Moondog

Summary
- 1916-1919
- Classical musical composer who spent much of his life on the street busking in new york
- He was blind from an early age
- He was mistaken for homeless but always had a room somewhere
Details
- He would wear a long cloak, beard and hair with a viking helmet
- most thought he was just an eccentric if not fully on crazy homeless guy, but in face he was a brilliant music composer
- Louis Thomas Hardin
- By the time he died in 1999 he had written 80 symphonies, 300 rounds and countless other works. His music was sung by Janis Joplin and Julie Andrews
- He changed his name to 'moondog' in honor of a bulldog he used to own who would howl at the moon
- cool song: youtube written in honor of charlie parker the famous jazz musician
- a whole hour of moon dog composed music here youtube
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Fri, 5 May 2023 12:17:32 GMT
The marvellous story of Moondog: looked like he was homeless, but actually was a top class music composer.