Diary Of A Busker Day 177 Thursday November 3rd Winchester High Street (opposite Vodafone, Time: 12:35-3:15pm). …and the (so-called) Indian summer contunues…which means I can play for a long time without going to the toiletand warming my hands up under boiling water. I need to practice my Zither-like Third Man arrangement and a Belgiun couple on the other… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 144
Diary Of A Busker Day 144 Friday August 19th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Card Factory, Time: 11.00-1:50pm, 2. opposite Phase Eight, Time: 2:35-5:05pm). An early start today as I want to get a good few hours in…but I haven’t even finished my first song before I get my first interuption – five boys about 14 years old – “Can… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day – 141
Diary Of A Busker Day 141 Sunday August 7th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:25-5:27pm, 2. opposite Parchment Street, Time: 5:45-6:23pm). It’s Sunday afternoon and for once a pleasant, rain free day. I’m set up just down from the tables (and chairs) outside the posh Maison Blanc restaurant. A lady hovers about on the other side of the… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 132
Diary Of A Busker Day 132 Monday July 18th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Clinton Cards, Time: 2:05-2:55pm, 2. opposite Whittard, Time: 3:10-4pm). Another temperamental day of grey sky with sudden bursts of rain. I open my set with a new (and appropriate) tune – The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin. I’ve been wanting to learn this for years, and… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 128
Diary Of A Busker Day 128 Saturday July 9th Winchester High Street (opposite Clinton Cards, Time: 12:15-1:05pm). A short session on the way to meet the parents at the coach stop. I’m playing Yellow Bird, a couple with their daughter in her buggy stop to listen. When I finish they tell me this happens to be her favourite song – “How does… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 127
Diary Of A Busker Day 127 Thursday July 7th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Clinton Cards, Time: 12:20-12:50pm, 1:55-3:30pm, 2. opposite Vodafone, Time: 3:10-4:30pm, 3. outside Debenhams, Time: 5-5:55pm). A short set to begin with then I’m off to the St. Lawrence church – about a minute’s walk away, to the piano recital by 19 year old Jason Lam. The… Read more →