Remembering David Johansen, also known as Buster Poindexter, songwriter and member of the influential proto-punk band New York Dolls, born in Staten Island, New York, who would have celebrated his 76th birthday today.

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David Johansen:
🎵 James Alley Blues

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Memories hold onto illusion
'Cause we're just human
And that's all right

Duality is so confusin'
You think you're not dreamin'
Then you awake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccjT0Afp16c

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David Johansen:
🎵 James Alley Blues

#DavidJohansen

https://davidjohansenandtheharrysmiths.bandcamp.com/track/james-alley-blues

https://open.spotify.com/track/5FukKx6JE2ruxUldh3eo39

I was traveling last week and only just heard today that David Johansen died. I don't generally like to go around eulogizing geriatric rock stars, but damn, this feels like kind of a loss.

The New York Dolls were in their prime around the time I was in the womb, but they were still local heroes in NYC even when I was a teenager (it's absurd how many Johnny Thunders wannabes you could find roaming St. Marks Place on a Friday night ca. 1994 -- well after the rest of the world had moved on from big hair).

Also, I'm not sure when cross-dressing was legalized in NYC, but if it was before the Dolls started, it wasn't long before, and they still deserve credit for jumping in head-first (in platforms!), if you ask me.

Anyways, RIP, y'old dog. Hope it wasn't too painful.

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