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My Take
Moondog is one of those figures I find endlessly fascinating. Blind, largely self-taught, and famously standing on Manhattan streets dressed as a Viking, Louis Thomas Hardin turned outsider status into pure art. What moves me is how freely he absorbed jazz, classical, Native American and Latin American music, then invented his own instruments to express it. He answered to no convention but his own. Born in Kansas in 1916 and gone in 1999, he left behind a body of work that still feels quietly radical. I admire him deeply, not as a curiosity but as a genuine original.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Moondog
- Name (Japanese)
- ムーンドッグ
- Reading
- むーんどっぐ
- Born
- May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dragon
- Origin
- Marysville, Kansas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- street artist / poet / composer / jazz musician / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Hurley High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://moondog-music.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%83%E3%82%B0
Frequently asked questions
When was Moondog born?
May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999.
Where is Moondog from?
Moondog is from Marysville, Kansas, United States.
What does Moondog do?
Moondog works as street artist, poet, composer, jazz musician, singer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.