Diary Of A Busker Day 160 Friday September 23rd Winchester High Street (1. opposite Phase Eight, Time: 12-12:01pm, 2. opposite Reflex, Time: 12:10-2:15pm, 3. opposite Boots Optician, Time: 3:10-5:15pm, 4. opposite Vodafone, Time: 5:30-6:30pm). The starts off – rather annoyingly, with a false start, as 30 seconds into my first tune, I’m drowned out by some guy singing opera style… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 159
Diary Of A Busker Day 159 Wednesday September 21st Winchester High Street (1. opposite Card Factory, Time: 12:15-2:20pm, 2. disused doorway opposite River Island, Time: 3:30-5:45pm). During my first set a man comes up, puts a coin in my bucket and asks if I make a living doing this. “Sometimes”, I say. He tells me he was in Reading… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 157
Diary Of A Busker Day 157 Friday September 16th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Reflex, Time: 1:45-4pm, 2. opposite Clarks, Time: 4:40-6:30pm). It’s one of those days when I get too many people talking to me – which is all very sociable but means I have to stop playing, unless it’s The Third Man or La Vie En Rose… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 156
Diary Of A Busker Day 156 Thursday September 15th Winchester High Street (1. opposite The Body Shop, Time: 2:55-5:28pm, 2. opposite Oxfam, Time: 5:58-6:36pm). Unusually, I decide to begin the day at the busier (but vehicle noise-free) part of the High Street. A young busker – I think this is Ben, whose Gibson one pickup guitar I played recently, stops… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 145
Diary Of A Busker Day 145 Sunday August 21st Winchester High Street (1. opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:45-4:35pm, 2. opposite Bellis, Time: 4:50-6:40pm). I set up almost opposite the tables outside the “posh” Maison Blanc restaurant – I’m not normally this far down but today Frank (and his accordion) are outside Debenhams – he must have remembered me saying it… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day – 143
Diary Of A Busker Day 143 Tuesday August 16th Winchester High Street (opposite Card Factory, Time: 3:10-6:42pm). One of my “younger” old regulars, 72 year old Anthony, pays me a visit. He’s “still struggling” with the guitar but today has a more pressing concern on his mind. He has arranged for three Russian ladies to visit him in Winchester. He’s… Read more →