Mike Doughty has a new album, Sad Man Happy Man, dropping Oct. 6 on ATO, and he’s just thrown a track from it to the internet wolves. Thing is, it isn’t just any track. It’s a cover of Daniel Johnston‘s Casper the Friendly Ghost. Here’s what Doughty had to say about Johnston and the song:

Daniel Johnston is one of the few singers out there that’s a real American outsider artist. Genuine folk art. He takes a pop cartoon like Casper the Friendly Ghost and turns him into a mythological figure; he finds the spooky and mythological under the shiny American veneer.

I’m really looking forward to seeing the Kentucky native (from Fort Knox, right down the road) at the Louisville stop on his upcoming tour.

Mike Doughty – Casper the Friendly Ghost
Daniel Johnston – Casper the Friendly Ghost

10/08 | Pittsburgh, PA | Club Cafe(2 shows), ages 21+

10/09 | Pittsburgh, PA | Club Cafe, ages 21+

10/10 | Toronto, ONT, Canada | Drake Hotel, ages 19+

10/11 | Toronto, ONT, Canada | Drake Hotel (2 shows), ages 19+

10/13 | Cleveland, OH | Beachland Ballroom

10/14 | Ann Arbor, MI | The Ark

10/15 | Chicago, IL | Schubas (2 shows), ages 21+

10/16 | Chicago, IL | Schubas, ages 21+

10/17 | Milwaukee, WI | Shank Hall, ages 21+

10/18 | St. Louis, MO | Blueberry Hill

10/20 | Louisville, KY | Zanzabar, ages 21+

10/21 | Nashville, TN | 3rd & Lindsley, all ages

10/22 | Athens, GA | Melting Point, ages 18+

10/23 | Atlanta, GA | Eddie’s Attic (2 shows)

10/24 | Charlotte, NC | Evening Muse

10/25 | Asheville, NC | Grey Eagle

10/27 | Carrboro, NC | Arts Center, all ages

10/28 | Charlottesville, VA | The Southern, all ages

10/29 | Alexandria, VA | The Birchmere

10/30 | Sellersville, PA | Sellersville Theatre, all ages

10/31 | New York, NY | Le Poisson Rouge, ages 18+
11/12 | Northampton, MA | Iron Horse (2 shows)

11/13 | Cambridge, MA | Regatta Bar (2 shows)

11/14 | Newmarket, NH | Stone Church (2 shows)

11/15 | Portland, ME | One Longfellow Square

11/17 | Burlington, VT | Higher Ground Lounge (2 shows)
11/18 | Albany, NY | Revolution Hall, ages 18+
11/19 | Syracuse, NY | Westcott Theatre, all ages

11/20 | Ithaca, NY | Castaways

11/21 | Buffalo, NY | Town Ballroom

11/22 | Charleston, WV | Mountain Stage

11/24 | Harrisburg, PA | Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center, ages 21+

11/25 | Towson, MD | Recher Theatre, all ages

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