Diary Of A Busker Day 204 Friday March 2nd 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Card Factory, Time: 1:35-2:35pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 2:45-3:22pmRockin’ Rob is in front of The Buttercross and I reckon he’s slowly turning the volume back up these last few weeks…and we’ve got the Korean violinist whose name I think is Kai, or something that sounds… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 203
Diary Of A Busker Day 203 Wednesday March 7th 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite Vodafone, Time: 3:05-5:10pmA lady in her 60s gives me a pound during Albatross, I thank her, she goes to walk off, comes back, remarks on how Albatross is ‘a bit Shadows-ey, like Apache.’ ‘It’s the extra reverb,’ I say. This brings me, naturally, on to my… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 202
Diary Of A Busker Day 202 Tuesday February 28th 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:30-3:45pmA fairly civilised stint down at the crossroads. Civilised, in that the weather was fine, enabling me to play straight through without stopping to warm my hands up, and civilised because no one fell over me in a state of drunkenness. A lady comes… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 201
Diary Of A Busker Day 201 Sunday February 26th 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite Phase Eight, Time: 2:25-5:05pm A pleasantly temperatured afternoon decides me to venture into town – something I don’t normally do on a Sunday. There’s just one other bloke out – a guy with an acoustic guitar outside the Vodafone shop, down at the crossroads. I walk… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 200
Diary Of A Busker Day 200 Friday February 24th 1. Romsey (market, Time: 10:20-1:30pm), 2 Winchester High Street (opposite Vodafone, Time: 5:30-6:25pm). A strange thing – although practically all my busking is done in Winchester, the “landmark” days (Days 1, 100 and 200) seem to be outside. However, I haven’t been here in Romsey since early December, so it’s about… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker – Day 199
Diary Of A Busker Day 199 Tuesday February 21st Winchester High Street (opposite Bellis, Time: 1-2:10pm, 2. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 3:05-4:12pm). My polite regular, Ian, stands nearby and waits untill I’ve finished my capo-on-second-fret songs, namely Can’t Help Falling In Love and Over The Rainbow, then, stroking his chin, in thought and saying(?) “Hmm…”, carries on –… Read more →