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Buster Goes Berserk is the second album from Buster Poindexter, an alter ego of singer David Johansen.

It features his backing band 'The Banshees of Blue,' aided by 'The Uptown Horns'. Released in 1989, the album continued the 'lounge rock' style of its predecessor, Buster Poindexter in covering rhythm 'n' blues songs of the 1940s and 1950s. As on that album, a lot of Berserk's fun came from the interchanges between Poindexter and vocalist Soozie Tyrell, helped out by Ivy Ray and Randi Michaels.

The album was produced by Hank Medress for SBK Productions with Charlie Giordano the assistant producer and Bill Scheniman, the recording and mixing engineer. Recording was done at Skyline Recording Studio in New York City, Galaxy Recording Studio in Los Angeles, and in New York City at Platinum Island Recording, Sanctuary Recording, 39th Street Music and Bass Hit. Mixing was done at Blue Jay Recording Studio in Carlisle, Massachusetts, with mastering at Sterling Sound in New York City.

Synclavier and string arrangement on 'Deep in a Dream' were by John Sheard. Mbongeni Mgema added arrangements and lyrics for 'All Night Party' which also benefited from John Morales' programming. Management and direction was provided by Steve Paul in New York City with 'special thanks' going to Eddie Gorodetsky, Joe Delia, Steve-O, Phast Phreddie and many others.

Track listing[edit]

1. 'All Night Party' (Ashley 'Grub' Cooper) - 3:53
2. 'Hit the Road Jack' (Percy Mayfield) - 3:14 (From the movie The Dream Team and hit #40 on the US AC charts.)
3. 'International Playboy' (Bernard Broomer, Bunny Sigler, Lee Phillips, Ugene Dozier) - 4:34
4. 'Poorest People' (Roy Brown) - 4:31
5. 'Juicy Lucy' (Albert Chancy) - 4:04
6. 'Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well' (Eddie DeLange, Johnny Brooks) - 3:21
7. 'At the Party' (Johnny Rivera) - 3:01
8. 'Imitation of Life' (Arno Hecht, Crispin Cioe, David Johansen, Bob Funk, 'Hollywood' Paul Litteral) - 4:32
9. 'Debourge Yourself' (Arno Hecht, Crispin Cioe, David Johansen, Bob Funk, 'Hollywood' Paul Litteral) - 3:41
10. 'Deep in a Dream' (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 3:11

Personnel[edit]

• Buster Poindexter - vocals

The Banshees of Blue are:

• Charlie Giordano - keyboards and accordion, Musical Director
• Brian Koonin - electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, Conductor
• Tony Machine - drums
• Tony 'Antoine Fats' Garnier - upright bass and electric bass
• Fred Walcott - percussion
• Soozie Tyrell - vocals and violin
• Ivy Ray - vocals
• Randi Michaels - vocals

The Uptown Horns are:

• Crispin Cioe - alto and baritone saxophone
• Bob Funk - trombone
• Arno Hecht - tenor saxophone
• 'Hollywood' Paul Litteral - trumpet

Additional vocals provided by Martha Wash, Jocelyn Brown, Brenda White, Lisa Lowell, Hoy Boy, John Collins, Kevin Trainor, Terry Gabis, Futz, Steve Paul, and from the cast of Sarafina!: Baby Cele, Lindiwe F. Dlamini, Lindiwe C. Hlengwa, Thamsanga Hlatywayo, Leleti Khumalo, Thandini Mavimbela, Nhlanhla Ngema, Pat Mlaba, Thandekile Nhlanhla and Thandi G. Zulu.

External links[edit]

• David Johansen on IMDb
• David Johansen at Allmusic
• Buster Poindexter at Allmusic

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David Roger Johansen^[1] (born January 9, 1950) is an Americanrock, protopunk, blues, and popsinger, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminalprotopunk band The New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonymBuster Poindexter.

