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DANIEL JOHNSTON- MORE DISCOVERIES AND COVERIES--76 DJ COVERS

Daniel Johnston and Sparklehorse (Mark Linkhous)--two kindred souls. Mark was very influenced
by Daniel,covered his songs on his albums, kept his memory alive among musicians and did all
he could to spread the legend of Daniel Johnston. Then he spearheaded a great project.

Everyone knows that artists never succeed financially or become famous until after they're
dead. So the idea was to pretend Daniel was dead, make a tribute album in remembrance, and
for the capper, on the album cover Daniel Johnston stands at his own grave holding a bouquet
of flowers, and the tombstone says,"Sorry Entertainer" (double pun as that's a fantastic DJ
song). So Mark produces the album "The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered/Covered," and
it's a success: worried music biz types call up to find out how Daniel died,and suddenly
Daniel is the cause de celebre amongst the cool ones in the music industry, and has been
shown genuine caring and kindness by such luminaries as Jad Fair, The Butthole Surfers,
Yo La Tengo, David Bowie, Beck and many others. He's back, and finally being given the
recognition and respect hisfantastic and enormous outpouring of work so deserve.

I have put this compilation together, working a long, hard time to collect all of these
rarities because Daniel Johnston covers aren't easy to come by since both his catalog and
live performance history are so erratic and outside of the system (and I must say I don't
even have the tiniest fraction here of what's out there: the terrific fans at Daniel's Web
site have identified more than 300 DJ covers! http://www.rejectedunknown.com/covers/covers.htm.
My goal in compiling these was very simple: to get people turned onto Daniel Johnston's
music: both his own recordings, as well a variety of covers by other artists, and go out and
buy it! And secondly, to hear Sparklehorse's music, support him financially, and know what a
generous soul he hasnbeen when he has so little himself. This is my own VERY modest follow
up to Sparklehorse's tribute album. I've tried to use as few commercial recordings as
possible. Where I have used them, it is only as a sampling to whet your appetite to go out
and buy the whole recording.There are plenty of artists who if we don't pay for their latest
release (I'm thinking someone like Mick Jagger here) will not go hungry or without all the
bling he could dream of. Daniel and Mark both risk financial disaster--Daniel because of his
mental illness, and Mark because he simply hasn't figured out how to translate his prodigious
talent into any kind of financial gain. And not only does he not try to gather in the riches
for himself, when he gets the chance, he donates his time and energies for producing a
tribute album to raise money for Daniel. Clearly, a loving and generous soul. In turn, other
artists recently made a tribute album to try to raise money and attention for Sparklehorse
http://slightrecord.org/, but he wanted all the earnings contributed to the Sweet Relief Fund
(for well known musicians like Victoria Williams and Vic Chestnutt who need the financial
help for medical or other ailments).

For both Daniel and Mark, their prospects aren't good without our financial support.
Daniel is very poor, and the same with Sparklehorse (Mark Linkhous). This is from an
interview I read with Mark: 'The singer now admits that his mental state began to fray over
the next four years and that he was convinced that “the world was coming to an end.'
Eventually, concerned friends moved Linkous from his home state of Virginia to a piece of
property they owned in rural North Carolina."

"The house that Linkous currently calls home is so high up in the mountains that if he wants
to drive anywhere, including the studio where he ended up recording much of Dreamt For
Light Years, it takes about an hour. It’s remote proximity, however, didn’t seem like a
hindrance when Linkous arrived in North Carolina a few years back—at the time, he’d become
so crippled by depression and addiction that he genuinely believed he’d never release a
single note of music again. But things changed significantly last year when he began
working on Sparklehorse’s new album with Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton, of Gnarls Barkley,
Gorillaz and The Grey Album fame." In other words, Mark doesn't even have money for his own
home, and it's a crime, IMHO, that one of the most talented and unique singer/songwriters of
his generation would find themselves broke and without a home, and doubting they'd ever make
music again.

For those unfamiliar with Daniel Johnston's work, he is an utterly unqiue singer, songwriter
& painter.He suffers from severe bipolar disease, which has been mostly kept medicallly under
control the past few years. When he was young, and in the midst of a manic episode, he made
his way to Austin, TX,and became one of the most eclectic and popular singers on the scene,
even making it onto MTV twice. However the mental illness worsened, and he spent much of
the ensuing years in and out of mental hospitals. He's been much better during the mid-90's
to present, and his elderly parents have been caring for him his entire life.

