EUGENE CHADBOURNE & JIMMY CARL BLACK - THE JACK AND JIM SHOW - THE REFLECTIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF JIMI HENDRIX

• Eugene Chadbourne & Jimmy Carl Black: The Jack And Jim Show - The Reflections And Experiences Of Jimi Hendrix
      (20??, cdr, Germany, inkanish records)

I recently came across this re-issue of "The Reflections And Experiences Of Jimi Hendrix".
The original 2001 release, also released on Jimmy Carl Black's DIY Inkanish Records label, had Eugene, Jimmy Carl and Black Paddy on the album cover.
I don't know when this re-issue got released or even if there are other versions out there, but I'm glad I found it.

Eugene Chadbourne and Jimmy Carl Black plus Pat ‘Black Paddy’ Thomas (piano) did a Jimi Hendrix tribute show on October 26, 2001 in Emilia, Italy.
The album presented Zappa’s ‘Hey Punk’ mixed with Hendrix’ ‘Hey Joe’ as FZ took the chords of Jimi’s song as inspiration.

 Here's what the duo looked and sounded like in 1995:

EUGENE CHADBOURNE IS TOURING EUROPE

Eugene Chadbourne has been touring Europe since April 16.
With recent gigs in Ghent and Brussels, and I only heard about it today...

Anyway, next up:

April 25 and April 26 Schule 21, Bremen
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER show on April 25th (unseated audience) starting 8 PM and a SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOW (seated audience) on April 26th starting 5 pm.

DUET WITH SCHROEDER
April 27 Sonic Ballroom, Koln
April 28 Bla Stomp! Bonn, plus madcap instrument builder Harold Sack Ziegler in opening set
April 29 Volksbad Mannheim
April 30 Cafe Kairo Bern

SOLO
May 1 Atomic Cafe Biel Special May Day program

DUET WITH SCHROEDER
May 2 Schatulle Stuttgart

SOLO
May 4 Heitsu is Happening, Helsinki, Finland
May 5 Telakka, Tampere

TRIO WITH KRESTEN OSGOOD AND MATHIAS LANDAEUS, PIANO
May 6 Underground, Lund

DUET WITH KRESTEN OSGOOD
May 7 Christianshaven Ouderhaus Copenhagen

SOLO
May 8 Skack, Malmo. Address is Nobelvägen 25
May 9 KM28 Berlin

TRIO WITH SCHROEDER AND JAN FITSCHEN
May 10 Babeuf Freiburg Special arrangements, Catalog of Birds by Olivier Messiaen

SOLO
May 11 Methodist Church Via XX Settembre, Rome, Italy. Organized by Flaming Creatures, this is a double bill with the Everloving band playing the music of Henry Flynt,

May 12 Passage BDM, Magione
May 13 Bongo Santa Bridga Parma Italy
May 14 Bologna Free show in park; TBC Frida Nel Parco
May 15 Raindogs, Savona

DUET WITH SCHROEDER
May 16 Astra Kniepe, Rosenheim

SOLO
May 17 The Cobblestone, Dublin, Ireland

EUGENE CHADBOURNE & JIMMY CARL BLACK - THE JACK AND JIM SHOW - JACK AND JIM PLAY THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA

• Eugene Chadbourne & Jimmy Carl Black:
  The Jack And Jim Show – Jack And Jim Play The Music Of Frank Zappa
      (2002, cdr, Germany, inkanish records)

I somehow missed this when it got released back in 2002. Glad to have found a copy.

“Jack And Jim Play The Music Of Frank Zappa” was the third release in a series of tributes by Jack and Jim.
The first one was “Pachuco Cadaver”, the tribute to Captain Beefheart, and the second one was “Reflections And Experiences Of Jimi Hendrix”.

[1] from the “The Taste Of The Leftovers” CD,
recorded in Italy and Slovenia in 1995, feat. Sandro Oliva.
[2] from the “Uncle Jimmy’s Master Plan” CD
recorded during 1994-95
[3] from the “The Early Years” CD
[4] from the “Pachuco Cadaver” CD

01. I’m Not Satisfied [1]
02. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama [3]
03. Mom And Dad [2]
04. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance [2]
05. Love Of My Life [1]
06. Concentration Moon [2]
07. Lonesome Cowboy Burt [3]
08. Willie The Pimp [4]
09. Trouble Coming Every Day/ Oh No! [3]
10. How Could I Be Such A Fool [1]
11. Help, I’m A Rock [1]

EUGENE CHADBOURNE UPDATE

To those that subscribed to his Head Of Books project, Eugene Chadbourne sends out banjo / guitar improvisations on a daily basis.

