Track Listing
1. Why Kids Go to School
2. Nightmare on Helms St.
3. Cop Died For Golf Course
4. Memories of the Schonee
5. List Is Too Long, The
6. Dirty Harry
7. Big Brave Hunter
8. Sword & Shield
9. Lonnie's Lament
10. People With Too Much
11. They Warned Me Not to Go to Africa
12. Waltz Across Texas / The Shah Sleeps In Lee Harvey's Grave
13. Bricks of Gold
14. Don't Ask Don't Tell
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Brian Ritchie, Charles Tyler, Jimmy Carl Black, Jonathan Segel, Red Clay Ramblers, Victor De Lorenzo | | Producer: | Eugene Chadbourne | | Distributor: | n/a | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Eugene Chadbourne (various instruments); Molly Chadbourne (vocals); Rick Bishop, Greg Lisher (guitar); Joe Conroy (zither, koto, violin); Don Helms (pedal steel); Chris Turner (harmonica); David Stilley (clarinet, oboe, electric bass); Walter Malli (soprano saxophone); Charles Tyler (baritone saxophone); Paul Lyman, Scott Hallgren (piano); Graham Connah, Jonathan Segel (organ); Michael Rhodes, Ken Card, Brian Ritchie, Alan Bishop, Victor Krummenacher (bass); Kenny Malone (drums, Indian shakers); Mike Crouch, Chris Pederson, Charlie Goucher, Victor De Lorenzo (drums); Jimmy Carl Black, David Licht (percussion); Robin James (turntables); The Sun City Girls.
The Red Clay Ramblers: Tommy Thompson (vocals, banjo); Jim Watson (mandolin); Clay Buckner (violin); Jack Herricjk (trumpet, bass); Mike Craver (piano).
Producers include: Eugene Chadbourne, Karl Straub, Jason Stelluto.
Engineers include: Dave Neitzke, John Zorn.
Includes liner notes by Eugene Chadbourne.
This release was billed as one volume in "Dr. Eugene Chadbourne's New Archive Of Insanity." As a response to the lament that most of his dozens and dozens of releases prior to 1993 were out-of-print, this 1996 CD roamed freely through assorted projects from the previous decades. From free jazz to protest songs, BARBER SHOP touches on familiar Chadbourne strains and approaches. The songs feature a wide range of accompanying musicians, including Nashville session musicians, his daughter Molly, Violent Femmes members Brian Ritchie and Victor De Lorenzo (with whom he recorded a couple albums in the eighties), and a handful of then-Camper Van Beethoven members (who had previously collaborated on full albums with Chadbourne). Recorded in a variety of studio settings, some sharp and clear, others gleefully diving into lower fidelity, the set is well sequenced and is a fine entry point into Chadbourne's vast output.
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