Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin), compositor, poeta e inventor de varios instrumentos musicales. Ciego. Sin techo por decisión propia, fue una gran influencia en la música de Steve Reich y Philip Glass. Se codeó con los mejores músicos de su época. Acabó sus días en Alemania, a donde se lo había llevado una fan a vivir con ella y su familia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondog
Este año se estrena este documental sobre él y tengo muchas ganas de verlo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBJXvrWvU6w
Charlie Parker and Benny Goodman hung out with him. Philip Glass lived with him, Steve Reich and Jon Gibson performed with him and all three modern music greats recorded with him. Janis Joplin covered his music, Ginsberg stuck it on his fridge, Diane Arbus took his picture and Andy Warhol’s mom designed one of his album covers. In the 60s he was a counter culture hero; today he’s celebrated and performed by the likes of Antony and the Johnsons, Damon Albarn, The Kronos Quartet and Jens Lekman. His ongoing influence can be heard in the music of artists from Björk to The Books.
Featuring a rich archive, including international TV, radio and film appearances, never-before-seen home movies and personal and crowd sourced footage and photographs, The Viking of Sixth Avenue examines the life and work of the one-time homeless musician whose influence on contemporary music continues to this day.
http://thevikingof6thavenue.com
