Talk to me about Moondog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwBGtgoVPLs

JimiG541 year ago (edited)
As a teen I dated his daughter June, who was also in my high school home room class. She was quiet, pretty, and trippy, speaking poetically at times out of the blue. Her and her mom, who was his musical stenographer for years, lived in the same apartment building as he at the time (by Columbia University) but avoided him. Once we got to the elevator just as the door closed and saw his helmeted visage in the little window going up. I sometimes sat on the steps listening to him or sharing a quick chat with him at 666 6th Ave. where he "held court" as a street performer selling his LPs and hand made instruments. June and her mom were estranged from him for some years, but after an afternoon in Central Park talking about his invitation to record on what was to become this album, she decided to go ahead and sing and play on it. I'm glad she followed my advice. Oh, and "All is Loneliness" was recorded by Janis Joplin and Big Brother on their first LP...:-)

Anyone tried out the new Hari Kunru 'interactive' prose essay on Moondog?

Read this earlier this week in about 30 minutes (£2 as kindle download, without the interactive elements). It's a nice short essay, and enjoyed it a lot - but didn't learn anything about Moondog that I didn't already know.

Do like that Moondog 2 lp. Reminded me of Bagpuss's mice on the mouse organ.
I have it on a BGO 2fer.

I think 1st thing by him I heard was Stomping Ground on some hippy era label sampler.

BBHC's cover of All Is Loneliness might be better live. The 1st lp is pretty muted. I know it's on the Janis Joplin live compi from the 70s. Think it may be on at least 1 of the BBHC live lps that came out over the last couple of decades.

http://s33.postimg.org/f2sne0e27/torte100.jpg

'Please, take care of my music' (Moondog)

Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Louis T. Hardin's death.

Moondog zum 20. Todestag
(SWR2 Radio feature in german language, today at 15:05 CEST UTC+2)