Diary Of A Busker Day 282 Wednesday September 12th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:15-4:46pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 5:13-6:07pm I walk past Frank, hard at work at The Buttercross…and I’m down at the other end. I get 2 1/2 songs into the set, then it rains so I have to take cover in the Gospel Hall… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 280
Diary Of A Busker Day 280 Wednesday September 5th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis, Time: 4:13-4:45pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 5:20-6:07pm The first session started off OK; two American women bought a CD and a middle aged couple seemed to be enjoying the music, on the bench across from me. Also on the bench is a man of… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 279
Diary Of A Busker Day 279 Tuesday September 4th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:13-2:37pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:52-4:26pm, 3. Opposite Bellis, Time: 4:59-5:35pm A couple of songs in, Walter waves from across the road and comes over. ‘Same old faces, same old tune!’ he says, which makes me laugh. ‘Yeah Walter, same old tune, that’s… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 278
Diary Of A Busker Day 278 Saturday September 1st 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:25-4:29pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 4:44-6:10pmToday marks the worldwide debut of my psychedelic-painted double-neck guitar kit; the two-headed monster. It’s so heavy that by the time I’ve got into the high street, my arms are an inch longer, and it’s taken me half… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 277
Diary Of A Busker Day 277 Friday August 31st 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:55-2:54pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:02-4:24pmYoung Sam’s at The Buttercross and I’ve come to the conclusion that, for a young guy, he’s pretty good. His voice is quite nice and he does a lot of finger picking; his performance of Angie is very… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 276
Diary Of A Busker Day 276 Thursday August 30th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 4:13-5:21pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 5:30-6:45pm Guy and three of his folk ensemble are at The Buttercross, young Sam’s at The Crossroads, so I’m down in front of C & H and the totally inappropriate, out-of-season Xmas window display is gone; they’ve put… Read more →