There are 3 artists with this name, 1. Experimental artist Louis Hardin, 2. A project of
Walter Schreifels, 3. A short lived band fronted by
James Freud formerly of
Models. 1) Moondog was the pseudonym of Louis T. Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999). Hardin was a blind New York City street musician, influential composer and former beat poet. From the late 1940s until 1974, he was a permanent fixture on 54th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan, wearing a cloak and Viking-style helmet, sometimes busking or selling music, but often just standing silent and still. He was known not …
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