Buster Poindexter (album)

Buster Poindexter
Studio album by
Buster Poindexter
ReleasedJuly 7, 1987
Length40:19
LabelRCA
ProducerHank Medress
Buster Poindexter chronology
Sweet Revenge
(1984) 		Buster Poindexter
(1987) 		Buster Goes Berserk
(1989)
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Buster Poindexter is a self-titled album released by RCA Records 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.[1] The song "Hot Hot Hot" was a Billboard single and received heavy play on MTV.

Development of the Buster Poindexter character

Around 1982,[2] Johansen began performing under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter in a small club in his neighborhood.[3] He adopted the pseudonym to avoid fans of his music from coming to the shows and asking for his music. The shows grew in popularity, and gradually the original three piece band with which he performed grew in size to the Banshees of Blue, accompanied by The Uptown Horns.[4] They achieved moderate commercial success, performing jump blues, traditional pop, swing, and novelty songs.[5] Shortly before the album's release, Buster began appearing as part of the house band on the television program Saturday Night Live.[6]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Smack Dab in the Middle"Charles E. Calhoun3:52
2."Bad Boy"Avon Long, Lil Hardin Armstrong3:07
3."Hot Hot Hot"Alphonsus Cassell4:07
4."Are You Lonely for Me, Baby?"Bert Berns3:38
5."Screwy Music"Fred Rose3:17
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Good Morning Judge"Louie Innis3:37
7."Oh Me, Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)"Jim Doris3:52
8."Whadaya Want?"Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller2:44
9."House of the Rising Sun"Traditional3:40
10."Cannibal"David Johansen, Joe Delia4:45
11."Heart of Gold"Johansen4:40
Total length:40:19

Personnel

Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue
  • Buster Poindexter - vocals
  • Patti Scialfa - backing vocals
  • Crispin Cioe - alto and baritone saxophone
  • Joe Delia - organ, piano, horn arrangements
  • Bob Funk - trombone
  • Tony "Antoine Fats" Garnier - bass
  • Carl Hall - backing vocals
  • Arno Hecht - tenor saxophone
  • "Hollywood" Paul Litteral - trumpet
  • Brian Koonin - guitar, banjo, mandolin
  • Lisa Lowell - backing vocals
  • Tony Machine - drums (third drummer New York Dolls: 1975–1976)
  • Soozie Tyrell - violin, backing vocals
  • Louise Bethune - backing vocals
  • Fred Wolcott - percussion
  • Larry Poindexter - accordion
Technical
  • John Sheard - associate producer, Synclavier and string arrangements
  • Bill Scheniman - engineer, mixing
  • Ria Lewerke - art direction
  • Ken Nahoum - photography

References

  1. ^ "Here Comes the Night - David Johansen". Allmusic. 1982.
  2. ^ Morrison, Susan (October 8, 2014). "Festival Spotlight: Buster Poindexter". New Yorker.
  3. ^ Visco, Gerry (October 28, 2014). "The New York Doll Turned Lounge Lizard". Interview.
  4. ^ Gross, Terry (May 5, 2023). "New York Dolls co-founder David Johansen helped pave the way for punk". NPR.
  5. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Buster Poindexter Biography". Allmusic.
  6. ^ "Buster Poindexter Setlist". Setlist.fm.
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