Daniel Johnston

Which do you believe first – the singer, the song or the listener? With most songwriters, the words and melody are an act, a cloak they fling around themselves to keep the crowds entertained. Yet with Daniel Johnston it seems as if the Texan musician is offering up a part of himself. Perhaps it is his lengthy back story. Recording songs on a boom box Johnston would hand out cassettes in the street, hoping to get his big break. Obsessed with true love and The Beatles, Daniel Johnston ha

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