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Chadbourne Country: A Rake 'N' Roll Hybrid

Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 1985

"PEOPLE HAVE said to me, 'You could be as good on guitar as Al Di Meola if you quit screwing around,'" says Eugene Chadbourne. "Well, that's Al Di Meola's job, to come on stage and not screw around and not smile or anything. But mine, I do something different."

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