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Larry Wayne Fischer (November 6, 1944 – June 16, 2011), better known as Wild Man Fischer, was an American songwriter in the outsider genre. He was notable for being responsible for Rhino Records' first release, ''Go to Rhino Records'' (1975) and was described as a 'cult figure'. ==Early life and career== Born Larry Wayne Fischer in Los Angeles, California, United States, and attended Fairfax High School. 〔Fischer was institutionalized at age 16 for attacking his mother with a knife. He was later diagnosed with two mental disorders, severe paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Following his escape from the hospital (he said no one ever bothered to take him back there), Fischer wandered Los Angeles singing his songs a capella for 10¢US each to passers-by. Discovered on the street by Frank Zappa, with whom he recorded his first album, Fischer became an underground concert favorite. Zappa was responsible for Fischer's initial foray into the business of recorded music, an album called ''An Evening with Wild Man Fischer'', which contained 36 tracks, some of which contained minimal musical accompaniment, and others which were more or less shouted rants.〔 Zappa and Fischer eventually fell out with Zappa retaining the rights to the songs. Zappa's widow, Gail, has declined to release ''An Evening with Wild Man Fischer'' on CD due to her belief that it is not a high-quality example of her husband's work. Fischer appeared on ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' and was the subject of a comic book entitled ''The Legend of Wild Man Fischer''. Throughout the 1980s, Fischer worked with Barnes and Barnes to produce two albums, ''Pronounced Normal'' (1981) and ''Nothing Scary'' (1984). In 1986, Barnes and Barnes also wrote and produced "It's a Hard Business", a duet featuring Fischer and Rosemary Clooney. The song was the result of a telephone friendship that began after Clooney heard Fischer's song "Oh God, Please Send Me a Kid to Love". In 1987, Fisher performed his only East Coast performances at the Mass College of Art and Design. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wild Man Fischer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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