Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Scatman John - interesting music video, interesting life
My sister Betsy introduced me to this video called "The Scatman", a 1996 video by someone named John Paul Larkin, who was severely plagued by the affliction of stuttering throughout his entire life, but found a way, through scat music to turn his affliction into a musical asset and eventually went simply by the name "Scatman John." Here is the video, simply entitled Scatman. And keep in mind that really is him singing the entire song:
If you're a little bit curious about this person and his life, here is a link to an article about him on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatman_John
Thanks to Betsy for telling me about this very interesting artist, who sadly died of lung cancer only 3 years after his peak of success. – tj
