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I do the protest stuff. I do country and western. I play both acoustic and electric guitar in a lot of different styles, from loud, psychedelic stuff to quiet finger-picking.

~Eugene Chadbourne

Topics: Acoustic Both Country Different Different Styles Electric Electric Guitar Guitar Lot Loud Play Protest Psychedelic Quiet Stuff Styles Western

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Can you imagine a guy breaking into your car, and he steals your guitar case 'cause he thinks it's a guitar, and he gets it home and opens it up and there's a rake inside it, an electric toilet plunger and a dog skull? That actually happened.

~Eugene Chadbourne

Topics: Actually Breaking Car Case Cause Dog Electric Gets Guitar Guy Happened He Home Imagine Inside Opens Skull Steals Thinks Toilet Up You Your

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There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them.

~Eugene Chadbourne

Topics: Because Bridges Building Died Folk Peasants Songs Them

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There's no type of music I don't like. I think it's important to be able to make fun of all types.

~Eugene Chadbourne

Topics: Able Fun Important Like Make Music Think Type Types I Think

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I play these sort of comical instruments I invented, like the electric rake and the electric plunger. I do a lot of almost stand-up comedy material. Just the juxtaposition of the different styles in itself sometimes is funny. Like, I do sort of an acoustic version of 'Purple Haze' that has some bluegrass licks in it.

~Eugene Chadbourne

Topics: Acoustic Almost Bluegrass Comedy Different Different Styles Electric Funny Haze Instruments Invented Itself Just Juxtaposition Like Lot Material Play Purple Some Sometimes Sort Stand-Up Stand-Up Comedy Styles Version

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People love the electric rake. You just hit it or whatever you want to do. You can't play 'Swanee River' on it. You have to just make terrible noise. Occasionally, it will make a sound like a note.

~Eugene Chadbourne

Topics: Electric Hit Just Like Love Make Noise Note Occasionally People Play River Sound Terrible Want Whatever Will You

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I think dissonance in music makes you think. It isn't, 'Oh, that's a pretty melody I can whistle.' You have to sit down and listen to tell it apart from other things.

~Eugene Chadbourne

Topics: Apart Down Listen Makes Melody Music Oh Other Pretty Sit Tell Things Think Whistle You I Think I Can

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I started using contact microphones that you can place on common, ordinary objects, like a rake. I put a microphone on it and it picked up the tines vibrating and turned it into a horrible din. What attracted me to it was the horrible din - that's what I really liked.

~Eugene Chadbourne

Topics: Attracted Common Contact Din Horrible Like Liked Me Microphone Objects Ordinary Picked Place Put Really Started Turned Up Using You

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I want to be taken seriously as the type of musician that plays stuff like an electric rake. I mean, how seriously do you take someone like Spike Jones? They take him pretty seriously - a really good musician who made a great contribution in terms of humor, which is part of what I try to do too.

~Eugene Chadbourne

Topics: Contribution Electric Good Great Him How Humor Like Made Mean Musician Part Plays Pretty Really Seriously Someone Spike Stuff Take Taken Terms Too Try Type Want Which Who You

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Sometimes you have trouble because someone 'likes' your music so much. They follow you around for hours singing little bits of the songs, or just freaking out.

~Eugene Chadbourne

Topics: Around Because Bits Follow Hours Just Likes Little Much Music Out Singing Someone Sometimes Songs Trouble You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: January 4th, 1951

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