 |
| A true music enigma; The Viking of 6th Avenue, Moondog |
 |
| A genuine individual, Moondog dedicated his life to creating bizzare & unique music, played in homemade time signatures on home made intruments. He also spent a major part of his life dressed as his "vision" of Odin, complete with spear. |
 |
| This particular picture encapsulates quite perfectly the childlike whimsy a identity like Moondog holds within pop culture. |
 |
| In spite of the disgusted look from the "square", Moondog lived on the streets by choice & was a moderately successful recording artist. |
 |
| Moondog invented & played his own instruments, pictured here ore the hüs (above), & his most famous, the trimba (below) |
 |
| By '74 Moondog had emigrated to "The Rhineland". By then he traded in the Viking clothes for all black. He remained in Germany until his death. |
 |
| And, quite possibly the most amazing thing about Moondog is that he did all this blind, as he lost his sight at age 16. |
|
|
|
|
|
I would definitely suggest checking out some of Moondog's tunes, he has more than 20 releases to his name, On the Streets of New York is my favorite.
No comments:
Post a Comment