What is all the fuss about Daniel Johnston?
Daniel Johnston is without question a key poet and songwriter of his generation. His music is covered by artists in a broad range of music genre, and a simple pencil drawing of his art can easily draw over $100. But if you are reading this FAQ question, it may be that you are unaccustomed to the raw, sometimes disastrous, but always hypnotizing performances of an untrained, unpolished Daniel Johnston. Over the years it has become apparent that his fans appreciate the faltering but heart-wrenching portrayals that only he can do. He is credited with igniting the “low-fidelity” music of the 1980s, and is typically counted as a key figure in the “indie”, “Lo-Fi”, and “alternate rock” genre. If you can’t get past the faltering voice and asymmetric lyrics of Daniel, you may not be a part of the audience who loves music as Daniel does – not written “for” a music industry, but for himself. He appeals to those who share the love as art as a passion and not an enterprise. If you want to understa
