Diary Of A Busker Day 119 Tuesday June 21st Winchester High Street (1. opposite The Body Shop, Time: 12:30-3:01pm, 2. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 3:13-5:30pm.) It’s 20 minutes until my first “customer” – Delia, comes along. I get up to speak to her, “Oh, you don’t have to stand up for me.” “Yes I do, I need… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 110
Diary Of A Busker Day 110 Friday June 3rd Winchester High Street (outside Debenhams, Time: 1:53-5:45pm.) Walking into town I notice a policeman talking to one of the beggars – the short, bearded one with the Yorkshire. He is usually to be found sitting down (with a tin bowl in front, white pitbull-ish looking dog beside) outside the HMV… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 93
Diary Of A Busker Day 93 Saturday May 7th Ladbroke Grove, London (outside The Elgin public house, Time: 1-5:45pm) A curious one, this – something of a hybrid in that it’s a combination of a ‘proper’ gig, for which I received payment! – unusual in London, I have to say, to the eternal shame of 99% of landlords – and a busking session.… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 41
Diary Of A Busker Day 41 Saturday February 12th Winchester High Street Opposite Phase Eight Time: 1:20 – 6:20pm. A busy day for shoppers – the busiest I’ve seen since I started busking and the most buskers I’ve ever seen in Winchester – I counted seven in the very small stretch that is the pedestrian precinct, none more than 30… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 35
Diary Of A Busker Day 35 Monday January 31st Winchester High Street (opposite Clinton Cards, Time: 2:25 – 4:25pm). Spent ten minutes deciding where I should set up – opposite Smiths or further down. Which place was warmer? Not much in it, so I go back to the usual place, opposite Smiths. I set my guitar and bag down, then… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 27
Diary Of A Busker Day 27 Saturday January 15th Greenwich Market London. Time: 1:30 – 6:45pm. A long day – the longest yet, and in a new location. I had arranged to visit my old mate Gary* at his flat in Greenwich, south London, so he could record me playing a selection of busking favourites for a promotional cd to send around… Read more →