:Daniel Johnston

Johnston was born in Sacramento, California, and grew up in New Cumberland, West Virginia.{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Daniel Johnston, Cult Singer-Songwriter, Dead at 58 |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/daniel-johnston-dead-at-58/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 11, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2019}} 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 Kent State University, East Liverpool, during which he recorded Songs of Pain and More Songs of Pain.{{cite web|url=http://www.hihowareyou.com/web/bio.htm|title=Hi, How Are You? Daniel Johnston – Biography|website=hihowareyou.com|access-date=October 7, 2014|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030093825/http://www.hihowareyou.com/web/bio.htm|url-status=dead}}

In 1984, Johnston took a job at McDonald's and passed out tapes in the store. Later, Johnston moved to Austin, Texas with a traveling carnival, working at a corn dog stand.{{Cite news |last=Zitz |first=Michael |date=April 20, 1995 |title=Johnston, McCarty click in a big way |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pegyAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA21 |access-date=March 14, 2025 |work=The Free Lance-Star |location=Fredericksburg, VA |pages=21 (D6)}} 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.{{cite news |title=Daniel Johnson, cult singer-songwriter, dies age 58 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12267070 |access-date=September 12, 2019 |newspaper=New Zealand Herald |date=September 12, 2019}} Live performances were well-attended and hotly anticipated.{{cite news|last=Black |first=Louis |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:363536 |title=Genius and Jive: My roller-coaster relationship with Daniel Johnston Austin Screens |newspaper=Austin Chronicle|publisher=Austin Chronicle Corp.|location=Austin, Texas |date=May 5, 2006|access-date=September 18, 2010}}

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.{{cite book|first=Barry|last=Shank|title=Dissonant Identities: The Rock'N'Roll Scene in Austin, Texas|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|location=Middleton, Connecticut|date=1994|isbn=978-0-8195-6276-0|pages=157–58|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v79of-KXnfgC&q=%22The+Cutting+Edge%22&pg=PA157|via=Google Books}}

In 1988, Johnston visited New York City and recorded 1990 with producer Mark Kramer{{cite web|url=http://www.kramershimmy.com |title=kramershimmy home |publisher=Kramershimmy.com |access-date=September 18, 2010}} 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. His mental health deteriorated during the making of 1990.{{cite web |last1=Blais-Billie |first1=Braudie |title=Daniel Johnston Dead at 58 |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/daniel-johnston-dead-at-58/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork Media|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=September 11, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2019}} In 1989, he released the album It's Spooky in collaboration with singer Jad Fair of the band Half Japanese.{{cite web |last1=Schreiber |first1=Ryan |title=It's Spooky review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2957-its-spooky/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork Media|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=June 19, 2001|access-date=September 11, 2019}}

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.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/apr/02/metallica | work=The Guardian | location=London, England | title=Sean O'Hagan on Daniel Johnston | first=Sean | last=O'Hagan | date=April 2, 2006 | access-date=March 15, 2011}}

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. Cobain listed Yip/Jump Music as one of his favorite albums in his journal, in 1993.{{cite web|title=Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE] |url=http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/journal/top-50-by-nirvana/ |access-date=May 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018034220/http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/journal/top-50-by-nirvana/ |archive-date=October 18, 2014 }}

Johnston's profile was further raised by Kathy McCarty's 1994 album Dead Dog's Eyeball: Songs of Daniel Johnston.{{cite news |last1=McLeese |first1=Don |title=Having Fun Yet? |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=25 Aug 1994 |department=XL Ent. |page=5}}{{cite book |last1=Chusid |first1=Irwin |title=Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music |date=2000 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |page=70}} It contained 19 renditions of songs written by Johnston.{{cite web |title=Kathy McCarty Biography by Brett Hartenbach |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kathy-mccarty-mn0000362162 |website=AllMusic |access-date=7 November 2023}} McCarty became aware of Johnston when he gave her one of his cassette tapes after a performance of her band, Glass Eye, in 1985; this led to him later opening for the band.{{cite magazine |last1=Cohen |first1=Jason |title=Lonelysong |magazine=Texas Monthly |date=Oct 1994 |volume=22 |issue=10 |page=66}} McCarty supported the album with a North American tour,{{cite news |last1=DeLuca |first1=Dan |title=K. McCarty |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=7 Oct 1994 |department=Features Weekend |page=17}} and also issued an EP of additional Johnston material, Sorry Entertainer in 1995.{{cite book |last1=Koster |first1=Rick |title=Texas Music |date=2000 |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |page=143}}

