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 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 →
Diary Of A Busker Day 290
Diary Of A Busker Day 290 Saturday September 29th 2012 London, In front of The Coach And Horses public house, Greenwich Indoor Market, Time: 1:35-3:03pm, 4:35-6:03pm I’m back outside the same pub I was outside in January last year, just after I started busking, and again at the invitation of Gary, who’s asked me to play at the nearby Ben… Read more →