David Johansen Duo featuring Brian Koonin at The Falcon

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". The song, he recalled in an NPR interview, was "the bane of my life," owing to its pervasive popularity! ...

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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". The song, he recalled in an NPR interview, was "the bane of my life," owing to its pervasive popularity!

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 latest release, 'Dancing Backward in High Heels', returns to the power-pop sound of the '60s. David continues to host David Johansen's Mansion of Fun, a weekly radio show on Sirius.

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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