
Almost hidden away in the middle of side three however were a couple of names that were totally unfamiliar to me. Amory Kane and a certain Moondog. Both are actually very fine tracks but there was something about the Moondog song 'Stamping Ground' that seemed vaguely familiar. Further research revealed that this track had featured on the soundtrack to the wonderful Coen Brothers movie, 'The Big Lebowski'.
But who on earth is or was Moondog?

Owing to his penchant for standing for hours on end on New York's 6th Avenue dressed in a cloak and viking helmet, he became known as the Viking of 6th Avenue.
What most passers-by did not realise was that Hardin was also a well renowned composer, poet and inventor of several musical instruments - despite having been blind from the age of 16.
More can of course be read about Moondog on Wikipedia using this link.
Better still is a German website called Moondog's Corner which has loads of information including a biography and details of all of his recordings. You can visit the site with this link.
I will certainly be investigating this site in more depth once I have the time.
Meanwhile here is the track 'Stamping Ground' which started it all for me. Enjoy.
Stamping Ground.
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