Diary Of A Busker Day 355 Friday April 12th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Corner of Monsoon. Time: 1:45-3:15pm 2. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 4:17-5:47pm A couple of young foreign chaps contribute during The Third Man. I inform them the details of the arrangement (Chet Atkins, 1960) and of the origin; they’ve never heard the original but know it from a… Read more →
Month: December 2013
Diary Of A Busker Day 354
Diary Of A Busker Day 354 Thursday April 11th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 2:30-4pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 4:37-5:45pm A look at the weather website reveals a temperature of a sweltering 10.4 degrees. I make that about 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Even so, after an hour and a half, my hands are starting to freeze up somewhat.… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 353
Diary Of A Busker Day 353 Wednesday April 10th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis/O2. Time: 4:05-4:55pm, 5:25-5:53pm I get through four songs before I get any money; 50p from someone, then, amazingly, a £5 note from an old lady. I’m so thrilled, I say she can have a CD which she wasn’t even going to ask for, because… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 352
Diary Of A Busker Day 352 Tuesday April 9th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis. Time: 1::32-3:32pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 4:30-5:45pm Although I intended to do just an hour spot, as usual I ended up doing more – twice as more in this case, although it certainly wasn’t because I was having a good session, money-wise, because it… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 351
Diary Of A Busker Day 351 Sunday April 7th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 2:33-3:18pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 3:25-5:15pm I would have gone for the middle spot if not for a young strummer set up nearby. Strangely, I can’t remember what he was crucifying today although it’s just come to me what he was doing the… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 350
Diary Of A Busker Day 350 Saturday April 6th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Corner of Monsoon. Time: 11:45-1:45pm 2. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 2:30-4:30pm The street’s pretty full up today; there’s Bob Jackson’s rockabilly trio at The Buttercross, there’s one of those dead still statue people painted all in black, standing on a crate a bit further down, there’s the… Read more →