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.{{cite news| url=http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/0811johnston0811.html | work=The Arizona Republic |publisher=Gannett| location=Phoenix, Arizona| title=The Devil and Daniel Johnston | first=Michael | last=Senft | date=August 11, 2006 | access-date=March 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060919094234/https://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/0811johnston0811.html/|archive-date=September 19, 2006}} Ultimately he signed with new manager Tom Gimbel, who subsequently negotiated a deal with Atlantic Records in February 1994 and that September released Fun, produced by Paul Leary of Butthole Surfers.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/aug/20/edinburghfilmfestival2005.popandrock | work=The Guardian | location=London, England | title=Personal demons | first=John | last=Robinson | date=August 20, 2005 | access-date=April 30, 2010}} That same year, President Danny Goldberg, who had championed the signing of Johnston, left Atlantic; in June 1996, with Goldberg no longer making A&R decisions, Atlantic dropped Johnston from the label.

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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.{{cite web|url=http://rejectedunknown.com/art/public/bajafresh.htm |title=Baja Fresh Hi How Are You frog mural |website=Rejectedunknown.com |date=January 6, 2004 |access-date=July 9, 2012}} After the record store closed in 2003, the building remained unoccupied until 2004, when the Mexican grill franchise Baja Fresh took ownership and decided 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.{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Solomon|url=http://www.texasobserver.org/dateline/the-peoples-frog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629135819/http://www.texasobserver.org/dateline/the-peoples-frog |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |title=The People's Frog|newspaper=The Texas Observer |publisher=Texas Democracy Foundation|location=Austin, Texas|date=November 10, 2010|access-date=July 9, 2012}} In 2018, the building housed a Thai restaurant called Thai, How Are You;{{cite news |last1=Hoffberger |first1=Chase |title=Landmark Daniel Johnston mural gets a touch-up |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2013-08-28/thai-how-are-you/ |access-date=September 12, 2019 |newspaper=Austin Chronicle |publisher=Austin Chronicle Corp.|location=Austin, Texas|date=August 28, 2013}} the restaurant closed permanently in January 2020.{{Cite web |last=Chaudhury |first=Nadia |date=2020-01-03 |title=Campus Thai Restaurant With Daniel Johnston's "Hi, How Are You" Mural Closed |url=https://austin.eater.com/2020/1/3/21048195/thai-how-are-you-restaurant-closed-daniel-johnston-mural-hi-how-are-you-mr-gattis-closed-guadalupe |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Eater Austin |language=en}} In April 2023 the building was razed, but the wall with the mural was left standing. The owner said there were no current plans for development, but that the wall would be integrated into any future designs.{{cite news |last1=Gross |first1=Joe |title= Daniel, Kurt, and Jeremiah: Why 'Hi, How Are You' Matters

|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2023-05-26/daniel-kurt-and-jeremiah-why-hi-how-are-you-matters/ |access-date=May 26, 2023 |newspaper=Austin Chronicle |publisher=Austin Chronicle Corp.|location=Austin, Texas|date=May 26, 2023}}

