Moondog
American composer and musicianWikipedia
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Nov 5, 2026
Karl SorochinskiHOST
He persuaded Freed to play those records on the air, and he put his money behind it by sponsoring the show.
Karl SorochinskiHOST
On July 11th, 1951, Freed went on WJW late at night with a program he called the Moondog House.
Karl SorochinskiHOST
And he started calling himself the King of the Moondoggers.
Karl SorochinskiHOST
His theme was a strange howling instrumental called Moondog Symphony by a blind New York street musician named Lewis Hardin, who performed under the name Moondog.
Karl SorochinskiHOST
Hold on to that name.
Karl SorochinskiHOST
It comes back with a lawyer attached.
Karl SorochinskiHOST
Tapes of the show were even airing on a station in Newark, New Jersey, which meant New York was already hearing him.
Karl SorochinskiHOST
And in 1954, New York hired him.
Rufus WainwrightGUEST
And also David Byrne.
Rufus WainwrightGUEST
We're doing like a Moondog song.
Rufus WainwrightGUEST
Do you know Moondog? Yeah, check out Moondog.
Norah JonesHOST
Okay.
Norah JonesHOST
It's amazing.
Sylvester StalloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You want to say
SimonGUEST
something about that? He's met Francis Ford Coppola kind of in passing like Moondog, but not on a film set.
SimonGUEST
He's like the Forrest Gump of New York.
SimonGUEST
He's just bumping into all these people.
SimonGUEST
Yeah, Moondog.
SimonGUEST
I
RyanHOST
was like, who's Moondog? I already forgot about Moondog.
RyanHOST
The blind
Sylvester StalloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I got closer.
Sylvester StalloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A sign around his neck read, Moondog.
Sylvester StalloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A handmade pouch hung from his shoulder.
Sylvester StalloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It contained small pieces of paper with poetry scribbled on them.
Sylvester StalloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He said thanks and stared straight ahead.
Sylvester StalloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I finally noticed he was blind.
Sylvester StalloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Moondog was a fixture on this corner and I found myself drawn to him.
RyanHOST
Did anyone tell him he looks like a Viking? Nope.
DylanHOST
So a song you wish more people would pay attention to.
David FlemingGUEST
Okay, so I picked the song called Witch of Endor by the artist Moondog.
David FlemingGUEST
It's an amazing piece, and it's the piece that I first heard of his.
David FlemingGUEST
But I think it's not necessarily that I wish more people knew the song.
David FlemingGUEST
It's that I think Moondog, this composer, this artist, is incredible.
David FlemingGUEST
And I think his music is incredible.
David FlemingGUEST
I think his story is incredible.
David FlemingGUEST
And it was so evocative.
Thomas DouglasGUEST
Thundercat.
Thomas DouglasGUEST
Yeah, and Moondog.
Anna SingerHOST
Isaac Hayes is in there.
Anna SingerHOST
Isaac
AmrisHOST
Please, again, subscribe.
AmrisHOST
This is Trees Against the Sky by Moondog.
AmrisHOST
I love it.
AmrisHOST
The second Moondog track of the show.
AmrisHOST
While reading Tree, I had lots of kind of synchronous tree moments.
AmrisHOST
One was that my lovely friend Ruth happened to suggest a bookbinding and tree folklore morning.