David Johansen Duo with Brian Koonin at The Falcon

...while many can lay claim to longtime fandom with Johansen, few can take it as far back as Tony Falco, owner of the Falcon in Marlboro. “I grew up on the same block as him on Staten Island,” said Falco. “We went to the same elementary school. In fact, I was David’s paperboy in 1969; I delivered the Staten Island Advance to his family for a few years when I was a kid. I remember hanging out in awe, watching David rehearse with his band, the Vagabond Missionaries, back in those days.” - Almanac Weekly

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/david-johansen-mn0000181329
David Johansen began his career as the singer of the protopunk band the New York Dolls in the early '70s. Johansen then embarked on a solo career, performing frequently with Sylvain Sylvain. Two solo albums, 'David Johansen' and 'In Style' delivered some standout tracks. "Frenchette" and "Funky But Chic" became associated with the Dolls, although they first appeared on the solo albums. Later, Johansen's pseudonym and alter ego, Buster Poindexter, appeared with Saturday Night Live's House Band, scoring the hit song "Hot Hot Hot". His work as an actor brought him prominent roles, including the HBO drama Oz and most memorably as that of the wisecracking Ghost Of Christmas Past in Scrooged with Bill Murray....

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...while many can lay claim to longtime fandom with Johansen, few can take it as far back as Tony Falco, owner of the Falcon in Marlboro. “I grew up on the same block as him on Staten Island,” said Falco. “We went to the same elementary school. In fact, I was David’s paperboy in 1969; I delivered the Staten Island Advance to his family for a few years when I was a kid. I remember hanging out in awe, watching David rehearse with his band, the Vagabond Missionaries, back in those days.” - Almanac Weekly

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/david-johansen-mn0000181329
David Johansen began his career as the singer of the protopunk band the New York Dolls in the early '70s. Johansen then embarked on a solo career, performing frequently with Sylvain Sylvain. Two solo albums, 'David Johansen' and 'In Style' delivered some standout tracks. "Frenchette" and "Funky But Chic" became associated with the Dolls, although they first appeared on the solo albums. Later, Johansen's pseudonym and alter ego, Buster Poindexter, appeared with Saturday Night Live's House Band, scoring the hit song "Hot Hot Hot". His work as an actor brought him prominent roles, including the HBO drama Oz and most memorably as that of the wisecracking Ghost Of Christmas Past in Scrooged with Bill Murray.

Johansen turned his attention to country blues with the release of 'David Johansen and the Harry Smiths' and also reunited with New York Dolls members in 2005, releasing, "One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This" and "Cause I Sez So" with Todd Rungren, the producer of the Dolls' 1973 debut. The band's release, 'Dancing Backward in High Heels', returned to the power-pop sound of the '60s. David continues to host David Johansen's Mansion of Fun, a weekly radio show on Sirius and he has returned to his uproarious, challenging, and catchy persona, touring as Buster Poindexter!

Brian Koonin
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/brian-koonin-mn0000618220
Multi-instrumentalist, Brian Koonin, who has been with David through projects including the NewYork Dolls and The Harry Smiths will accompany David on guitar and drums.

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