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…