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Early life

Johansen was born in the New York City borough of Staten Island, New York to a librarian mother and an insurance sales representative father.^[2] Johansen's family was Catholic. His mother was Irish American and his father was Norwegian American.^[1]

Career

Johansen began his career in the late 1960s as a lead singer in the local Staten Island band the Vagabond Missionaries and later in the early 1970s as the singer/songwriter in the protopunk band the New York Dolls. The New York Dolls released two albums, the eponymous New York Dolls (1973), and Too Much Too Soon (1974). The bulk of the material was written by Johansen and guitaristJohnny Thunders. The Dolls were well received critically, but failed to succeed commercially.

In 1975, Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan left the band. Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, along with Peter Jordan, Chris Robison, and Tony Machine, continued playing as the New York Dolls, until 1977, after which Johansen embarked on a solo career. His first two albums, David Johansen and In Style, featured several enduring originals. Sylvain Sylvain frequently performed with him, and his band covered many Dolls songs in concert; his live albums Live It Up and The David Johansen Group Live document Johansen's reputation as an exceptional concert performer. The studio releases Here Comes the Night (which includes a signature number, 'Heart of Gold') and Sweet Revenge again showcased his strengths as a writer of new material and featured a guest appearance by jazz saxophone player Big Jay McNeely. A number of the songs on 'Here Comes the Night' were co-written with South African musician Blondie Chaplin. In 1982 Johansen was the opening act for The Who at Byrne Meadowlands Arena.

Buster Poindexter

In the late 1980s, Johansen achieved moderate commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, accompanied by The Uptown Horns, performing a mixture of jazz, lounge, calypso, and novelty songs, and appearing as part of the house band on the television program Saturday Night Live. As Poindexter he scored his first hit song, 'Hot Hot Hot,' which in an interview on National Public Radio's Fresh Air he called 'the bane of my existence,' due to its pervasive popularity. 'Hot Hot Hot' was initially written and recorded by Montserratian Soca artist Arrow. As Poindexter, Johansen often appeared with his band, The Banshees of Blue. Early Poindexter releases combined an eclectic selection of covers with Johansen's own compositions. Johansen went on to issue Buster Poindexter's Happy Hour, a CD of songs thematically linked by their subject matter—alcohol. It is his most jazz-influenced release to date. It was followed by Buster Poindexter's Spanish Rocket Ship, a synthesis of R&B, calypso and Latin jazz.

Acting

Johansen acted in several films during the 1980s and 1990s, and had a brief role on the HBO drama Oz. He appeared in the television seriesThe Adventures of Pete & Pete in the episode 'On Golden Pete,' in which he played a park ranger. He appeared in the MuppeTelevision segment of an episode of The Jim Henson Hour. Among his more prominent roles are that of the wisecracking Ghost Of Christmas Past in Scrooged as well as the part of 'Looney' in the movie, Let It Ride, playing opposite Richard Dreyfuss. He co-starred with John C. McGinley in the movie Car 54, Where Are You?, based on the television series. He can be seen in the Jim Whitedocumentary filmSearching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus in which he sings a version of Last Kind Words while in a motel room. He also had a supporting role with Mick Jagger and Emilio Estevez in the movie Freejack. He also played Halston (a hired hitman) in the anthology film Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, in the segment The Cat From Hell.

Later solo career

Johansen then turned to country blues with his group, The Harry Smiths. The group was named as a tribute to Harry Everett Smith, who compiled the Anthology of American Folk Music, several songs of which were covered by the band. Johansen's second album with the Harry Smiths is titled Shaker.

In 2004 Johansen reunited with Sylvain Sylvain and Arthur Kane, of the New York Dolls. Owing to the success of the tour, in 2006 the New York Dolls released One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This, their first album in nearly thirty years. It was critic Robert Christgau's choice for album of the year.^[3] In 2009 the band released 'Cause I Sez So'.

Johansen hosts a weekly show on Sirius Satellite Radio while continuing to write and perform.

