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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