However, perhaps because of the unique perspective his mental illness gives him, or perhaps
it's just his gift, his art conveys an honesty,naive and yet very profound idealism. In a
single song, he can despair at the squalor of the world, and in the very next moment
celebrate its beauty and wonder. I heard someone describe it that when you first heard him
you might think it sounds weird, but then it gets so under your skin that you MUST hear it
over and over.That's certainly what happened to me. I first heard it, thought he had a funny
voice but there was something interesting going on, then found myself wanting to hear it over
and over until the genius that is Daniel started opening up to me. He makes it look so easy
and childlike that you could easily miss how absolutely brilliant the lyrics, concepts,
and even his gorgeous piano playing are--he seems like a total self-taught musician,and yet
if you stop expecting to hear the usual type of pop music and just open your ears, you start
hearing how what he came up with on his own is utter genius.

Here's Daniel's current conditions he's living in, taken from a fan web site:
"Daniel's current stable circumstance is at risk as his parents are aging (aged 81 and 82),
and without help, Daniel faces an unfortunate future in his aging years. These musicians and
others whose affinity for Daniel's work has advanced into personal involvement, seek to help
Daniel financially through their contributions to efforts like this Tribute Album. Daniel
benefits directly from the sale of each CD, and from the expanded exposure and renewed
interest in his twenty years of creativity. In addition, all the funds from the sale of art
displayed digitally on the 2nd CD goes directly toward Daniel's long-term housing and care."

I didn't use any of the covers from Discovered/Covered because my intent is that this is a
poor imitation of that, so much better that you buy the original and best, professionaly
produced and sequenced, I guarantee you'll like it alot better! Also, it seemed to be out
of print for awhile, but you can now buy it online on Amazon with no DRM here:
http://www.amazon.com/Late-Great-Daniel-Johnston-Discovered/dp/B000QZXP7O/ref=sr_1_1/102-3656495-5533752?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1192253054&sr=8-1 .
Also, I used a few commercial covers from Kathy McCarthy's DJ Tribute album, "Dead Dog's
Eyeball" in order to introduce people to this wonderful, heartfelt tribute. Kathy's aim
very much was that people know who Daniel was--this was way before the current DJ revival. I
also usedncommercial DJ covers since live/non-commercial DJ covers are hard to come by.
However, I did throw in three live DJ covers of his own songs from a recent concert so you
can hear how he is currently interpreting his own songs. I also included several of his
duet work with Jad Fair (of Half-Japanese, one of Daniel's early and most ardent supporters).
Also,mI included a few commercial Sparklehorse covers,but again, only to expose folks to how
amazing Sparklehorse is, and ask humbly that you go out and buy some of his albums
so he can come down from those inaccessible mountains and tour and join us! I started with a D
DJ song called "The Beatles" so you would understand why he does so many Beatles cover.I also
threw in what I think is one of DJ's best songs ever, Dairy Queen. Every year in the UK
they have a festival that each year a different famous rock star curates. David Bowie is a
big DJ fan, has done several covers of Daniel's, and so invited him to be part of the
festival,the Meltdown festival. Daniel comes through brilliantly, with a heartbreaking, so
real it will make you cry performance, it's thrilling. Finally, paying back the favor of the
tribute album, Daniel Johnston sings "The Most Beautiful World"on Sparklehorse's tribute
album,which I've included as the final song.

It's great in life when people get a second act. Daniel is currently enjoying his as far as
the attention, but he must have the money or he's in trouble when his aged parents can no
longer take care of him. Mark Linkhous is celebrated as one of the greatest musicians and
producers on the American indie scene, and yet he can't afford his own house. So please,
listen to these covers, enjoy the gorgeousness of the music, and then please help these
musicians to pay the rent and put food on the table by paying money for the work they did
that brings you so much pleasure!!!