The latest one (Sept 2, 2024) was entitled 'Hurricane Mother of Space Cadet Princess'.
Somehow I link this to Moon Zappa's book...

Unrelated, here 'One More Road To Cross':

https://youtube.com/shorts/hrPJvix3FeE?si=AXjZj6hN5RLcqkro

EUGENE CHADBOURNE

Eugene Chadbourne started his Head Of Books project in 2022.
Every day, Eugene sends a guitar (of banjo) solo to the subscribers of the project.
By e-mail.
Today's piece was entitled 'Mike Keneally Facts'.

https://eugenechadbourne.com/

EUGENE CHADBOURNE EUROPEAN TOURDATES

 Doc Chad is in Europe !!

• APRIL 11 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands/ Astres D/Or edition of 25 bird paintings opens with associated limited edition vinyl release. 
• APRIL 12 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands/ Occi Duet with Schroeder Other acts tba.
• APRIL 13 ROTTERDAM , Netherlands/Koffie & Ambacht Duet with Schroeder
• APRIL 14 GRONINGEN, Netherlands/ Oostum Church Duet with Schroeder
• APRIL 15 BREMEN, Germany/ Schule 21 Duet with Schroeder
• APRIL 17 MANNHEIM, Germany Volksbad Duet with Schroeder
• APRIL 18 STUTTGART, Germany Container City Duet with Schroeder
• APRIL 19-20 FRANKFURT, Germany/ Netzwerk Seilerei
• APRIL 22 BERN, Switzerland/ Cafe Kairo Duet with Schroeder
• APRIL 25 MADRID, Spain Real No Real event at Nadie/Nunca/No (NNN) Duet with Schroeder
• APRIL 26 GUADALAJARA, Spain Arcadia Duet with Schroeder
• APRIL 27 PONTEVEDRA, Spain Luceo Mutante event Duet with Schroeder
• APRIL 28 PAMPLONA, Spain/ Zentral 2 Duet with Schroeder

At the April 11 concert, the new album on the Astres D'Or record label will be released.
25 copies of original art.

https://www.astres-dor.com/eugene-chadbourne-catalogue-doisseaux/

EUGENE CHADBOURNE - DREAMORY

• eugene chadbourne: dreamory
      (2014, book, USA, house of chadula / private release)

I'm so happy that Eugene Chadbourne brought some copies of his "Dreamory" book with him to Zappanale.
I had the book on my want-list but I wanted to avoid postage costs and additional custom harassment, so this was perfect.

The book itself is huge. Over 1100 pages. I've only browsed through it but it looks like it will be much fun to read.

"Dreamory" collects stories, dreams, memoirs and more.

Looking forward to dive into this !!

https://eugenechadbourne.com/portfolio/dreamory-the-book

A SHORT CHAT WITH EUGENE CHADBOURNE

Eugene Chadbourne is unique.
If you're not familiar with his music, check out some of his recordings.
And try to catch him live.
For those attending Zappanale, Eugene and Schroeder are scheduled to perform twice.
They will be doing a concert at the Exhibition Hall on Saturday morning, plus another one at The Mystery Stage on Sunday.
Time for a short chat.

UniMuta : Hi Eugene, I’m looking forward to seeing you in concert again. It has been too long. Earlier today, I read on Facebook that you will be bringing one of your albums along to Zappanale, the one that you recorded with Jimmy Carl Black in concert in Tokyo in 2008 ! And where you played a lot of Zappa songs. I have it, and I can strongly recommend it to everyone. Looking back on the Jack and Jim shows that you did, was it a satisfying experience? Something that you look back upon with joy, touring with Jimmy Carl?

Eugene Chadbourne : That would be something I would have real trouble finding something to complain about. It was a wonderful experience for me, every concert, and, yes, there were some ups and downs with his alcoholism and health but you know he really gave it his all.
He had to deal with the changing nature of the music scene and with me, he plunged into a whole world of alternative approaches; his background with the Mothers was of course well part of the commercial music industry, big corporate labels, despite being so freaky.
He was the first drummer to provide such a simple and steady accompaniment to me. I was coming out of a world of music where some of the drummers don't think kindly about "accompanying" anything.
I think the touring must have worn him down. It got more and more small time with less and less financial return. You must have seen the part of the film where he is exchanging his US dollars in the German post office and the bleak outcome in the end. It is hard to accurately measure the amount of energy let alone hours spent pulling off tours like that. 

