Diary Of A Busker Day 297 Friday October 19th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:40-2pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:07-2:54pmIt’s another day of drizzle and unfortunately there’s some young strummer in place at The Buttercross, which means I can’t set up under-cover at The Pentice, a few feet away. In fact, why is he not there? –… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 296
Diary Of A Busker Day 296 Wednesday October 17th 2012 1. Opposite Bellis, Time: 2:23-3:25pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:47-4:59pmThe other day I was approached by Victoria, the manager of the cinema, about playing a laid-back set in the foyer, before the screening of Celebration Day, the film of the 2007 Led Zeppelin concert. There was no money in it… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 295
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 →
Diary Of A Busker Day 294
Diary Of A Busker Day 294 Monday October 8th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:57-3:01pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 3:24-4:30pmAnother day of drizzle. It seems every time I’m at this end of the street, Walter turns up, on cue, almost like he’s lurking somewhere, waiting for me. He’s here again, with his “Same old song”, which is… Read more →
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 →