Diary Of A Busker Day 295 Friday October 12th 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:44-3:01pmOnce again, Walter emerges from the shadows just after I start playing. Every time! I remember to ask him about the Edgware Road thing; ‘So, Walter, why is it called that? (I play the four-note phrase).’ ‘I don’t know, some London bloke…’ave you ‘ad… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 292
Diary Of A Busker Day 292 Thursday October 4th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis, Time: 1:49-3:05pmA man who I’ve seen a couple of times before asks if I can play Mr. Tambourine Man, as he says he’s heard me play it before. I tell him he must be thinking of someone else. I know the song but I… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 291
Diary Of A Busker Day 291 Wednesday October 3rd 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 12:50-1:56pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:36-3:43pm I’ve barely finished the first song when I notice someone’s turned on some music in a shop across the road; not loud enough to drown me out but loud enough that I can hear it behind my… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 287
Diary Of A Busker Day 287 Saturday September 22nd 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3-4:13pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 4:36-6:30pm My third public outing with the double-neck…and I’m STILL not sure about it, and I’ve spent whole evenings trying to make it sound like my Epiphone; playing them one after the other, plugging in one, playing it… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 286
Diary Of A Busker Day 286 Thursday September 20th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 12:39-1:42pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:50-3:10pmWalter, my most regular “regular” from down this end of the street, comes over during Can’t Help Falling In Love. ‘I could play the alto sax on that bit,’ he says, after I play the middle break. I… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 285
Diary Of A Busker Day 285 Tuesday September 18th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 11:54-1:19pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 1:44-2:44pm An earlier than usual start as I need to be back home for Tom and Owen’s guitar lesson. A weird thing; I was a few songs into the set when my Pickwickian, pipe-smoking regular and one of… Read more →