Moondog

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  Wat zullen we nu weer eens draaien......

  Pieter

  08-09-2024

  "A good decade after he had last released an album, Moondog got what was clearly his big break. Producer James William Guercio, best known at the time for his successful work with the big band rock groups Chicago and Blood, Sweat And Tears, had met and held a casual conversation with the composer on his Sixth Avenue corner sometime in 1968. A year later Guercio returned to offer him a two record deal with Columbia. Between the late 50s and 60s, Moondog had made numerous appearances at concerts, poetry readings, anti-Vietnam War events and dance performances, in venues varying in size from town hall to small churches and the left-leaning freeform radio station WBAI. But with no new recorded output to mark his presence, his profile had been much lower than in the decade before. Now he seemed eager to both shed his longtime image as a street musician and show the world that he could compose serious symphonic music, his life’s real ambition. Moondog must have felt like a child set loose in the proverbial candy store. Assisted by a production staff that genuinely respected and support his vision, he made the most of the opportunity." (The Wire, Moondog Primer April 2015 Issue 374)

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