Diary Of A Busker Day 212 Monday March 19th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:35-3:24pm, 2. Opposite O2, Time: 3:30-3:57pm Not many buskers come out on a Monday – I know Frank never does, so I’m thinking I might get the street to myself. About halfway through my almost two hour set, I’m questioned by two young… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 106
Diary Of A Busker Day 106 Sunday May 29th Winchester High Street (opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:10-6:15pm.) I haven’t been been playing long when so-called “Dangerous” Dave turns up, more or less demanding I play The Third Man. He’ll even pay me, but he’ll have to wait as I’m in the middle of a group of songs with a different tuning. “D’you mind… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 100
Diary Of A Busker Day 100 Wednesday May 18th, London (Hungerford Foot Bridge, Time: 1:45-4pm). A landmark day – my hundreth, which finishes in an appropriately memorable way. My session up here in the Big Smoke – the second in as many weeks, was due to my attendance at the unveiling of a restored statue of Frydyric Chopin, which… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 71
Diary Of A Busker Day 71 Thursday March 31st Winchester High Street (corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 2:34-5:50pm) A session of admiral length down at the noisy corner – no Bertie the flowerman, only his young helper – “THREE FOR A PAANND!” or “numbnuts” as Bertie calls him. To the ‘happenings’, as they used to say in the old… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 47
Diary Of A Busker Day 47 Tuesday February 22nd Winchester High Street 1. corner of Marks And Spencer 5:15-6pm, 2. opposite WH Smiths 6:05-6:35pm A shorty in comparison to some of the recent marathons. I think I was playing La Vie En Rose – close behind The Third Man for most played song, when a lady in her 30s stopped… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 46
Diary Of A Busker Monday February 21st Winchester High Street (corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 12:30-5:35pm). As often happens, I come into town intending to do a mere two hours and end up doing quite a bit more. The weather was overcast – it’s never undercast, and it began to drizzle a number of times, making me decide to… Read more →