In 2004, Johnston released The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered, a two-disc compilation. The first disc featured covers of his songs by artists including Tom Waits, Beck, TV on the Radio, Jad Fair, Eels, Bright Eyes, Calvin Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie, Sparklehorse, Mercury Rev, The Flaming Lips and Starlight Mints, with the second disc featuring Johnston's original recordings of the songs.{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=David |title=Discovered, Covered:The Late, Great Daniel Johnston |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4283-discovered-covered-the-late-great-daniel-johnston-compilation-and-tribute/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork Media|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=September 23, 2004|access-date=September 12, 2019}} In 2005, Texas-based theater company Infernal Bridegroom Productions received a Multi-Arts Production/MAP Fund grant to work with Johnston to create a rock opera based on his music, titled Speeding Motorcycle.{{cite web |url=http://www.mapfund.org/grant_59.html |title=Infernal Bridegroom Productions |publisher=MAP Fund |access-date=July 9, 2012 |archive-date=September 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929044203/http://www.mapfund.org/grant_59.html |url-status=dead }}

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In 2006, Jeff Feuerzeig released a documentary about Johnston, The Devil and Daniel Johnston; the film, four years in the making, collated some of the vast amount of recorded material Johnston (and in some case, others) had produced over the years to portray his life and music.{{cite web |last1=Itzkoff |first1=Dave |author-link=Dave Itzkoff|title=Daniel, You're a Star: SPIN's 2006 Interview With Daniel Johnston's Documentarian |url=https://www.spin.com/2019/09/daniel-johnston-documentary-interview/ |website=Spin |publisher=SpinMedia|location=San Francisco, California|date=September 11, 2019|access-date=September 12, 2019}} The film won high praise, receiving the Director's Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |title=Daniel Johnston, cult US indie songwriter, dies aged 58 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/11/daniel-johnston-cult-us-indie-songwriter-dies-aged-58 |access-date=September 12, 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=September 11, 2019}} The film also inspired more interest in Johnston's work, and increased his prestige as a touring artist. In 2006, Johnston's label, Eternal Yip Eye Music, released his first greatest-hits compilation, Welcome to My World.{{cite web|first=Colin|last=Stutz|url=http://www.filter-mag.com/news/interior.3145.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061223035358/http://www.filter-mag.com/news/interior.3145.html |archive-date=December 23, 2006 |title=The News and Daniel Johnston|website=Filter-Mag.com |date=April 14, 2006 |access-date=July 9, 2012}}

Through the next few years Johnston toured extensively across the world, and continued to attract press attention. His artwork was shown in galleries such as in London's Aquarium Gallery, New York's Clementine Gallery and at the Liverpool Biennial in 2006 and 2008,{{cite web |last1=Ingvaldsen |first1=Torsten |title=Prodigious Indie Rock Musician & Artist Daniel Johnston Has Passed Away at 58 |url=https://hypebeast.com/2019/9/daniel-johnston-indie-rock-musician-artist-dead-aged-58 |website=Hypebeast |date=September 12, 2019|access-date=September 12, 2019}} and in 2009, his work was exhibited at "The Museum of Love" at Verge Gallery in Sacramento, California.{{cite web|title=Daniel Johnston, Museum of Love|url=https://www.yelp.com/events/sacramento-daniel-johnston-museum-of-love|website=yelp.com|access-date=January 12, 2017}} In 2008, Dick Johnston, Johnston's brother and manager, revealed that "a movie deal based on the artist's life and music had been finalized with a tentative 2011 release."{{cite news|first=Austin|last=Powell|title=Off the Record: Music News|newspaper=The Austin Chronicle|publisher=Austin Chronicle Corp.|location=Austin, Texas|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid%3A681411|date=October 3, 2008}} He also said that a deal had been struck with the Converse company for a "signature series" Daniel Johnston shoe. Later, it was revealed by Dick Johnston that Converse had dropped the plan.{{cite web|url=http://monsterfresh.com/2009/06/16/daniel-johnston-converse-shoes-photos-unreleased/#more-3588 |title=Unreleased Daniel Johnston Converse All-Stars |date=June 17, 2009 |publisher=MonsterFresh.com |access-date=September 18, 2010}} In early 2008, a Jeremiah the Innocent collectible figurine was released in limited runs of four different colors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/daniel-johnstons-frog-jeremiah-now-a-collectors-item-186728/|title=Daniel Johnston's Frog Jeremiah: Now a Collector's Item|website=Rollingstone.com|date=June 25, 2008|access-date=July 18, 2021}} Later in the year, Adjustable Productions released Johnston's first concert DVD, The Angel and Daniel Johnston – Live at the Union Chapel, featuring a 2007 appearance in Islington, London.{{cite web|url=http://www.prlog.org/10134907-the-angel-and-daniel-johnston-live-at-the-union-chapel.html |title=The Angel And Daniel Johnston – Live at the Union Chapel |publisher=Prlog.org |date=October 30, 2008 |access-date=September 18, 2010}}

