January 4 - 1954: Dr. Eugene Chadbourne; 1950: Robert Dick
Dr. Eugene Chadbourne, 1954, Mount Vernon, NY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Chadbourne
Two doctors come to the Substack today indirectly: first Dr. Eugene Chadbourne, whose Dylanesque never ending tours recently found him playing with Jon Rose in Australia, the latter being the editor of three tomes on the late Dr. Johannes Rosenberg and of course, a half-fourth in the form of my reviewing the third book in that series.
If all of the New Music America alumni documented themselves as well as Monsieur Chadbourne has done, my job would be not only a lot easier, but might actually generate a profit, but that’s another world of possibilities.
Eugene Chadbourne performed thrice at the New Music Americas, and I only saw him once via the festival, though I did…