Diary Of A Busker Day 245 Saturday June 9th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:07-1:31pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:40-2pm, 3. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:30-4:10pm, 4. Opposite Bellis, Time: 5:07-5:36pmA couple of weeks ago I came across old Ralph sitting on a bench in the High Street. He started telling me how difficult it was to motivate… Read more →
Month: June 2012
Diary Of A Busker Day 244
Diary Of A Busker Day 244 Wednesday June 6th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:30-4:03pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 5:19-5:49pm, 3. Opposite Phase Eight, Time: 5:55-6:30pm Things go OK at my first spot. I sell a CD to an Iranian Roy Orbison lookalike and manage to accumulate just under £20 – slightly above the hourly average. I… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 243
Diary Of A Busker Day 243 Sunday June 3rd 2012 Oxford Street, Reading Opposite Anne Summers, Time: 11:36-12:58pm Having arranged a fingerstyle tutorial with my new acquaintance – legendary American (now residing in Reading) jazz, blues, folk and swing guitarist Duck Baker – at two o’clock, I took the opportunity to kill not two but three birds with one stone,… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 242
Diary Of A Busker Day 242 Friday June 1st 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:45-3:15pm A woman with three teeth comes up during Tammy. She remembers the tune but has forgotten the name so I remind her, and also the year (1957), for no extra charge. ‘I was living in Reading…they used to call me Tammy, I don’t… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 241
Diary Of A Busker Day 241 Thursday May 31st 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:35-3:01pm, 2. Opposite WH Smiths, Time: 3:30-5:20pmThey’re all out today; Rob – blasting at The Buttercross, a young guy a bit further down, and Ben, complete with dog and huge bowl of water, which I’m assuming is the dog’s, opposite Vodafone. So I… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 240
Diary Of A Busker Day 240 Wednesday May 30th 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:52-3:05pm At the top end of the High Street, Carol insists, despite my protestations, that I accept two pound coins, so the day gets off to a good start before I’ve even started playing. There’s no one else out today so, where to set… Read more →