Erstellt am: 4. 3. 2015 - 10:27 Uhr
Today's Webtip: Moondog
I love learning about new (but actually old) musicians. Filling in the gaps in my musical education is one of those things that has fascinated me since I bought my very first LP.
HAL-Guandu
And it's something that just gets easier and easier. Even if the subsequent discoveries feel a bit embarrassing.
Like Moondog.
How did I miss him?
A giant blind composer living and begging on the streets of NYC? Dressed as a Viking? A man who influenced the very beginnings of rock and roll, beat culture, and hippies?
The man who wrote Birds Lament?
I don't know. I guess I wasn't paying attention. But I just ran across a lovely portrait of him that has rectified the situation.