Diary Of A Busker Day 412 Saturday July 20th Winchester (1. Opposite Bellis/O2, Time: 3:18-4:23pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 4:35-5:40pm). The 5th song of the day – Girl, is, ahem…Song Of The Day(!), as it secured a CD sale – certainly welcome, as before that, I had only one contribution. The lucky buyer? – a foreign man in his 50s,… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 411
Diary Of A Busker Day 411 Friday July 19th Winchester (1. Opposite Pavillion, Time: 1:15-2pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:13-3:19pm, 3. Opposite Bellis, Time: 3:43-5:33pm). Near The Butter Cross, there’s a blues pianist/singer doing that Jambalaya song, and wearing his shirt open, my goodness! I mean, this is a respectable town, doesn’t he know?! And those two ukelele girls are… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 409
Diary Of A Busker Day 409 Wednesday July 17th Winchester High Street (1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:35-3:15pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:53-5:10pm). A good start: after the second song – Londonderry Air, or Danny Boy, or whatever it’s called, a man on a disability scooter, who’d been listening on the other side of the bin I was next to, gave… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 407
Diary Of A Busker Day 407 Monday July 15th Winchester High Street (Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:18-3:05pm). A few hours before I went in to play – only a short set as there’s a lesson at 3:45 – there were a few about, including the 2 ukelele girls, and also some kid with a violin, raking it in. In fact, I… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 406
Diary Of A Busker Day 406 Sunday July 14th Winchester High Street (Opposite Bellis, Time: 3:25-5:15pm). Another very warm day – 24 degrees, but I’m able to get in the shade. I wasn’t sure whether to come in or not, as Sunday can be a bit dodgy, money-wise. But it turned out to be a good idea as I made… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 405
Diary Of A Busker Day 405 Saturday July 13th Winchester (1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:54-3:54pm, 2. Next to The Slug And Lettuce, Time: 4:13-5:40pm). And once again it’s choc-a-bloc with buskers. At The Butter Cross: a man singing and playing the Skyfall theme on an electronic keyboard. Then, down a bit, the same young guy who was decimating Imagine, yesterday… Read more →