Is and Always Was was released on October 6, 2009, on Eternal Yip Eye Music.{{cite web |last1=Abebe |first1=Nitsuh |title=Is and Always Was |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13589-is-and-always-was/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork Media|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=October 16, 2009|access-date=September 12, 2019}} In 2009, it was announced that Matt Groening had chosen Johnston to perform at the edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that he curated in May 2010, in Minehead, England.{{cite web |title=ATP 2010: Curated By Matt Groening @ Butlin's Holiday Centre, Minehead, UK |url=https://www.stereogum.com/368301/atp-2010-curated-by-matt-groening-butlins-holiday-centre-minehead-uk/photo/ |website=Stereogum |date=May 10, 2010 |access-date=September 12, 2019}} Also that year, Dr. Fun Fun and Smashing Studios developed an iPhone platform game called Hi, How Are You. The game is similar to Frogger, but features Johnston's art and music. Johnston played it during its development and liked it, although he was not familiar with the iPhone.{{cite news|first=Randy|last=Kenny|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/arts/design/29john.html|title=Work of Daniel Johnston, Texas Artist, Inspires Video Game|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 28, 2009|access-date=October 1, 2009}}

On March 13, 2012, Johnston released his first comic book Space Ducks – An Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/johnston_daniel.htm|title=Daniel Johnston|website=lambiek.net}} at SXSW, published by BOOM! Studios. The comic book ties-in with the Space Ducks album and an iOS app.{{cite web |url=http://www.hihowareyou.com/news/posts/14 |title=Official Press Release for SPACE DUCKS |publisher=HiHowAreYou.com |access-date=March 23, 2012 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206224335/https://www.hihowareyou.com/news/posts/14 |url-status=dead }} Johnston collaborated with skateboarding and clothing company Supreme on numerous collections (consisting of clothing and various accessories) showcasing his artwork.{{Cite web|first=Jenn|last=Pelly|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/46815-daniel-johnston-designs-shirts-for-supreme/|title=Daniel Johnston Designs Shirts for Supreme|website=Pitchfork|publisher=Pitchfork Media|location=Chicago, Illinois|language=en|date=June 12, 2012|access-date=May 11, 2019}}

