David Johansen started off his career with one hell of a bang as the frontman for The New York Dolls. His solo career has been more miss than hit in my opinion, although I found his Buster Poindexter persona to be mildly amusing. And then in 2000 he seems to have hit his stride, putting together a band and an album that was inspired by a reissue of the 'Anthology of American Folk Music', a compilation of country and blues songs from the 1920s and 1930s that was put together by the musicologist Harry Smith.
