"So I wanted to let you know the long awaited "Duck Chad" is now out, this collection includes the first of my collaborations with pianist Brian Jackson, recorded live at Tonic, some tracks with a Captain Beefheart cover band [Doctor Dark], several tracks including a Nick Drake cover recorded analog on vintage equipment in the middle of the Schwabish countryside, new collaborations with Frank Pahl and the song so many people are going wild over, especially little children whose parents play Chadbourne CDs, "Cheney's Hunting Ducks."-Eugene Chadbourne

1. one of these things first (nick drake)
2. grey (chadbourne)
3. veterans' day poppy (van vliet)
4. plastic factory (van vliet)
5. if i were king of the forest (harburg, allen)
6. cheney's hunting ducks (chadbourne)
7. lyndy (chadbourne)
8. pursuance (john coltrane)
9. legend of bebop (ornette coleman)
10. rattler (traditional)
11. old piano (chadbourne)
12. lady day and john coltrane (gil scott heron / brian jackson)
13. ruins of our own
14. sleeping through concerts
15. encore

House of Chadula 2005

Recorded by Werner Notzel at Metabolismus Studios, Germany / tracks 3 & 4  12/5 2004 'cafe nine' New Haven, CT.  with doctor dark / Tonic, NYC /
Wyandotte, Michigan (by Frank Pahl) / Dali Museum - Stt. Petersburg, FL

Eugene Chadbourne-guitars, banjo, vocals
Hansjoerg Greiner: guitar  1,2
Dietmar Koehle: bass  1,2
Doctor Dark  3,4
Schroeder-drums 1,2
Brian Jackson-piano 5
Frank Pahl: organ 13,14
Joel Peterson: bass 13,14
Bill Saunders-drums, vocals
Joe Nolan-electric guitar
Travis Moody-acoustic guitar
Peter Brunelli-bass guitar
Steve Chillemi-drums, percussion
Han Bennink-drums 9,10,11,12,15