Wild Man Fischer
November 6, 1944 (80 years old) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Lawrence "Larry" Wayne "Wild Man" Fischer was an American street performer known for offering erratic, acapella performances of "new kinds of songs" for a nickel or a dime each on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Most of his life was spent homeless or institutionalized, and he later became regarded as "the godfather of outsider music". In 1968, he recorded a double album, An Evening with Wild Man Fischer, that was produced by Frank Zappa for the Bizarre label.
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- 2012 ·From Straight to Bizarreas Self
- 2005 ·Derailroadedas Self
- 2002 ·Larry 'Wild Man' Fischeras Self
- 1971 ·Frank Zappaas Self (archive footage)