Diary Of A Busker Day 408 Tuesday July 16th Winchester High Street (1. Opposite Bellis, Time: 12:12-1:12pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:23-2:26pm, 3. Opposite Bellis, Time: 2:50-4:10pm). There are four Greenpeace charity blokes, or, to use that silly modern word – chuggers, all quite close together, around the Butter Cross area. As I plonk my bags down, the one with… Read more →
Tag: Chet Atkins
Diary Of A Busker Day 356
Diary Of A Busker Day 356 Sunday April 14th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis. Time: 12:35-2:O3pm 2. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 2:15-4:3Opm I’ve come in today because it was raining all day yesterday…so I missed out on my Greek snack from that nice lady from the stall. About forty-five minutes into the first set, I’m doing James Bond and… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 355
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 →
Diary Of A Busker Day 346
Diary Of A Busker Day 346 Saturday March 30th 2013 Winchester High Street, opposite Oxfam. Time: 12:20-1:22pm, 2:25-3:37pm At the top of the High Street, outside Barclays Bank, there’s a bloke singing with a guitar and harmonica and that’s enough to be getting on with, I reckon. At The Buttercross there are a lot of young people wearing blue T-shirts,… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 314
Diary Of A Busker Day 314 Tuesday January 2nd 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Corner of Marks & Spencer. Time: 10:42-12:10pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 3:05-4:12pm An unusually early start today as I fancy doing two sessions, however, I want to come home in-between, to warm up and have some soup; a proper lunch break. I start up with Somewhere… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 309
Diary Of A Busker Day 309 Monday December 17th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 2:42-4pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 4:31-5:39pm My mission; to provide an alternative to the hordes of pre-pubescent kids blasting out boring Christmas carols, thereby cashing in and stealing MY money! Or at least get a better hourly average than yesterday. Oh yes, I… Read more →