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Buster Poindexter is an eponymous 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. The song "Hot Hot Hot" was a Billboard single and received heavy play on MTV.
Track listing
- "Smack Dab in the Middle" - 3:52 (Chuck Calhoun, Michael Mains)
- "Bad Boy" - 3:07 (Avon Long, Lil Hardin Armstrong)
- "Hot Hot Hot" - 4:07 (Alphonsus "Arrow" Cassell)
- "Are You Lonely for Me, Baby?" - 3:38 (Bert Berns)
- "Screwy Music" - 3:17 (Jimmie Lunceford)
- "Good Morning Judge" - 3:37 (Louis Innis, Wynonie Harris)
- "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 (Traditional; credited to Josh White; Terry Holmes)
- "Cannibal" - 4:45 (David Johansen, Joe Delia)
- "Heart of Gold" - 4:40 (David Johansen)
Personnel
- Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue
- Buster Poindexter - vocals
- Patti Scialfa - background vocals
- Crispin Cioe - alto & baritone saxophone
- Joe Delia - organ, piano, horn arrangements
- Bob Funk - trombone
- Tony "Antoine Fats" Garnier - bass
- Carl Hall - background vocals
- Arno Hecht - tenor saxophone
- "Hollywood" Paul Litteral - trumpet
- Brian Koonin - guitar, banjo, mandolin
- Lisa Lowell - background vocals
- Tony Machine - drums (3rd Drummer New York Dolls: 1976 -77)
- Soozie Tyrell - violin, background vocals
- Louise Bethune - background vocals
- Fred Wolcott - percussion
- Larry Poindexter - accordion
- Technical
- John Sheard - associate producer, sinclavier and string arrangements
- Bill Scheniman - engineer, mixing
- Ria Lewerke - art direction
- Ken Nahoum - photography
External links
- https://www.facebook.com/officialBusterPoindexter?ref=ts&fref=ts
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225425/http://goto.glocalnet.net/newyorkdolls/
- David Johansen Resource
- David Johansen at IMDb
- David Johansen at Allmusic
- Buster Poindexter at Allmusic