Daniel Johnston - Piano Suite

Daniel Johnston at the piano performing, to my knowledge, an untitled suite or improvisation. Backstage at Warsaw, in Brooklyn, NY on June 20, 2008 prior to the performance with the Capitol Years. Taped by Kenneth Anderson. Amazing.

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Music

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• daniel
• johnston
• solo
• piano
• capitol
• years
• philadelphia
• capital

[jvannewkirk]

i was present while he was playing this. like a cross between thelonius monk and paul mccartney. Very fun.

[chrish12345]

yeah it is amazing, takes about 20 listen-throughs to understand it, like any decent music lol

[chrish12345]

@cayden1 I mean just of piano, no voice

[cayden1]

@chrish12345 he has so many

[superexcellent12]

This just solidified in my mind the fact that Daniel Johnston is absolutely brilliant

[mellowtonen]

WOW! he needs to play piano live. fuckin amazing.

[silverstairway]

Oh my...that was beautiful.

[Jexxe22]

I wish he would tour playing piano

[garethac81]

@at0miklust

Daniel doesn't seem to realise how much better he is on the piano than on the guitar, because he's always switched back and forth between the two instruments. Personally, I think that's a real shame, because while his clumsy guitar playing has occasionally been detrimental to his music, his piano playing often has the opposite effect, turning good songs into great songs.

[motorwawt]

songs of pain is all piano

[at0miklust]

I love how utterly crap he is at guitar, so everyone goes 'oh, he's a terrible musician', when he's actually an incredible pianist. Thanks so much

[justaguppyfish]

i absolutely love listening to this man play.