have been
chopping up lots of Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel and John Denver albums for example.
These are really fine covers, individual works of art and at least somebody is
doing something with all this crap music nobody wants even if it is egotistical
in the extreme to be
covering it over with my own shit.
Send to:
Eugene Chadbourne
707 Longview St.
Greensboro NC 27403
