4/20/10 - Nervous Norvus

Well, today is 4/20. If you decide to celebrate the day, you may end up like Nervous Norvus in this song.
Nervous Norvus was the stage name of Jimmy Drake, a musician from Los Angeles, California. He was really a shy guy and refused to perform live, even declining an invitation from Ed Sullivan. He had about 6 months of fame for his songs, then went into becoming a music writer, writing the music to go along with songs written by other people for about $7 a song. He died in 1968 from cirrhosis of the liver.
This song, "Transfusion", was the song that Steve Clean told Barry Hansen that he must be "Demented to play that" and thus gave Dr. Demento his name.
So, one of the most popular of songs played on the Dr. Demento Show, here's Nervous Norvus with "Transfusion":