1) The Beatles 2:24 3.4 MB Lost And Found Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:18 PM Folk 3 10/12/2007 7:53 PM
2) Something's Got A Hold On Me
(Beatles cover) 2:00 1.9 MB It's Spooky Daniel Johnston & Jad Fair 10/6/2007 1:52 AM ƒuƒ‹[ƒX 3 10/12/2007 7:55 PM
3) I saw her standing there (Beatles cover) 7 2:54 2.1 MB Continued Story - Hi, How Are Daniel Johnston 9/26/2007 9:54 PM 3 10/12/2007 7:58 PM
4) Tomorrow Never Knows (Beatles cover) 1:53 1.8 MB Beatles Cover Jad Fair And Daniel Johnston 7/27/2007 11:38 PM Rock 6 10/12/2007 8:00 PM
5) All you need is love - false start
(Beatles cover) 1:12 848.8 KBDaniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:17 PM 2 10/12/2007 8:01 PM
6) It's getting better - false start
(Beatles cover) 0:30 360 KB Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:17 PM 3 10/12/2007 8:01 PM
7) Lucy in the sky - false start
(Beatles cover) 0:36 429.5 KB Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:17 PM 3 10/12/2007 8:02 PM
8) Got to get you into my life -
false start (Beatles cover) 0:44 523.7 KB Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:17 PM 2 10/12/2007 8:03 PM
9) Got to Get You into My Life
(Beatles cover) 4:26 6.2 MB 1990 Daniel johnston 10/10/2007 11:17 PM Rock/Pop 1 10/11/2007 3:22 AM
10) Get back (Beatles cover) 1:34 1.1 MB Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:17 PM
11) Revolution (Beatles cover) 4:03 2.8 MB Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:17 PM
12) One After Nine Oh Nine (Beatles cover) 2:18 1.6 MB Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:17 PM 1 10/12/2007 1:59 AM
13) Speeding Motorcyle Intro 0:52 828.2 KB WFMU - The Daniel Johnston Hour Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:26 PM 2 10/12/2007 1:47 AM
14) Speeding Motorcyle
(Daniel Johnston cover w/Yo La Tengo) 3:06 2.9 MB The Daniel Johnston Hour Daniel Johnston (with Yo La Tengo) 10/10/2007 11:26 PM 2 10/12/2007 1:46 AM
15) More Callers - Oh My Darling
Clementine'
(Traditional American folk cover) 2:26 2.3 MB WFMU - The Daniel Johnston Hour Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:18 PM 2 10/11/2007 2:41 AM
16) Daniel Johnston Must Be Destroyed!!!'
(Definitely a Daniel original!) 1:14 1.2 MB WFMU - The Daniel Johnston Hour Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:17 PM 2 10/11/2007 2:42 AM
17) 'Casper the Friendly Ghost Intro'
(Daniel Johnston cover) 0:12 198 KB WFMU - The Daniel Johnston Hour Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:19 PM 3 10/12/2007 1:47 AM
18) Casper the Friendly Ghost
(Daniel Johnston cover w/Yo La Tengo) 1:34 1.5 MB The Daniel Johnston Hour Daniel Johnston (with Yo La Tengo) 10/10/2007 11:17 PM 2 10/11/2007 2:36 AM
19) 'Fool on the Hill Intro'
(Beatles cover) 0:50 798.2 KB The Daniel Johnston Hour Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:18 PM 2 10/11/2007 2:37 AM
20) Fool on the Hill
(Beatles cover w/Yo La Tengo) 0:45 718.2 KB The Daniel Johnston Hour Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:18 PM 2 10/11/2007 2:38 AM
21) I Will (Beatles cover) 1:23 1.6 MB More Songs of Pain Daniel Johnston 9/28/2007 2:24 AM Alternative & Punk 3 10/6/2007 6:54 PM
22) 'Whispering Hope Intro'
(Traditional hymnal) 0:43 678.2 KB The Daniel Johnston Hour Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:17 PM 1 10/11/2007 1:02 AM
23) Whispering Hope (Traditional hymnal)5:23 5 MB The Daniel Johnston Hour Daniel Johnston (with Yo La Tengo) 10/10/2007 11:17 PM 1 10/11/2007 1:07 AM