On March 1, 2012, Brooklyn-based photographer Jung Kim announced her photo book and traveling exhibition project with Johnston titled DANIEL JOHNSTON: here, a collaboration that began in 2008 when Kim first met Johnston and began photographing him on the road and at his home in Waller, Texas.{{cite web |last1=Hagi |first1=Ella |title=Daniel Johnston's lo-fi life |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/16171/1/lo-fi-life |website=Dazed |date=May 24, 2013|access-date=September 12, 2019}} On March 13, 2013, this photography book was published, featuring five years of documentation on Johnston. The opening exhibition at SXSW festival featured a special performance by Johnston along with tribute performances led by Jason Sebastian Russo formerly of Mercury Rev.{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/photos/daniel-johnston-here-book-release-and-opening/2/ |title=Daniel Johnston "here" Book Release & Opening |newspaper=The Austin Chronicle|publisher=Austin Chronicle Corp.|location=Austin, Texas|date=March 13, 2013}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/03/photographer-shows-a-different-side-of-daniel-johnston/ |title=Photographer Shows a Different Side of Daniel |magazine=Wired |publisher=Condé Nast|location=New York City|date=March 28, 2012}} The second exhibition ran in May and June 2013 in London, England, and featured a special performance by Johnston along with tribute performances by the UK band Charlie Boyer and the Voyeurs with Steffan Halperin of the Klaxons.{{cite web|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/16171/1/lo-fi-life |title=Daniel Johnston's Lo-Fi Life |publisher=DAZED Digital|date=May 24, 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/06/daniel-johnston-secret-show |title=Daniel Johnston Secret Show |publisher=Protein UK |date=June 3, 2013 |access-date=November 16, 2013 |archive-date=November 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102020633/https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/06/daniel-johnston-secret-show |url-status=dead }} On October 10, 2013, Jason Pierce of Spiritualized hosted the New York City opening of the exhibition, which included special tribute performances led by Pierce and Glen Hansard of The Swell Season and The Frames.{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/10/j_spaceman_glen.html |title=Daniel Johnston Book Event |publisher=Brooklyn Vegan|date=October 10, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&assetType=image&mt=photography&p=Daniel+Johnston+NYC+Pop+Up |title=Daniel Johnston NYC Pop Up |publisher=Getty|date=October 10, 2013}}

In November 2015, Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston?, a short documentary about Johnston's life, was released featuring Johnston as his 2015 self and Gabriel Sunday of Archie's Final Project as Johnston's 1983 self. The executive producers for the film included Lana Del Rey and Mac Miller.{{cite web|title=Hi How Are You Daniel Johnston|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4977790/|website=IMDB.com|access-date=January 12, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/457060631/daniel-johnston-biopic-my-suicide-soundtrack-more |title=Daniel Johnston Biopic, My Suicide Soundtrack, & More |publisher=TwentyFourBit |date=March 18, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2010}}

In the fall of 2017, Johnston embarked on what he announced would be his final tour, playing twelve concerts.{{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=Michelle|title=Daniel Johnston Announces Final Tour|website=Pitchfork|publisher=Pitchfork Media|location=Chicago, Illinois|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/daniel-johnston-announces-final-tour|date=July 26, 2017|access-date=July 26, 2017|language=en}}{{cite web|last1=Strauss|first1=Matthew|title=Daniel Johnston Adds Shows to Final Tour

|website=Pitchfork|publisher=Pitchfork Media|location=Chicago, Illinois|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/daniel-johnston-adds-shows-to-final-tour/|date=August 16, 2017|access-date=April 2, 2025|language=en}} Each stop on the tour featured Johnston backed by a group that had been influenced by his music: The Preservation All-Stars in New Orleans; The Districts and Modern Baseball in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia; Beirut, Invisible Familiars, and others in New York; Jeff Tweedy at two shows in Chicago; Mike Watt, Ben Lee, Maria Taylor, and members of Silversun Pickups in Los Angeles and San Francisco; and Built to Spill for the final four dates in Boise, Portland, Vancouver, B.C., and Seattle. In 2020, Wilco's label released Chicago 2017, which included nine tracks recorded live at the Vic with Tweedy and his band, as well as five tracks pulled from a studio session the day before. {{Cite web |last=Martoccio |first=Angie |date=2020-01-15 |title=Wilco's Label Announces Daniel Johnston Live Album, Shares 'Worried Shoes' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/daniel-johnston-jeff-tweedy-live-album-937832/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} Proceeds from the record benefited the Hi, How Are You Project, a non-profit started with the support of Daniel and his family.{{Cite web |last=Ruiz |first=Matthew Ismael |date=2020-01-15 |title=Daniel Johnston’s Jeff Tweedy-Assisted Final Chicago Concert Gets New Live Album |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/daniel-johnston-jeff-tweedy-assisted-final-chicago-concert-gets-new-live-album/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}

