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Who Is Your Favorite Outsider Musician?

Outsider music is music performed either by social outsiders, who have no or few associates in the mainstream music business, or by musicians who choose to live and work in seclusion, often due to compromising behavioral or psychological conditions. Outsider music reflects these conditions in various ways. Lyrics are often bizarre or emotionally stark and songs may show a great ignorance or disregard for structural conventions or popular trends in mainstream music. Also, outsider musicians frequently have no formal training and/or significant music skills in the traditional sense. The end result is music that is much stranger and more abrasive than more popular musical styles. Outsider music is a form of outsider art.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsider_music

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Syd Barret

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Wesley Willis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Willis
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a 350 lb. roaring schizophrenic from Chicago who sang songs about fast food, public transportation and his favorite bands, among other subjects.

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Tom Fahy

Prolific, seclusive, multi-instrumentalists, Tom Fahy and his so-called Hemloch Quintet have recorded over 80 albums. Oddly enough, it is largely accessible music, but virtually undiscovered, nevertheless. Doubtless, this is due to the fact that Fahy and his people do not grant interviews,... [show more]

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Daniel Johnston

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Tom Waits

This guy is a courageous creative!

Also Lhasa De Sela
http://www.last.fm/music/Lhasa
http://www.npr.org/tem...yId=4275401

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Jandek

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Luie Luie

One man orchestra and inventor of "The Touchy."

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BJ Snowden

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The Space Lady

Legendary San Francisco busker, clad in her Mercury helmet. Plays keyboard and accordion. And holy shit, she has a myspace page: www.myspace.com/suzysoundz

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R. Stevie Moore

Titled as the first home-recorder and recorded more than 300 albums in various genres! A big influence for today's "new weird america" movement", especially to Ariel Pink.

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Jack Bruce

lives for his music, but far from mainstream with most of his work

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The Shaggs

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Pan

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Harry Perry

this guy is always around the Venice Beach boardwalk, delivering little private shred sessions for tips.

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Kevin Blechdom

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