
Artist
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston is a musical artist from Sacramento, California, USA formed in 1978. 39 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Sacramento, California, USA
- 39
- Releases
- 1980–2024
- Active years
- 1978
- Formed

Artist
Daniel Johnston is a musical artist from Sacramento, California, USA formed in 1978. 39 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Sacramento, California, USA

Most popular
Hi, How Are You
1983 · 15 tracks

Fun
1994

1990
1990

Songs of Pain
1980

Don't Be Scared
1982

Yip/Jump Music
1983

Artistic Vice
1991

Fear Yourself
2003

Rejected Unknown
1999

Lost and Found
2006

Retired Boxer
1984

More Songs of Pain
1983

Continued Story
1985

The What of Whom
1982

Respect
1985

Is and Always Was
2009

Merry Christmas
1988
1979 Tapes
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Daniel Johnston at Home Live
2013

Space Ducks
2013
Beam Me Up!
2010
Retired Boxer/Respect
2006

Welcome to My World
2006
Welcome to My World: The Music of Daniel Johnston
2006

Why Me (Live Volksbühne Berlin)
2005
The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered
2004

White Magic
2004
The Lucky Sperms: Somewhat Humorous
2001

Frankenstein Love (Live)
1992

Live at SXSW
1990
Continued Story / Hi, How Are You
1989
It's Spooky
1989

The Lost Recordings II
1983

The Lost Recordings
1983
Daniel Dale Johnston (born January 22, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist. Johnston was the subject of the 2006 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He currently lives in Waller, Texas. Johnston has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Both conditions have been recurring problems throughout his life. Johnston's musical work gained some notoriety when he moved to Austin, Texas. Johnston began to attract the attention of the local press and gained a following augmented in numbers by his habit of handing out tapes to people he met. Live performances were well-attended and hotly anticipated. In 1990, Johnston played at a music festival in Austin, Texas. On the way back to West Virginia on a small, private two-seater plane piloted by his father Bill, Johnston had a manic episode believing he was Casper the Friendly Ghost and removed the key from the plane's ignition and threw it out of the plane. His father, a former Air Force pilot, managed to successfully crash-land the plane, even though "there was nothing down there but trees". Although the plane was destroyed, Johnston and his father emerged with only minor injuries. As a resul…