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RIP Daniel Johnston

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RIP Daniel Johnston
September 11, 2019 07:53PM

Registered: 14 years ago
Posts: 759

[www.thedailybeast.com]

I still remember seeing his tapes advertised in now-defunct zines like Factsheet Five and Option.

Very difficult to not cry today.

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Michael Toland

Re: RIP Daniel Johnston
September 11, 2019 08:02PM

Registered: 21 years ago
Posts: 4,796

Dan was not only a beloved Austin institution, but also my boss's longtime management client. He's gutted.

Dan was on Austin City Limits once, as a guest of the Swell Season, performing "Love in Vain" with a children's choir. We're digging it out of the archive now to post on the ACL social media. It's a beautiful thing. I'll post it here once it's up.

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Michael Toland

Re: RIP Daniel Johnston
September 11, 2019 09:00PM

Registered: 21 years ago
Posts: 4,796

Daniel Johnston with the Swell Season and the Conspirare Children's Choir doing "Life in Vain."

Here.

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the 801

Re: RIP Daniel Johnston
September 11, 2019 11:42PM

Registered: 5 years ago
Posts: 189

That was incredibly moving and poignant. Thank you.

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HollowbodyKay

Re: RIP Daniel Johnston
September 12, 2019 01:17AM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 2,678

Don't be sad (I know you will).

RIP

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MrFab

Re: RIP Daniel Johnston
September 12, 2019 01:36AM

Registered: 21 years ago
Posts: 3,123

I was fortunate to see him live in ‘06:

[musicformaniacs.blogspot.com]

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Aitch

Re: RIP Daniel Johnston
September 12, 2019 04:08AM

Registered: 20 years ago
Posts: 2,160

The thing that occurs to me is no one quite like that had existed before and then many did after.

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zwirnm

Re: RIP Daniel Johnston
September 12, 2019 11:50AM

Registered: 6 years ago
Posts: 680

It's been a really bad stretch for cult songwriters with mental health issues - Roky Erickson, Dan Berman, Neal Casal, and now Daniel Johnston

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Familyman

Re: RIP Daniel Johnston
September 12, 2019 01:07PM

Registered: 18 years ago
Posts: 121

Trouser Press gets a nod in the NY Times obituary for Johnson: [www.nytimes.com].

"In 1991, Mr. Johnston made a joint album with Jad Fair of the band Half Japanese, who had cultivated a similar reputation as an eccentric. But by comparison, the rock guide Trouser Press noted, Mr. Fair “seems about as offbeat as an insurance salesman,” as Mr. Johnston muttered “Poor you, no one understands you” in a warped, ghostlike voice."