Daniel Johnston

Quick Facts

Full Name	Daniel Johnston
Occupation	Folk Singer
Date Of Birth	Jan 22, 1961(1961-01-22)
Age	63
Date Of Death	2019-09-11
Birthplace	Sacramento
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Capricorn

Daniel Johnston Biography

Daniel Johnston is one of the most popular and richest Folk Singer who was born on January 22, 1961 in Sacramento, California, United States. Singer-songwriter who was featured as a character in documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He was famous for his emotional and ferocious lyrics in songs like “True Love Will Find You in the End” and “Walking the Cow.”

Nirvana musician Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain was often seen sporting a t-shirt with the frog image of “Hi, How Are You?” that Johnston drew on it. was often seen wearing an t-shirt featuring the frog illustration from “Hi, How Are You?” that Johnston did on the shirt.

Daniel Dale Johnston (January 22, 1961 – c. September 11, 2019) was an American singer-songwriter and visual 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 schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. He gathered a local following in the 1980s by passing out tapes of his music while working at a McDonald’s in Austin, Texas. His cult status was propelled when Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain was seen wearing a T-shirt that featured artwork from Johnston’s 1983 album Hi, How Are You.

He was briefly enrolled at Kent State University before pursuing the music industry.

Daniel Johnston Net Worth

Daniel Johnston is one of the richest Folk Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Daniel Johnston 's net worth $600 Thousand. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born at New Cumberland, West Virginia with his four older siblings.

The artist was known as a visualist famous for his drawing of a frog and his phrases “Hi, How Are You?” on the front cover on one of his most well-known albums. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Johnston was born in Sacramento, California, and grew up in New Cumberland, West Virginia. He was the youngest of five children of William Dale “Bill” Johnston (1922–2017) and Mabel Ruth Voyles Johnston (1923–2010). 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 the East Liverpool campus of Kent State University, during which he recorded Songs of Pain and More Songs of Pain.

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Who is Daniel Johnston Dating?

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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 gave him. Cobain listed Yip/Jump Music as one of his favorite albums in his journal in 1993. In spite of Johnston being 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. 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. In June 1996, Atlantic dropped Johnston from the label.

Facts & Trivia

Daniel Ranked on the list of most popular Folk Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Daniel Johnston celebrates birthday on January 22 of every year.

Beyond music, Johnston was accomplished as a visual artist, with his illustrations exhibited at various galleries around the world. In 2005, his struggles with mental illness was the subject of the documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He died in 2019 of what is suspected to have been a heart attack.

Was Daniel Johnston a schizophrenic?

Starting In 1988, and into the early ’90s during the recording of his first studio produced albums, Johnston’s mental health suffered, and he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

How old is Daniel Johnston?

58 years (1961–2019)

Who influenced Daniel Johnston?

And Cobain was far from the only one who frequently named Johnston as an influence. Tom Waits, Beck, TV on the Radio, Eels, Bright Eyes, Death Cab for Cutie, The Flaming Lips and Henry Rollins have all sung Johnston’s praises over the years.

Who has covered Daniel Johnston?

• The Dead Milkmen – “Rocketship” (1987) …
• P – “I Save Cigarette Butts” (1995) …
• Wilco – “True Love Will Find You In The End” (1999) …
• Sparklehorse – “My Yoke Is Heavy” (2000) …
• Tom Waits – “King Kong” (2004)

What was Daniel Johnston's condition?

Daniel Johnston was diagnosed as manic-depressive or with bipolar disorder. He was a creative young man who was a songwriter. He experienced delusions, episodes of mania with creativity, and depression and paranoia. I have experienced many of those same things living with bipolar disorder.