24) 'Band Intro' WFMU DJ
25) Unpack Your Adjectives (School House Rock!, sung by Daniel)
26) Let the Sun Shine In - Goodbye
(Fifth Dimension cover) 2:37 2.5 MB WFMU - The Daniel Johnston Hour Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:18 PM 1 10/11/2007 2:45 AM
27) Devil Town 1:48 1.7 MB Southgate House, Newport, KY- May 11, 2007 Daniel Johnston 10/6/2007 7:27 PM 1 10/6/2007 7:32 PM
28) Living Life 2:23 2.2 MB Southgate House, Newport, KY- May 11, 2007 Daniel Johnston 10/6/2007 7:27 PM 1 10/6/2007 7:31 PM
29) True Love Will Find You in the End 2:10 2 MB Southgate House, Newport, KY- May 11, 2007 Daniel Johnston 10/6/2007 7:27 PM 2 10/6/2007 8:22 PM
30) Dairy Queen 3:05 2.2 MB Daniel Johnston David Bowie MELTDOWN 2002 Daniel Johnston David Bowie 7/25/2007 11:39 PM 12 10/10/2007 5:54 PM
31) fly me to the moon (very *unique* Frank Sinatra cover) 3:36 3.4 MB Lost Recordings Volume 2 [MC] Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:18 PM 4 10/12/2007 1:51 AM
32) Danny Don't Rapp (halfway through
sings his own version of
Don McClean's "Vincent") 2:53 2.7 MB Yip/Jump Music Daniel Johnston 10/2/2007 9:28 PM Other 1 10/11/2007 3:31 AM
33) Ruby Tuesday (Rolling Stones cover) 3:32 3.3 MB Lucky Sperms: Somewhat Humors Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:18 PM Pop 2 10/12/2007 1:54 AM
34) Zipadeedoodah
(Music: Allie Wrubel,lyrics:
Ray Gilbert) 2:46 2.6 MB Lost Recordings Volume 1 [MC] Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:18 PM Other 1 10/11/2007 3:01 AM
35) Rudolph the reindeer
(Daniel Johnston cover) 3:31 4.9 MB reindeers Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:18 PM Blues 1 10/11/2007 3:05 AM
36) Seasons in the Sun
(Terry Jacks cover) 4:52 5.9 MB Hyperjinx Tricycle Daniel Johnston And Jad Fair 10/10/2007 11:18 PM Other 1 10/11/2007 3:09 AM
37) Wild Thing (Troggs cover) 2:10 3 MB Danny and the Nightmares Danny and the Nightmares 10/10/2007 11:18 PM Rock 1 10/11/2007 3:11 AM
38) What The World Needs Now
(Burt Bacharach/Hal David cover) 3:02 2.8 MB Daniel Johnston & Jad Fair - 9/30/2007 12:33 AM 2 10/11/2007 3:14 AM
39) Softly and Tenderly
(Traditional hymnal) 4:50 6.7 MB 1990 Daniel johnston 10/10/2007 11:17 PM Rock/Pop 1 10/11/2007 3:28 AM
40) Heartbreak Hotel
(Elvis Presley cover) 2:15 2.1 MB 1985 Respect Daniel johnston 10/10/2007 11:17 PM Rock indé 2 10/11/2007 3:24 AM
41) Casper the Friendly Ghost
(Daniel Johnston cover) 3:10 2.2 MB Keith Morris 10/12/2007 6:44 PM
42) True Love Will Find You In The End 1:33 1.5 MB Meathook Hannah Fury 10/12/2007 6:50 PM Rock 1 10/12/2007 6:52 PM
43) I'm Gonna Buy Me A Car (Daniel Johnston cover, Shand Walton)
44) I'm a Song (Daniel Johnston cover, Gerry Nobody)
45) Some Things Last a Long Time
(Daniel Johnston cover) 5:13 3.6 MB The Normal Years Built To Spill 7/25/2007 5:58 PM 3 10/12/2007 2:12 AM
46) Devil Town (Daniel Johnston cover) 4:04 2.8 MB Who Dug Bellfast? 10/12/2007 1:27 AM
47) Walking the Cow (Dan iel Johnston cover) 3:04 2.9 MB A Camp A Camp 10/9/2007 2:23 PM Rock 2 10/12/2007 2:17 AM
48) Speeding Motorcycle
(Daniel Johnston cover) 4:27 9.1 MB Truckload Of Trouble The Pastels 10/6/2007 11:04 PM Rock 2 10/12/2007 2:21 AM
49) My Yoke Is Heavy
(Daniel Johnston cover) 3:31 6.5 MB Distorted Ghost EP Sparklehorse 10/6/2007 7:46 PM 1 10/12/2007 2:24 AM
50) To Go Home (Daniel Johnston cover) 4:09 9.6 MB Re-Animation Festival Groovie Ghoulies 10/9/2007 8:07 PM Rock 1 10/12/2007 2:03 AM
51) Like A Monkey In A Zoo
