Monday, 20 October 2025

Eugene Chadbourne & Evan Johns "Terror Has Some Strange Kinfolk" 1992

Hillbilly hijinks meets crazed city slicker, and boy do them fellas rock! Ex-Shockabilly protest folkster meets deranged rockabilly guitarist for a little Deliverance-style backwoods shenanigans.
Terror Has Some Strange Kinfolk, the second collaboration between Eugene Chadbourne and Evan Johns, is an avant-roots satire of white trash culture that leads off with a sort-of Billy Ray Cyrus cover called "Achey Rakey Heart" (played in part on an electric rake, of course) and goes on to tackle subjects like underage drinking, trains and George Bush. Despite self-explanatory song titles like "Redneck Jazz" and "Killbillies," however, the record's tone is more affectionate than spiteful; Chadbourne's nasal twang and Johns' whiskey-and-cigarettes growl complement one another nicely, and both gentlemen seem to be having a ball. - Review by Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Musicians:
Eugene Chadbourne: Guitars, Banjo, Charango, Vocals, Electric Rake / Evan Johns: Guitars, Steel Percussion, Vocals, C Melody Sax, Auto Harp / Buggs Coombs: Bass, Vocals, Guitar / Mike Buck: Drums, Percussion

trax:
1. Achey Rakey Heart 2. Redneck Jazz 3. Sail My Ship Alone 4. I Gotta Pee 5. I Cut the Wrong Man 6. George Bush's Bones Jig 7. Desert Storm Chewing Gum 8. Let 'Em Drink While They're Young 9. Mister Jones 10. Missing Engineer 11. Killbillies 12. Got the Blues & Can't Be Satisfied 13. Checkers of Blood 14. There Was Gloom 15. Land of Use to Be 16. Living in the Country

3 comments:

RYP said...

Eugene Chadbourne & Evan Johns "Terror Has Some Strange Kinfolk" 1992
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Anonymous said...

Thanks! I'm loving the Evan Johns music!
Any chance of posting "Love is Murder"?
Thanks again!

Anonymous said...

Thanks!!