The Story of an Artist: A Daniel Johnston blog

Episode Five

(Taken from the Munster Records box set sleeve notes) SONGS OF PAIN (From Wikipedia: source chosen as an example of the type of information on Daniel Johnston that is readily available) Songs Of Pain was recorded in 1980 and 1981, and handed out to friends by Johnston. It was rereleased on cassette by Stress Records in…

Episode Four

(Excerpt from Daniel Johnston interview, 2010) What made you want to move away from West Virginia? “Well, I got into some trouble with the law. They told us we couldn’t stay in West Virginia so we had to move so we came down to Texas.” And why did you choose Texas? “Well because all my…


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