Diary Of A Busker Day 316 Sunday January 13th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis. Time: 2:57-3:26pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 3:58-4:43pm A very cold day, accentuated by a slight wind – the ‘wind-chill factor’, as I believe it’s known in meteorological circles/television weather reports. In fact, I’ve been playing when my hands have pretty much had enough. Just… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 313
Diary Of A Busker Day 313 Wednesday January 2nd 2013 Winchester High Street, opposite Vodafone. Time: 4:12-5:30pm A sad day. It was 4:45. I’d been playing for almost 40 minutes and doing OK – lots of coinage from young children out with their parents (one lady requested Stardust; I’ll ‘look into it’ I said) and the temperature wasn’t too cold… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 271
Dary Of A Busker Day 271 Saturday August 18th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:17-3:05pm, 2. Opposite Waterstones, Time: 3:57-4:24pm, 3. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 4:33-6:18pmI come into the high street just as Rockin’ Rob and his girlfriend are on their way out, heading to The Royal Oak in Salisbury to do a proper gig. Rob tells me… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 251
Diary Of A Busker Day 251 Sunday June 24th 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite where Reflex used to be Time: 5-6:27pmAnother spur-of-the-moment-late-Sunday-afternoon session. I was going to set up at the crossroads but the ice-cream vendor is there, just opposite to where I usually play. Sometimes I don’t like to inflict myself on people who are outside all day. It’s… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 206
Diary Of A Busker Day 206 Tuesday March 6th 2012 London 1. Hungerford Foot Bridge, Time: 2:30-4:30pm, 2. Trafalgar Square, Time: 5:35-6pmHaving the occasion to visit Greenwich and finishing my business by early afternoon, I decided to try and make my £35.70p train fare back. I walked up the steps and onto the Hungerford Bridge from the south side. At… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 205
Diary Of A Busker Day 205 Saturday March 3rd 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Card Factory, Time: 3:25-4:34pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 4:40-5:45pmI pass Tony at The Buttercross, blasting out his sax and backing track. He’s arched backwards, sax horn above his head. It really is more of a visual performance more than a musically accurate one – he’s… Read more →