Diary Of A Busker Day 156 Thursday September 15th Winchester High Street (1. opposite The Body Shop, Time: 2:55-5:28pm, 2. opposite Oxfam, Time: 5:58-6:36pm). Unusually, I decide to begin the day at the busier (but vehicle noise-free) part of the High Street. A young busker – I think this is Ben, whose Gibson one pickup guitar I played recently, stops… Read more →
Month: October 2011
Diary Of A Busker Day 155
Diary Of A Busker Day 155 Monday September 12th Winchester High Street (1. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 1:17-4:17pm, 2. opposite WH Smiths, Time: 5:05-6:35pm). This first session – on a very windy day – finds me outside Marks And Spencer, where I haven’t been since I can’t remember when. It’s so windy that I have to anchor… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 154
Diary Of A Busker Day 154 Friday September 9th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Reflex, Time: 3:00-3:10pm, 2. opposite The Body Shop, Time: 3:15-6:30pm). I’ve only been playing for a minute when a big white lorry (or truck, as they say Stateside) parks across the road. It’s a delivery van (truck) for some shop somewhere around here. The problem… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 153
Diary Of A Busker Day 153 Wednesday September 7th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Reflex, Time: 12:25-2pm, 2. opposite Oxfam – doorway of Welcome Gospel Hall, Time: 2:35-4:30pm). There are three sets of buskers down the High Street and none of them look like they’re going anywhere…so it’s down to the bad end of town for me. The weather… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 152
Diary Of A Busker Day 152 Monday September 5th Winchester High Street (opposite Oxfam, Time: 12:15-1:30pm). A short set – more of a warm-up for an engagement I’m booked to do at a Friends Of The Elderly* home outside Alton, a few miles away. I play a ten minute version of Albatross which one (about 50) man loves so… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 151
Diary Of A Busker Day 151 Thursday September 1st Winchester High Street (1. opposite Millets, Time: 12:50-3:126pm, 2. opposite Vodafone, Time: 3:45-4:40pm). There’s some guy juggling bowling pins on a tightrope at The Buttercross (famous Winchester landmark/meeting place) and two “strummers” halfway down the High Street so I end up down at the “arse” end, in front of Debenhams.… Read more →