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What is Daniel Johnston?

A musical genius and a great artist with bi polar disorder. His music is characterized by simple guitar/piano and painfully direct lyrics. A lot His early works in the 80's is recorded on a sanyo boombox. His biggest influence is the Beatles.

Mike: Hey Bob Dylan was cool but was he cool enough to make money on lo-fi cheap cassettes
larry: Yeah Daniel Johnston is way cool

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Daniel Johnston - what is it?

Musician and artist who suffers from Bipolar Disorder. Has a cult following, but achieved little commercial success. His music is marked by profound emotion.

"Remember when Kurt Cobain wore that Daniel Johnston shirt? More famous people should do that."

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