Daniel Johnston often explored themes in his music that revolved around love and heartbreak. He had a muse named Laurie Allen who was the focus of many of his love songs, despite the two never ...

Daniel Johnston was easy to underestimate. His songs were mostly simple tunes that covered the same territory – love, redemptive and unrequited; his own pain; his lost love Laurie – over and over.

Daniel Johnston died, in 2019, at the age of 58. ... 15 Laurie. 16 Fate Will Get Done. 01 All Good Children Got to Die. 02 Christian Martyrs. 03 Easy Listening. 04 I Know Casper. 05 Penny Penny.

When Daniel Johnston was about 19, he spent a lot of time making things in his parents’ West Virginia basement. He would draw creatures, film Super 8 movies, write lyrics, or sit at a piano and ...

Pretend Everett True hasn’t been singing the praises of Daniel Johnston for 15 years. Pretend you’ve never heard the covers by 'alternative' acts on major labels asserting their integrity, ... the ...