Daniel Johnston is an American singer and songwriter perhaps most famous for recording his songs on a boombox or for his requited love songs which he has performed on keyboard or guitar singing in his southern tenor voice. His music has been acclaimed by Kurt Cobain, Sonic Youth, and Matt Groening. Being from Austin, Texas, some times some of his songs are even spiritual. One of Johnston's more famous songs is the one he did for Grammer Rock. Also of mention is that not only is Johnston an outsider musician but he also is an outsider artist and his T-shirt "Hi How Are You" got national exposure when it was worn by Kurt Cobain.

Discography

  • Songs of Pain (Stress Records, 1980) cassette
  • The What of Whom (Stress Records, 1982) cassette
  • Don't Be Scared (Stress Records, 1982) cassette
  • More Songs of Pain (Stress Records, 1983) cassette
  • Yip Jump Music (Stress Records, 1983) cassette
  • Hi, How Are You (Stress Records, 1983) cassette
  • The Lost Recordings (Stress Records, 1983) cassette
  • The Lost Recordings II (Stress Records, 1983) cassette
  • Retired Boxer (Stress Records, 1984) cassette
  • Respect (Stress Records, 1985) cassette, 10"
  • with Texas Instruments: Continued Story (Stress Records, 1985) cassette
  • Merry Christmas (Stress Records, 1988) cassette
  • with Jad Fair: It's Spooky (50 Skidillion Watts, 1989)
  • Continued Story/Hi, how are you? (Homestead, 1989)
  • Yip/Jump Music (Homestead, 1989)
  • Live at South by Southwest (Stress Records, 1990) cassette
  • 1990 (Shimmy Disc, 1990)
  • Artistic Voice (Shimmy Disc, 1991)
  • Please Don't Feed The Ego (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 1994)
  • Fun (Atlantic, 1994)
  • with Ron English and Jack Medicine: Hyperjinx Tricycle (Important Records, 2000)
  • Rejected Unknown (Gammon Records, 2001)
  • Fear Yourself (Gammon Records, 2003)
  • The Early Recordings of Daniel Johnston Volume 1 (Dualtone, 2003)

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