Diary Of A Busker Day 258 Friday July 13th 2012 St. Lukes Church Fete, Stanmore, Winchester. Time: 3:30-6pm I’ve been invited to provide the background music for the annual summer fete. There’s no fee but they’ve said I can put my bucket out. The bit I’m playing at is inside the church, and thank God for that, as these days… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 257
Diary Of A Busker Day 257 Tuesday July 10th 2012 Reading, Broad Street 1. Opposite Mobile Phone and Handbag Store, Time: 10:25-10:31am, 2. Opposite Anne Summers, Time: 10:40-11:05am, 1:45-3:13pm, 3. Outside John Lewis, Time: 4-5:25pm Back in Reading for my penultimate acupuncture appointment, my day gets off to an annoying start. As I’ve got my guitar on my lap for… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 255
Diary Of A Busker Day 255 Thursday July 5th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:56-2:57pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 3:27-4:53pm, 3. Opposite Bellis, Time: 5:20-6:35pm It’s been raining all week so I haven’t been out busking but it’s cleared up today and needs must. My first customer is a tall woman, not quite a regular, in that… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 246
Diary Of A Busker Day 246 Thursday June 14th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Zizzi, Time: 2-3:14pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:37-4:13pm, 3. Opposite Bellis, Time: 4:30-5:45pm It’s choc-a-bloc with buskers today; starting at The Buttercross: Rob, as loud as ever, moving further down…a young guy with an acoustic guitar that I can barely hear… further down at the… 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 →
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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 →