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Daniel Johnston (Daniel Dale Johnston) was born on 22 January, 1961 in Sacramento, California, U.S., is an American musician (1961–2019). Discover Daniel Johnston's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

Popular As Daniel Dale Johnston
Occupation Musician singer-songwriter visual artist
Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 22 January 1961
Birthday 22 January
Birthplace Sacramento, California, U.S.
Date of death c. September 11, 2019
Died Place Waller, Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1922

He was the youngest of five children of William Dale "Bill" Johnston (1922–2017) and Mabel Ruth Voyles Johnston (1923–2010).

1961

Daniel Dale Johnston (January 22, 1961 – c. September 11, 2019) was an American singer, musician and artist regarded as a significant figure in outsider, lo-fi, and alternative music scenes.

Most of his work consisted of cassettes recorded alone in his home, and his music was frequently cited for its "pure" and "childlike" qualities.

Johnston spent extended periods in psychiatric institutions and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

1970

He began recording music in the late 1970s on a $59 Sanyo monaural boombox, singing and playing piano as well as the chord organ.

Following graduation from Oak Glen High School, Johnston spent a few weeks at Abilene Christian University in West Texas before dropping out.

He later attended the art program at Kent State University, East Liverpool, during which he recorded Songs of Pain and More Songs of Pain.

1980

He garnered a local following in the 1980s by passing out tapes of his music while working at a McDonald's in Dobie Center in Austin, Texas.

1983

His cult status was propelled when Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was seen wearing a T-shirt that featured the artpiece "Jeremiah the Innocent" from Johnston's 1983 cassette album Hi, How Are You.

Johnston also created visual art, and his illustrations were exhibited at galleries around the world.

1984

In 1984, Johnston took a job at McDonald's and passed out tapes in the store.

When Johnston moved to Austin, Texas, he 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.

1985

His local standing led to him being featured in a 1985 episode of the MTV program The Cutting Edge featuring performers from Austin's "New Sincerity" music scene.

1988

In 1988, Johnston visited New York City and recorded 1990 with producer Mark Kramer at his Noise New York studio.

It was Johnston's first experience in a professional recording environment after a decade of releasing home-made cassette recordings.

1989

In 1989, he released the album It's Spooky in collaboration with singer Jad Fair of the band Half Japanese.

1990

His mental health further deteriorated during the making of 1990.

In 1990, Johnston played at a music festival in Austin, Texas.

On the way back to West Virginia on a private two-seater plane piloted by his father Bill, Johnston had a manic psychotic episode; believing he was Casper the Friendly Ghost, Johnston removed the key from the plane's ignition and threw it outside.

His father, a former U.S. 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 result of this episode, Johnston was involuntarily committed to a mental hospital.

Interest in Johnston increased when Kurt Cobain was frequently photographed wearing a T-shirt featuring the cover image of Johnston's album Hi, How Are You that music journalist Everett True had given to him.

1993

Cobain listed Yip/Jump Music as one of his favorite albums in his journal, in 1993.

Despite Johnston's having been a resident in a mental hospital at the time, there was a bidding war to sign him.

He refused to sign a multi-album deal with Elektra Records because Metallica was on the label's roster and he was convinced that they were Satanic and would hurt him, also dropping his longtime manager, Jeff Tartakov, in the process.

In 1993, the Sound Exchange record store in Austin, Texas, commissioned Johnston to paint a mural of the Hi, How Are You? frog (also known as "Jeremiah the Innocent") from the album's cover.

1994

Ultimately he signed with Atlantic Records in February 1994 and that September released Fun, produced by Paul Leary of Butthole Surfers.

It was a commercial failure.

1996

In June 1996, Atlantic dropped Johnston from the label.

2003

After the record store closed in 2003, the building remained unoccupied until 2004 when the Mexican grill franchise Baja Fresh took ownership and decided that they would remove the wall that held the mural.

A group of people who lived in the neighborhood convinced the managers and contractors to keep the mural intact.

2005

His struggles with mental illness were the subject of the 2005 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston.

2018

In 2018, the building housed a Thai restaurant called "Thai, How Are You".

2019

He died in 2019 of a suspected heart attack.

Johnston was born in Sacramento, California, and grew up in New Cumberland, West Virginia.

2020

Thai, How Are You closed business permanently in January 2020.

In April 2023 the building was razed, but the wall with the mural was left standing.

The owner said that there were no current plans for development, but that the wall would be integrated into any future designs.