Irish artist Jerry Fish has a Kickstarter campaign to enable the completion of his album in tribute to Texas songwriter Daniel Johnston.
Dreaming Of Daniel features 13 songs by the late, great Daniel Johnston, and features the vocals of MayKay from Fight Like Apes.
The recording of the album is done – but Jerry Fish is seeking support through Kickstarter to cover the costs of mixing, mastering, and manufacturing the album.
The Kickstarter campaign launched on June 19th and will run for 45 days, and backers get a vinyl version of the album, a digital download and bonus. Other rewards include a VIP secret gig and more.
The album came about since Jerry Fish and MayKay started putting on gigs to mark Hi, How Are You Day in 2020 to mark the songwriter’s birthday, with the support of Daniel’s Hi, How Are You Project based in Austin, Texas, encouraging new conversations around positive mental health and well-being.
If you don’t know the story of Austin songwriter, watch the documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
