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American Mavericks: An Ordinary Guy Burning Down the House: Sound Portrait of David Byrne Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 59 min Event Type: Documentary Program Origin: KUSC David Byrne has firmly established himself as a star in two worlds, rock and avant-garde music. Best known as the squawky lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the critically acclaimed art rock group, Talking Heads, he has forged a new amalgam of intellectual, neurotic, edgy, rock and roll that sells a respectable million albums at a pop. His mark on the avant-garde was first made in 1981 in company with Twyla Tharp when he wrote the virtuosic 73 minute dance score, “The Catherine Wheel,” for her. Since then, independent of Talking Heads, Byrne, who admits he reads music with difficulty, has composed music for film, dance and the stage and has also created videos, a feature film and performance pieces. David Byrne’s ease in these two worlds is described by Ken Emerson of the NY Times as an “ability to work both sides of the...
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