Daniel Johnston

Daniel Johnston is prolific. There are a lot of Daniel Johnston albums I find no merit in but some of them have become my favorites. I especially recommend Songs of Shame and The What of Whom. This song comes from his 1981 tape, recorded in his bedroom, Songs of Shame. Daniel Johnston is a very interesting character. He is manic depressive, obsessed with the devil, and a song writing genius. There is no way I could summarize him in a blog post. Look into him if you find this music suits you as well as it suits myself. There is an excellent and somewhat recent documentary on him called The Devil and Daniel Johnston that may be easily procured from the library or any fine independent record store. This album, Songs of Shame, has no relation to the Woods album I mentioned in my a recent post although their having referenced Daniel Johnston in their album title is highly probable. I'm not sure.

WOODS

I'm getting a guitar because of this song. Definitely pick up this album, Songs of Shame, by the most marvelous Woods or Woods Family Creeps.