Armed with her trusty battery-powered keyboard and wearing her winged helmet, the Space Lady's playfully ethereal cover songs and originals made her one of Boston and San Francisco's most distinctive street performers during the '80s and '90s -- and later, a well-regarded outsider artist.
Louis Thomas Hardin, also known as Moondog, was an American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. He was blind from the age of 16. Hardin lived in New York City from the late 1940s until 1972, and during this time he could often be found on 6th Avenue, between 52nd and 55th Streets, wearing a cloak and a horned helmet sometimes busking or selling music, but often just standing silently on the sidewalk. He was widely recognized as "the Viking of 6th Avenue" by thousands of passersby and residents who were not aware of his musical career.
This was to celebrate a friend’s birthday in quarantine.
Connie Converse disappeared in 1974, leaving behind a haunting body of recorded music that would remain virtually unheard for the next 35 years. Written through the 1950's, Connie's cache of original material instantly reveals itself to be uniquely inspired and years ahead of its time.
Original design and stippling experiment.
This design is taken from a very special grandfather clock. Ding dong!