In October 2007, Johansen participated in 'The Staten Island Composers Project,' featuring work by three musicians who call the island home: Mr. Johansen; Vernon Reid, founder of the '80s rock-metal pioneers Living Colour; and Galt MacDermot, best known as the composer of the musical Hair. The Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island commissioned the program and asked each artist to write 20 minutes of music conveying something of his connection to the island often referred to as New York City's forgotten borough. Mr. Johansen's opus, a cinematic and unabashedly romantic Adagio scored mostly for strings, is called 'Mara Dreams the Moon Gate of Uncommon Beauty.' Inspired by The Moon Gate of Uncommon Beauty, a round portal between two rockscapes in the Chinese Scholar's Garden at the Staten Island Botanical Gardens. In September 2009, he appeared on Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, the Travel Channel TV program, in which he toured Staten Island with the program's host.

In addition to his own albums, Johansen contributed songs to the soundtracks of the films Times Square and The Aviator ('Flowers of the City' and 'Ain't Cha Glad' respectively) and guests on About Them Shoes, a CD by veteran blues man Hubert Sumlin. Another non-album track of his, 'Johnsonius', appears on the 1984 compilation A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse and 'The Rope (The Let Go Song)', a track originally recorded during the sessions for his eponymous first album, and published on the B-side of the single, 'Funky But Chic', a song that was performed by the original New York Dolls before breaking up.

An artist noted for his musical unpredictability and versatility, Johansen has been a consistent blues enthusiast since the earliest days of the Dolls, with covers of songs by Bo Diddley and Sonny Boy Williamson among their earliest numbers. The 2006 Dolls CD Private World : The Complete Early Studio Demos 1972/3 featured the Dolls performing songs by Otis Redding, Gary US Bonds, Chuck Berry, The Shangri-Las, and Muddy Waters, in addition to versions of songs from their two Mercury albums. Also featured on the CD was a previously unreleased Dolls number, 'Endless Party'.

During a career that has seen many changes, Johansen has worked consistently with certain musicians, including Sylvain Sylvain, drummer Tony Machine (formerly an agent who worked for Leber & Krebs, a member of the New York Dolls from '75 through '77, and a fixture in many David Johansen groups and throughout the Buster Poindexter period) and Brian Koonin, guitarist and banjo player with Buster Poindexter and The Harry Smiths, as well as keyboard player with the New York Dolls for the first reunion gig and the One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This Casinos with slot machines in long beach or around. CD and tour.

Discography

Solo

• 1978: David Johansen
• 1978: The David Johansen Group Live
• 1979: In Style
• 1981: Here Comes the Night
• 1982: Live It Up
• 1984: Sweet Revenge
• 2000: David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
• 2002: Shaker

Buster Poindexter albums

• 1987: Buster Poindexter
• 1989: Buster Goes Berserk
• 1994: Buster's Happy Hour
• 1997: Buster's Spanish Rocketship

Compilation albums

• Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (1988), as 'Buster Poindexter and The Banshees of Soul'
• September Songs - The Music of Kurt Weill (1994/1997) - 'Alabama Song'
• Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen (2003) - 'Kickin' the Gong Around'
• Jim White Presents Music From Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005) - 'The Last Kind Words', with Larry Saltzman (Geechie Wiley cover)

Further reading

• Jacobson, Mark (September 20, 2002), 'The Icon: Doll Face', New York Magazine, http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/features/music2002/n_7736/.
• Rosen, Richard J. (July, 2000), 'Rick Visits . . . David Johansen', Stereophile, http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/248/.
• Rollins, Henry (September, 2006), 'David Johansen', Interview, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_8_36/ai_n16740654^{[dead link]}.
• Steven Morrissey - The New York Dolls, Babylon Books, Manchester, 1981

References

1. ^ ^abAntonia, Nina (February 2006), The New York Dolls: Too Much Too Soon, Omnibus Press, pp. 23–24, ASIN1844499847, ISBN1-84449-984-7
2. ^http://www.filmreference.com/film/36/David-Johansen.html
3. ^http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/deans06.php

External links

• David Johansen at the Internet Movie Database
• David Johansen at Allmusic
• Buster Poindexter at Allmusic

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