On September 11, 2019, Johnston was found dead from a suspected heart attack at his home in Waller, Texas. It is believed that he died overnight, a day after he had been released from the hospital for unspecified kidney problems.{{cite news|url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daniel-johnston-died-austin-singer-songwriter-artist-dead-age-58-cause-of-death-unknown-2019-09-12/|title = Daniel Johnston, Austin singer-songwriting icon, has died at 58|work = CBS News|publisher=CBS Corporation|location=New York City|date = September 12, 2019|access-date = September 15, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Curtin |first1=Kevin |title=Austin Songwriting Genius Daniel Johnston Dead at 58 |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2019-09-11/austin-singer-songwriter-daniel-johnston-dead-at-58/ |newspaper=Austin Chronicle|publisher=Austin Chronicle Corp.|location=Austin, Texas|date=September 11, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2019}}{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/arts/music/daniel-johnston-dead.html|title = Daniel Johnston, Enigmatic Singer-Songwriter, Is Dead at 58|last = Sisario|first = Ben|date = September 11, 2019|access-date = September 11, 2019|work = The New York Times|location = New York City|archive-url = https://archive.today/20190912051602/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/arts/music/daniel-johnston-dead.html|archive-date = September 12, 2019|url-status = live}}

Daniel Johnston is buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Katy, Texas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/09/22/family-friends-and-fans-remember-daniel-johnston-at-graveside-service/2653856007/|title=Family, friends and fans remember Daniel Johnston at graveside service|first=Peter|last=Blackstock|website=Statesman.com|access-date=January 21, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/daniel-johnston-funeral-services/269-3a1f34a8-5d9a-4a47-9ba4-1fb01e1000a8|title=Funeral services for Austin artist Daniel Johnston set for this weekend|date=September 13, 2019|website=Kvue.com|access-date=January 21, 2024}}

{{Main|Daniel Johnston discography}}

Studio albums

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• Songs of Pain (1981)
• Don't Be Scared (1982)
• The What of Whom (1982)
• More Songs of Pain (1983)
• Yip/Jump Music (1983)
• Hi, How Are You (1983)
• Retired Boxer (1984)
• Respect (1985)
• Continued Story with Texas Instruments (1985) (with Texas Instruments)
• Merry Christmas (1988)
• It's Spooky (1989) (with Jad Fair)
• 1990 (1990)
• Artistic Vice (1991)
• Fun (1994)
• Rejected Unknown (2001)
• The Lucky Sperms: Somewhat Humorous (2001) (with Jad Fair)
• Fear Yourself (2003)
• Lost and Found (2006)
• Is and Always Was (2009)
• Beam Me Up! (2010) (with Beam)
• Space Ducks (2012)
• Chicago 2017 (2020)

}}

{{Reflist}}

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Official

• [http://www.hihowareyou.com/ Hi How Are You: Daniel Johnston's official website]
• [http://www.yipeyetunes.com/ Daniel Johnston's digital download site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919133821/http://www.yipeyetunes.com/ |date=September 19, 2019 }}

Other

• {{IMDb name|id=1895845|name=Daniel Johnston}}
• [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/arts/design/19kenn.html New York Times article on Daniel Johnston (Feb 2006)]
• [https://archive.today/20130129081340/http://www.musicaustin.com/rock/djohnston.html Daniel Johnston on MusicAustin]
• [http://secrettones.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/the-devil-and-daniel-johnston/ Secret Tones review of The Devil and Daniel Johnston (by John Barron)]
• [http://monsterfresh.com/2008/04/25/songs-of-pain-daniel-johnston-interview/ "Songs of Pain" interview with Daniel Johnston (Apr. 2008)] on MonsterFresh.com
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090726064301/http://www.paddytheque.net/article-34136838.html Daniel Johnston, Paris, 2007]
• [http://monsterfresh.com/2009/06/16/daniel-johnston-converse-shoes-photos-unreleased/ Exclusive Images of unreleased Daniel Johnston signature model Converse]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060329074441/http://www.seancarrillo.com/daniel_johnston.pdf Feature on Daniel Johnston in German magazine ZOO, Summer 2005]

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