

Rich and gutsy voice of Soozie Tyrell on a rowdy “Saturday Night Fish Fry.” Folk singer Bill Morrissey sounds like a fellow traveler down the road to ruin when he and Buster duet on “Drunk. (The liner notes include a warning from none other than Stuart Smalley, Al Franken’s 12-stepping character from Saturday Night Live.)īuster’s voice is alternately smooth as amaretto and rough as rotgut on “I Got Loaded,” “Rocket ’88,” “I’ll Die Happy,” “Rockin’ All Night Long” and other tunes both classic and obscure. Most of the songs are unapologetically soaked in alcoholic spirits. David Johansen, the original punk hipster lounge lizard, seems perfectly at home at the elegant Caf Carlyle is a sure sign that. Buster Poindexter and His Banshees Of BlueBuster Poindexter 1987 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music. The wild career of David Johansen New York Dolls frontman, punk gadabout, occasional actor, and Buster Poindexter portrayer will be the focus of an upcoming documentary co-directed by.

He doesn’t sound like he listens to Louis Jordan records – he sounds like he and Louis Jordan are drinking buddies.īuster’s Happy Hour is a loose and swinging collection of great tunes from the likes of Jordan, Tiny Bradshaw, Johnny Otis and Lucky Millinder. Provided to YouTube by Legacy RecordingsHot Hot Hot Fortunately, Buster Poindexter (a k a David Johansen) knows what the blues is all about. He is best known as a member of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. **** Buster Poindexter, Buster’s Happy Hour (Forward/Rhino): Brian Setzer recently failed miserably with a stiff attempt to revive jump blues. David Roger Johansen (sometimes spelled David Jo Hansen born January 9, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter and actor.
