John Lurie
|Primarily known as a jazz musician, John Lurie also is a prolific painter. His drippy style has something mysterious and even a bit creepy about it.
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waltonian said | 9 December, 2010
The best work he ever did was his show Fishing with John, especially the episodes with Jim Jarmusch and Tom Waits. You can find clips on Youtube.