Diary Of A Busker Day 287 Saturday September 22nd 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3-4:13pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 4:36-6:30pm My third public outing with the double-neck…and I’m STILL not sure about it, and I’ve spent whole evenings trying to make it sound like my Epiphone; playing them one after the other, plugging in one, playing it… Read more →
Month: October 2012
Diary Of A Busker Day 286
Diary Of A Busker Day 286 Thursday September 20th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 12:39-1:42pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:50-3:10pmWalter, my most regular “regular” from down this end of the street, comes over during Can’t Help Falling In Love. ‘I could play the alto sax on that bit,’ he says, after I play the middle break. I… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 285
Diary Of A Busker Day 285 Tuesday September 18th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 11:54-1:19pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 1:44-2:44pm An earlier than usual start as I need to be back home for Tom and Owen’s guitar lesson. A weird thing; I was a few songs into the set when my Pickwickian, pipe-smoking regular and one of… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 284
Diary Of A Busker Day 284 Saturday September 15th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite O2, Time: 3:16-4:22pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 4:32-5:41pmThe second outing with my eye-catching, very psychedelic and very heavy double-neck guitar, although I’ve discovered it’s not too bad if I sling the gigbag on my back, thereby distributing the weight. However, sonically speaking, I’m still not… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 283
Diary Of A Busker Day 283 Thursday September 13th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite O2, Time: 1:28-3pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:52-5:04pm, 3. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 5:07-5:37pm At my first session, near The Buttercross, I meet someone I haven’t seen for awhile; George, the man who loves my Chet Atkins numbers. He asks his usual question; ‘Got any gigs… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 282
Diary Of A Busker Day 282 Wednesday September 12th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:15-4:46pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 5:13-6:07pm I walk past Frank, hard at work at The Buttercross…and I’m down at the other end. I get 2 1/2 songs into the set, then it rains so I have to take cover in the Gospel Hall… Read more →