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THE ELECTRIC GHOSTS - Daniel Johnston & Jack Medicine
imprec081 - 81 - $11.99 
2006 is sure to be a big year for Daniel Johnston. A Sony Pictures documentary
of his life is being
released internationally on March 31st and it is currently in the
final stages of being chosen for an Academy
Award nomination. His fanbase has, once again, swolen substantially
and gallery showings of his artwork in the US and in Europe are
establishing him as a highly collectable physical artist. The Electric
Ghosts is a side project that Daniel and his tour manager/Hyperjinx
Tricycle bandmate created while on the road touring America, playing
shows and searching for salvation.
From Producer Don Goede(Jack Medicine) :
This album is basically the result of three years of Daniel
and I living on the road together. I became his tour manager/caretaker
in 1999 and spent many long
hours with him traveling from city to city. I¹m not sure of
the exact number
of performances Dan did but I think we did at least 100 shows all
over the
U.S. and Europe. We often found ourselves hanging out before and
after
concerts in hotel rooms so we decided to bring some recording equipment
with
us and start a recording band. A few times we played together on
stage and
he sometimes would ask me to warm up for him.
We decided to call ourselves The Electric Ghosts. The name came
from the many nights we stayed
up talking about the spirit world. I would often tell Dan that I
thought
ghosts were electrical. He would say they were spiritual. Either
way we felt
like we were ghosts haunting a different city every night. Floating
through,
trying our best to get the jist of each town (or at the very least
visit its
best record or comic book store) but in order to stay on schedule
we always
had to push on.
I hope you enjoy these recordings we have put together for you.
Daniel likes
them very much and I do too, as they were a fun way for us to kill
time on
the road, not only playing them for each other but getting them
onto tape
together. Daniel also oversaw most of the post production by me
playing
him tracks over the phone. He always had helpful suggestions on
where to put
things like leads and such. He heard the final recordings when I
saw him
last at Sundance for the premiere of the documentary about his life
called
The Devil and Daniel Johnston.
Those years with Dan on the road were some of
the best times I have ever had. Not only is he one of my favorite
songwriters of all time but also now a very good friend. Before
I forget I
want to thank Bill & Mabel Johnston, Ron English for painting
the cover,
John at Important Records, Mad Francis for helping me bring everything
together and Danny, most of all, for being my biggest fan and letting
me
ride his coat tails. “
-A Sony Picture Classics documentary on Daniel Johnston titled The
Devil And Daniel Johnston is opening March 31, 2006
-Daniel Johnston is widely recognized as the father of lo-fi and
over the years he has been championed by celebrity musicians like
Tom Waits, Kurt Cobain, David Bowie and Sonic Youth
-A tribute to Daniel was recently released including tracks from
Deathcab For Cutie, Mercury Rev, Tom Waits, Beck and Jad Fair
- Cover art by famed billboard subverter and Hyperjinx Tricycle
band member Ron English
- The Electric Ghosts was mastered by Shimmy Disc guru and Johnston
producer Kramer.
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