UniMuta : In my eyes, you have always been a performing musician. Someone who’s always on the road, touring with one project or another. If I’m not mistaken, you did a short tour with Schroeder in Southern Europe earlier this year. How did it go? Did you do new regions, meet new people?

Eugene Chadbourne : Actually this was a long tour, from the middle of February until early April, not all of it with Schroeder and not just in Southern Europe. We had a very big show in Hamburg, two nights in Bremen sold out, I returned to Magdeburg for the first time since the DDR days,...
In the south we had a great run of shows in Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland....then I really got into a long solo run all over France where there were some cancellations in the end because of the strikes. This tour represented re-establishing contacts for gigs from the old days and connecting with all the new ones. I worked on it in conjunction with my booking agency in Berlin. I had a super collaboration with an Italian agent working there and we just booked lots of things. It was really successful.
As for people, these tours are a banquet. There is seeing a friend of at least 20 years time and there are the new friendships. Also so many kind young people willing to give me extra help with everything.

UniMuta : With musicians that weren’t allowed to do concerts during COVID, and with artists turning to concerts to gain money as the sales of albums has declined, has it become more difficult to find gigs? Do you have other gigs scheduled in Europe after Zappanale?

Eugene Chadbourne : I haven't really found this to be the case once I started getting back into action. There seem to be a lot of gigs being organized all over the world. People really are happy to go to live music events. I know this sounds corny and there have been health issues, we all lived through the world shutting down, but after doing a two month tour through seven countries in all kinds of conditions, meeting all kinds of people and not even getting a cold, it is hard to be in the same kind of panic about Covid.
My next gigs are around New York state and at the Anarchist Book Fair in New York City followed by a month of shows in Australia. The next European concerts as well as a UK tour are at this point not scheduled.

UniMuta : I love your DIY approach when it comes to making records or making recordings available. Did you use a similar way of working for your (most recent) book, “Dreamory”, your collection of tour and dream diaries ? Did you publish it and do you distribute it yourself? Where do you find the energy?

Eugene Chadbourne : I did talk to a few publishers about Dreamory but their reaction only made me feel stronger about publishing it myself. I am glad I did. One publisher wanted me to abandon Dreamory and write a book about Bob Dylan's lyrics and/or a biography of Sam Peckinpah.

Writing and editing a book of that size involves lots and lots of time, some of which was easy to grab as part of the touring schedule... If I could plug in a computer, I could write for hours waiting for trains, for example.
I wrote on trains, backstage, and in hotel rooms, of course. Distributing it myself has resulted in a great profit return, out of 1000 books there are less than 300 left. I should be able to bring 3 or 4 for the merchandise tent. In fact, I am packing this material now. The actual physical act of getting the books to concert sales tables which was obviously necessary after I went through the intial obvious burst of mail order customers...Well, that I compared with a military campaign and supply line issues. The books are fucking heavy and the category of :"flat rate" postal box available for sending a maximum or four books is expensive. Within the United States, there is a media rate that makes sending cartons ahead on tour pretty easy. If I am driving or with a driver then these books are not such a problem, but carrying them around on trains and through airports... Here's where a writer might ask if he is being punished for writing so much.
I was always drawn to large books and the reactions of people who said they wouldn't read them. They were too long, like, oh, this film is too long, or how I can watch this opera for three hours.

A book that size presents a challenge, even being able to hold it up to read in bed.

There's a missing tape out there somewhere, with me and Jimmy Carl and Don Preston playing a version of Space is the Place by Sun Ra that goes on between twenty and thirty minutes. A record producer was there that was involved with a Grandmothers' project. He complained about us spending so much time doing that in the studio and said that no piece of music needs to be that long. I told Jimmy "I guess his mother never took him to the symphony."

UniMuta : As I said, I’m really looking forward to the concerts, and I do hope that you bring an extra copy along of “Mind Crusher”, another one of your recent albums, and of the Dreamory book as I would be very happy to buy both from you (and Belgian customs makes it quite a hassle to get it by mail).

Eugene Chadbourne :The Euro Schengenstein made a pretty serious decision about VAT and foreign purchases. They basically did away with the entire "system" of a customer buying something and having it sent to them marked as a "gift" and set at a lower value than they paid.
Now everything has to enter with an official purchase receipt attached to the parcel and the VAT paid up front.
Nonetheless my 8 cd box set with Anthony Braxton was sent back from Ireland and the poor customer just gave up on it.
So I know what you are talking about!

