"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 4/12/24)
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Real Live Certified
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Critic Consensus
Based on 41 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Daniel Johnston is rated as an entertaining live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Daniel Johnston concert reviews describe live shows and performances as career-spanning, sophisticated, and fierce.
Daniel Johnston (born Daniel Dale Johnston in Sacramento, CA, on 22 January 1961; died in Waller, TX, on 10 September 2019) was an American singer-songwriter and visual artist regarded as a significant figure in outsider, lo-fi, and alternative music scenes.
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Three Imaginary Girls (USA)
November 16, 2017
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There were several binders strewn about and each were chock full of drawings signed by the artist with only a few doubles amongst them.
A friend of mine, on hearing that I was to see Daniel Johnston perform live, said, "his stuff is rough, but he is plugged into a scary truth."
That is a brilliant summary of Johnston's music. His style is raw and unsophisticated, but also hyper-direct and fiercely penetrating. His lyrics contain a truth so pu