Buster Poindexter (album)
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Buster Poindexter is an eponymous album released in 1987 by Buster Poindexter, the alter ego
of New York Dolls
frontman David Johansen
. Johansen re-recorded the track "Heart of Gold" as Buster Poindexter, which originally appeared on Johansen's 1981 solo album Here Comes the Night
.
Alter ego
An alter ego is a second self, which is believe to be distinct from a person's normal or original personality. The term was coined in the early nineteenth century when dissociative identity disorder was first described by psychologists...
of New York Dolls
New York Dolls
The New York Dolls is an American rock band, formed in New York in 1971. The band's protopunk sound prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era; their visual style influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups, and they began the local New York scene that later...
frontman David Johansen
David Johansen
David Roger Johansen is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.-Early life:Johansen was born in...
. Johansen re-recorded the track "Heart of Gold" as Buster Poindexter, which originally appeared on Johansen's 1981 solo album Here Comes the Night
Here Comes the Night (David Johansen album)
Here Comes the Night is the third solo album for New York Dolls lead singer David Johansen. Released in 1981, Blondie Chaplin serves as the producer for the album...
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Track listing
- "Smack Dab in the Middle" - 3:52 (Chuck Calhoun, Michael Mains: Singing Ethel Merman in the Background)
- "Bad Boy" - 3:07 (Avon LongAvon LongAvon Long was an American Broadway actor and singer.-Life:Long was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He performed in a number of Broadway shows, including Black Rhythm , Porgy and Bess , and Beggar's Holiday...
, Lil Hardin ArmstrongLil Hardin ArmstrongLil Hardin Armstrong was a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader, and the second wife of Louis Armstrong with whom she collaborated on many recordings in the 1920s....
) - "Hot Hot Hot" - 4:07 (Alphonsus "Arrow" CassellArrow (musician)Alphonsus Celestine Edmund Cassell MBE was a calypso and soca musician who performed under the stage name Arrow, and is regarded as the first superstar of soca from Montserrat.-Early years:...
) - "Are You Lonely for Me, Baby?" - 3:38 (Bert BernsBert BernsBertrand Russell Berns , most commonly known as Bert Berns as well as Bert Russell and Russell Byrd, was an American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s...
) - "Screwy Music" - 3:17 (Jimmie LuncefordJimmie LuncefordJames Melvin "Jimmie" Lunceford was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era.-Biography:...
) - "Good Morning Judge" - 3:37 (Louis Innis, Wynonie HarrisWynonie HarrisWynonie Harris , born in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. With fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952, Harris is generally considered one of rock and roll's forerunners, influencing Elvis Presley...
) - "Oh Me, Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" - 3:52 (Jim Doris)
- "Whadaya Want?" - 2:44 (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
- "House of the Rising Sun" - 3:40 (trad. credited to Josh WhiteJosh WhiteJoshua Daniel White , better known as Josh White, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names "Pinewood Tom" and "Tippy Barton" in the 1930s....
; Terry Holmes) - "Cannibal" - 4:45 (David JohansenDavid JohansenDavid Roger Johansen is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.-Early life:Johansen was born in...
) - "Heart of Gold" - 4:40 (David Johansen)
Personnel
- Buster PoindexterDavid JohansenDavid Roger Johansen is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.-Early life:Johansen was born in...
- vocals - Patti Scialfa - background vocals
- Crispin Cioe - alto & baritone saxophone
- Joe Delia - organ, piano
- Bob Funk - trombone
- Tony Garnier - bass
- Carl Hall - background vocals
- Arno Hecht - tenor saxophone
- Paul Litteral- trumpet
- Brian Koonin - guitar, banjo, mandolin
- Lisa Lowell - background vocals
- Tony Machine - drums
- Louise Bethune - background vocals
- Fred Wolcott - percussion
- Larry Poindexter - accordion