UniMuta : And I can imagine that it has a serious impact on your mail order system. But let's keep things positive and let me wish you safe travels and a fun festival !

Eugene Chadbourne :See you there.... & please watch for pop up banjo at the merchandise tent !

UniMuta : Thank you and see you soon.

Eugene Chadbourne & Schroeder, in concert,
Saturday morning, July 15, at the exhibition room in the center of Bad Doberan
Sunday afternoon, July 16, at the mystery stage at the festival ground

EUGENE CHADBOURNE & JIMMY CARL BLACK

Eugene Chadbourne is a DIY (Do It Yourself) artist.
He releases his music on CDRs that he packs in old used record sleeves or other cardboard material, and distributes these during concerts (and through his webshop).

Browsing his webshop, I came across an album I hadn't heard of previously.
"Horror Part 9" (actually the ninth volume in his "Horror" series), featuring Jimmy Carl Black.

The Horror Part Nine Band was an ensemble created for a special event in a year when I had “carte blanche” at the Vandouevre-based Action! festival. As such, the ninth volume in the series began its life as a stage performance that would have been best documented on film. The sound recording of the event originally was available only to punters purchasing the Horror Box Set and was not available individually. In the first of three acts Jimmy Carl Black recites Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, act two pays tribute to a creepy monster created by my oldest brother that I call the Hopping Fiend. In the final act Ray Dennis Steckler’s concept of monsters attacking a movie theatre audience was revisited on the French audience…

Dr. Chad's webshop :
https://eugenechadbourne-documentation.squarespace.com/

EUGENE CHADBOURNE'S "HEAD OF BOOKS" PROJECT

Eugene Chadbourne just started this incredible project :

HEAD OF BOOKS
An initiative for 2022-2025
Daily guitar solos for subscribers

NEW INITIATIVE BRINGS RELIEF“….designed to keep in touch with friends and admirers near and far in times of precarious concerts and uncertain movements: every day, between now and 2025, a guitar solo of his arrives in the email, surprise. Just ask him.” (TRANSLATED FROM THE Hibou Anemone & Bear Blog, Rovaretto)

Head of Books donations

Paypal donations can be made to : eugene AT eugenechadbourne DOT com
on Venmo as : AT Eugene DASH Chadbourne

RECENT RELEASES BY EUGENE CHADBOURNE

A couple of months ago, I ordered a couple of Eugene Chadbourne's latest releases.

Not only has Eugene Chadbourne a very specific and unique style of playing and performing, he's also an accomplished D.I.Y. (do it yourself) artist, producing his albums on CDR, packed in all sorts of paper work (from photocopied papers to reworked old cardboard vinyl covers) and distributing these from his home office or during his concerts.

His output is quite impressive and hard to follow, but I do try to keep track as he did tour with Jimmy Carl Black as 'The Jack And Jim Show" quite some years ago, and he's also known to play a lot of cover versions including tunes by my favorite artists.

• eugene chadbourne and jimmy carl black: the jack and jim show: zappa day
      (2020, cdr, usa, chadula / private release ) 

Recorded during Jack and Jim’s final tour in Japan in 2008, at the Pit Inn club in Tokyo, Japan. Featuring Eugene Chadbourne on banjo, guitar, vocals and rake, and Jimmy Carl Black on drums and vocals, "Zappa Day" presented an (almost) all-Zappa set.

• eugene chadbourne: the dust blows forward
      (2021, cdr, usa, chadula / private release) 

Part one of two, "The Dust Blows Forward", and including the Captain Beefheart piece with the same name. Featuring Schroeder and Jan Fitsen on a couple of tracks...

• eugene chadbourne: the dust blows back
      (2021, cdr, usa, chadula / private release)

Part two of Two, "The Dust Blows Back", including another version of the same Captain Beefheart tune.
It also includes two Frank Zappa pieces, featuring Jimmy Carl Black.

https://eugenechadbourne.com/

THE CHADBOURNE / GONZALEZ COLLUSION - IRRESPONSIBLE ROCKNROLL SHENANIGANS

• the chadbourne / gonzalez collusion: irresponsible rocknroll shenanigans
      (2021, cd, usa, cia records) 

April 2019, Eugene Chadbourne joined Aaron and Stefan Gonzalez for two concerts. The first one on April 9 at Shoeshine Charley's Big Top Lounge in Houston, TX, and the second one on April 10 at Backyard On Bell in Denton, TX.
A compilation of these two concerts got released on CD.