(Daniel Johnston cover) 2:41 2.6 MB Dead Dog's Eyeball - Songs Of Daniel Johnston Kathy McCarty 10/6/2007 6:48 PM Rock 3 10/12/2007 2:29 AM
52) Speeding Motorcycle
53) Walking the Cow
(Daniel Johnston cover) 3:28 4 MB Pearl Jam 7/28/2007 11:33 PM Rock 4 10/12/2007 2:35 AM
54) True Love Will Find You In The End
(session) (Daniel Johnston cover) 2:26 2.3 MB Peel session (4th Dec 2002) THE LOVES 7/29/2007 1:38 AM 4 10/6/2007 8:26 PM
55) Deviltown (Daniel Johnston cover) 0:54 1.7 MB Monster Club Groovie Ghoulies 10/9/2007 8:05 PM Rock 1 10/12/2007 2:04 AM
56) Living Life (Daniel Johnston cover) 2:35 2.5 MB Dead Dog's Eyeball - Songs Of Daniel Johnston Kathy McCarty 10/6/2007 6:52 PM Rock 1 10/6/2007 7:02 PM
57) Hey, Joe (Daniel Johnston cover) 3:06 4.3 MB Good Morning Spider Sparklehorse 9/29/2007 10:24 PM Indie 2 9/30/2007 5:11 PM
58) Walking the Cow
(Daniel Johnston cover) 3:30 3.3 MB Acoustic Set Pearl Jam 10/4/2007 9:45 PM Acoustic 2 10/9/2007 2:33 PM
59) True Love Will Find You in the End
(Daniel Johnston cover) 3:51 3.6 MB Shot in the Arm single Wilco 7/30/2007 1:52 AM 7 10/10/2007 6:00 PM
60) Honey I Sure Miss You 2:40 1.9 MB The Danksworth Orchestra 10/12/2007 6:47 PM 1 10/12/2007 6:49 PM
61) Living life (Daniel Johnston cover) 2:26 3.4 MB Eels with Strings Tour - The Collection Eels 8/2/2007 9:37 PM 1 10/6/2007 6:59 PM
62) Some Things Last a Long Time
(daniel johnston cover) 4:40 4.3 MB Eternal Sunshine of the Spottless Mind Beck 9/28/2007 2:47 AM Alternative 3 10/6/2007 7:19 PM
63) Sorry Entertainer
(Daniel Johnston cover) 3:12 3 MB Dead Dog's Eyeball - Songs Of Daniel Johnston Kathy McCarty 10/6/2007 6:52 PM Rock 1 10/6/2007 7:24 PM
64) To Go Home (Daniel Johnston cover) 3:53 3.6 MB M. Ward 7/28/2007 10:05 PM 1 10/9/2007 5:25 PM
65) Speeding Motorcycle
(Daniel Johnston cover) 3:24 3.2 MB Fakebook Yo La Tengo 7/29/2007 2:23 AM Rock 1 10/9/2007 5:21 PM
66) True Love Will Find You In the End
(Daniel Johnston cover) 2:02 1.9 MB Hospital Music Matthew Good 9/26/2007 10:37 PM P 5 10/6/2007 8:24 PM
67) Blue clouds (Daniel Johnston cover) 3:00 2.8 MB Tsubasa chronicles - 7/29/2007 2:01 AM 3 10/6/2007 6:53 PM
68) Some Things Last A Long Time
(Daniel Johnston cover) 2:20 2.2 MB The Band That Would Be King Half Japanese 9/30/2007 5:15 PM Post-Punk 2 10/6/2007 7:14 PM
69) true love will find you in the end
(Daniel Johnston cover) 4:02 3.8 MB Milky Wimpshake 7/28/2007 10:24 PM 4 10/9/2007 5:31 PM
70) Walking The Cow
(Daniel Johnston cover) 3:41 3.4 MB firehose - 7/26/2007 5:46 PM 3 10/9/2007 2:30 PM
71) Live and let die
(Daniel's own medley of his songs
mixed in with covers) 3:23 4.7 MB Why me? Daniel Johnston 10/10/2007 11:18 PM misc
72) West Of Rome(Daniel Johnston cover) Sparklehorse
73) Almost Got Knocked Down By a Truck
(Daniel Johnston cover) 3:18 2.3 MB Album Duncan Millard 10/12/2007 1:27 AM Blues 4 10/11/2007 2:39 AMWest Of Rome(Daniel Johnston cover) 5:43 5.3 MB Sparklehorse 7/29/2007 12:42 AM 2 10/9/2007 2:42 PM
74) Speeding Motorcycle 3:30 2.9 MB Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo Daniel Johnston & Yo La Tengo 7/26/2007 1:08 AM Lo-Fi 4 10/1/2007 9:31 PM
75) Devil Town (Daniel Johnston cover) 3:59 5.5 MB Petra Haden Benefit (11-26-00) Beck 9/28/2007 3:28 AM Unknown 2 9/29/2007 11:56 PM
76) Most Beautiful Widow 4:18 3.3 MB That Horse Yonder : The Songs of Sparklehorse Danny & The Nightmares 10/12/2007 8:33 PM Easy Listening

Various Artists - Daniel Johnston Covers (2008)

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