Eugene Chadbourne
#82,133
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American musician and music critic
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Communications
#5193
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#7239
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#2267
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Journalism
#772
World Rank
#877
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#495
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Why Is Eugene Chadbourne Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Eugene Chadbourne is an American banjoist, guitarist and music critic. Life and career Chadbourne was born in Mount Vernon, New York, but grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He started playing guitar when he was eleven or twelve, inspired by the Beatles and hoping to get the attention of girls. Although he was drawn to Jimi Hendrix and played in a garage band, he found rock and pop music too conventional. He gravitated to the avant-garde jazz of Anthony Braxton and Derek Bailey. Braxton persuaded Chadbourne to abandon his intention to enter journalism and instead pursue music.
