Diary Of A Busker Day 159 Wednesday September 21st Winchester High Street (1. opposite Card Factory, Time: 12:15-2:20pm, 2. disused doorway opposite River Island, Time: 3:30-5:45pm). During my first set a man comes up, puts a coin in my bucket and asks if I make a living doing this. “Sometimes”, I say. He tells me he was in Reading… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 158
Diary Of A Busker Day 158 Monday September 19th Winchester High Street (1. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 1:05-3:10pm, 2. opposite Vodafone, Time: 3:45-6:10pm). The session starts slow – it’s almost twenty minutes before I get my first coin – 10p from a man, during When I’m Sixty-Four. It’s one of those when I think “What am I doing… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 157
Diary Of A Busker Day 157 Friday September 16th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Reflex, Time: 1:45-4pm, 2. opposite Clarks, Time: 4:40-6:30pm). It’s one of those days when I get too many people talking to me – which is all very sociable but means I have to stop playing, unless it’s The Third Man or La Vie En Rose… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 156
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 →
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 →