The album, "Irresponsible RocknRoll Shenanigans", has the trio performing a fine set of tunes including FZ's 'Who Are The Brain Police?' and Don Van Vliet's 'Click Clack' and 'Lick My Decals Off, Baby'.

1. click clack (don van vliet)
2. lick my decals off, baby (don van vliet)
3. saga of the creeks (eugene chadbourne)
4. nonaah (roscoe mitchell)
5. lucifer sam (syd barrett)
6. who are the brain police? (frank zappa)
7. summertime blues (eddie cochran, jerry capeheart)

Excellent album !!

CD (limited edition of 300 copies) and digital download are available through Bandcamp.
Mind you, the new postage rates may surprise you.

NEW EUGENE CHADBOURNE ALBUM

 A collaboration between Eugene Chadbourne, Aaron Gonzalez and Stefan Gonzalez.

Also out on CD.
With Beefheart and Zappa pieces !!

MONSTRE / EUGENE CHADBOURNE / JIMMY CARL BLACK - THE CHAD BLACK MONSTER SHOW

• monstre / eugene chadbourne / jimmy carl black: the chad black monster show
      (2007, cdr, france, l'eglise de la petite folie)

French improvised music ensemble Monstre teamed up with Eugene Chadbourne and Jimmy Carl Black at the Festival Invisible in April 2006. A recording of the concert got released on CDR. It was also made available through Bandcamp.

I just love this kind of stuff.

You can check it out here :

JIMMY CARL BLACK

I've updated the Jimmy Carl Black discography a bit.
Added info for :

EUGENE CHADBOURNE AND ANTHONY BRAXTON RELEASE 8 CD BOX SET

Eugene Chadbourne and Anthony Braxton will release a 8 CD Box set with improvised music.
8 CDs in 4 Gatefold Wallets plus 16-page booklet housed in hard slipcase.

https://eugenechadbourne.com/braxton-pre-release-info

Anthony Braxton: sopranino, soprano, alto, baritone, bass, and contrabass saxophones, contrabass clarinet
Eugene Chadbourne: Gibson Marauder electric, Gibson acoustic, bajo sexto, Deering 5-string banjo, Deering fretless 5-string banjo, Regal 5-string banjo, prepared guitar

Recorded November 27th - 30th, 2017 at Firehouse 12, New Haven CT
Recorded by Nick Lloyd and Greg DiCrosta
Mixed and Mastered by Jon Rosenberg
Produced by Anthony Braxton

Improvisations by Anthony Braxton and Eugene Chadbourne

EUGENE CHADBOURNE ON TOUR IN EUROPE

sept 13 - Club Mink, Tolmin, Slovenia
sept 14 - CMK club, Koper, Slovenia
sept 15 - Dobia Lab, Monfalcone, Italy
sept 18 - Altes Spital, Vichtach, Germany

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LES MYSTERES DE VOIX VULGAIRES

• various artists: les mystères des voix vulgaires
      (1997, k7, italy, art as hammer)

Released in 1997 by Art As Hammer, in support of Anarchica, an anarchist and pacific magazine.
It included Eugene Chadbourne's 'FZ Medley'.

One year later, the tape got re-released by the Divergo label, also on cassette.

EUGENE CHADBOURNE TO TOUR CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA DATES:

• DECEMBER 8 SANTA BARBARA PIANO KITCHEN: 430 Rose Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
  
• DECEMBER 9 OJAI BARTS BOOKS 302 W Matilija St, Ojai, CA 93023
  
• DECEMBER 12 VENTURA GRADY’S 2546 E Main St, Ventura, CA 93003
  
• DECEMBER 12 SAN LUIS OPISBO A SATELLITE OF LOVE – A Satellite Of Love. 1335 Walker St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
  
• DECEMBER 15 OAKLAND OCTOPUS LITERARY SALOON 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland, CA 94612

VARIOUS ARTISTS - THE FUNDAMENTAL HYMNAL

• various artists: the fundamental hymnal
      (1989, cd, austria, save)

In 1989, Austrian record label Save (or Fundamental Safe) released an album by Camper Van Chadbourne, the collaboration between Camper Van Beethoven and Eugene Chadbourne. The album included 'Zappa Medley', Camper and Eugene's take on a some old Mothers material.
The same track got released on a sampler, "The Fundamental Hymnal", later the same year.

Ten years later, the Knitting Factory record label re-released part of the Camper Van Chadbourne album as "Used Record Pile", also including the 'Zappa Medley'.