Moondog
Louis Thomas Hardin
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Blind from adolescence after a tragic accident, he grew up in Kansas and Wyoming before mastering composition through self-directed ear training, brief instruction at the Iowa School for the Blind, and braille-based theory studies in Memphis. Settling in Manhattan in the late 1940s, he earned a reputation as a street-side poet and musician, selling his own records, sheet music, and philosophical w…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources