Moondog biography examples

Born Louis Thomas Hardin on May 26, 1916, in Marysville, KS; died on September 8, 1999, in Münster, Germany; married twice; children: one daughter. Education: Studied at Iowa School for the Blind and Missouri School for the Blind; mostly self-taught in music.

Addresses: Website--Moondog Official Website: http://www.moondogscorner.de.

A street musician, classical composer, and visionary, the blind man who called himself Moondog spent much of his extraordinary career panhandling on the corner of Sixth Avenue and 54th Street in New York City, sometimes selling pieces of paper bearing a song or poem he had written.

With the fully serious intent of honoring his Nordic ancestors, Moondog wore a Viking outfit, complete with a homemade spear, a long beard, and a helmet with horns. Top musicians in both the classical and jazz fields were well aware of the intricately worked-out and entirely original music that Moondog composed in Braille notation, but he guarded his independence, p