Daniel Johnstone RIP

[Bob McC]

sad to hear he has passed away.
Loved his music and lyrics.

 

[AudioAl]

Oh dear , Looks like he suffered demons

 

[Marchbanks]

I remember Stuart Maconie playing quite a lot of his music on a show last year. I must admit I found it a little - well, ‘harrowing’ is possibly too strong a term - ‘disquieting’ perhaps.

 

[Tony L]

Very sad news, he was a one-off for sure. RIP.

 

[jackbarron]

I reviewed one or two of his albums in the Eighties and we exchanged a few letters, since this was before email. Wonder if I kept them? Don't think I ever saw him perform live.

Daniel Johnstone wrote moving songs, covered by people like Lana Del Rey, Tom Waits, Wilco and Beck. Faced with many problems, he produced some haunting and beautiful music. RIP.

Jack

 

[kjb]

RIP - a true original. I got into him via Yo La Tengo who were huge fans.

Rather amazingly there was a 3-4 minute tribute to him on R4's PM news programme this evening!

Kevin

 

[gordon]

He had a knack for creating seemingly simple somgs and art that were anything but simple.

 

[Peter McDermott]

We've been listening to him this evening on Spotify. Story Of An Artist was a particular highlight.

 

[cubastreet]

I saw him play once, I enjoyed the show but was more taken back by the cult-like fans who hung on his every sound and movement.

I put on a playlist the other day when I heard the news and choked up a bit when "funeral home" came on.