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Wild Man Fischer

Wild Man Fischer

Born: 1944-11-06 • Los Angeles, California, USA

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
From Straight to Bizarre poster
From Straight to Bizarre
2012 • Self
Derailroaded poster
Derailroaded
2005 • Self
No Image
Larry 'Wild Man' Fischer
2002 • Self
Zabagabee poster
Zabagabee
1987 • Self
Frank Zappa: A Day With Frank poster
Frank Zappa: A Day With Frank
1971 • Self (archive footage)