Wild Man Fischer

Wild Man Fischer

  • Birthday: 1944-11-06
  • Deathday: 2011-06-16
  • Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

Derailroaded

2005

As Self

Frank Zappa

1971

As Self (archive footage)

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