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stories that encompass
the activities
of these buskers
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Useful busking link:
Great
site,but pop up control recommended.
A
Modern Knight of
the
Road.
In
1998 Jim drew out a sketch map of northern Portugal, putting down
key places where busking can be good. He also
informed me that
metal strings can be hard to find.
In
1999 I went with my duo partner Gill to busk Portugal - armed with
the sketch map. As we travelled down the coast from
Porto the map
proved good - until we came to Aveiro. We marched back and forth
through this town looking for the juicy terraces its
presence on the
sketchmap indicated. We could find nothing - and the hotels were
more expensive than elsewhere. Puzzled, we evacuated
the place
the next day. Even that was difficult. There was a bus going to the
village we planned to move on to, but,
having waited a long time,
the bus arrived and docilely continued past the bus stop as though
it were not there. We were forced to catch a train
to Coimbra.
On our
eventual return to Antwerp I met Jim and asked him where the
terraces were in Aveiro. He replied, " Oh, that's just
the place where
you can buy metal strings. There's a shop down the road from
the station..."
Ah,
Jeez!
Outstanding
creative talent
for
songwriting and guitar
Enters
the journal in 1996
Now
25, he has completed a
professional
CD
Tip
for record companies:-
Sign
him up! Quick!
Bob
Gault (US):-
Vigorously
busking
Switzerland
(last I heard).
We
worked well as a duo.
Eva Hafner - Swiss. I love her like a sister - and more. I miss her. If you have any info on her just give me an e-mail on it. Such a powerful performer.
Elliot (far
right) - immensely
talented
on voice,accoustic
guitar and
lead guitar. Shared
a small bedsit in
Bern with him for awhile.
Elliot is from Detroit
and if you can picture
Mohammed Ali
with a bit more weight
- you've got him.
Very affable and chatty.
Buy an Eliot CD.
Hear his music.
ROCK
IS NOT
DEAD
With
Eliot you
can believe
it
American
Dave (second from right) - I
don't know his actual
name, but he pops
up often in the journal.
To me, he is the
'Davy Crockett' of buskers,
flitting onto trams
and playing them
in Switzerland.
Peter Murphy (harpist) - featured
on 'The South Bank Show'. For
many years he was an accountant. Then, suddenly,
he walked away to become a busker. This
may seem strange to most people, but I knew
the likely inner mechanics behind such an action.
To really feel you are making a difference
to the world - and to yourself? An accountant
doesn't meet this criteria. Not within the
matter of souls. But a musician should BE a musician.
Peter should be a musician - and people
should hear him.
Harmonica
Jon
Gent
based (last I heard)
English busker
- and winner of
a couple of Busker
of the Year awards
in Belgium.
I would like to pass on my condolences to all who mourn and miss MILLIGAN, who died from cancer recently. He was someone I liked a great deal and he often popped up in my journal. Sadly, he left behind his young children and their mother Sandra - and my greatest sympathies lie with them.
MILLIGAN (background) supporting POMMIE
I would like to pass on my condolences to all who mourn and miss MILLIGAN, who died from cancer recently. He was someone I liked a great deal and he often popped up in my journal. Sadly, he left behind his young children and their mother Sandra - and my greatest sympathies lie with them.
MILLIGAN (background) supporting POMMIE
Thanks
to Tricia for the
picture (below).
Simply
the best
No
frills - but a mountain
of technique
in the delivery
of a song (and
its message).
Steady
Eddy - a good
and true busker who presently
resides in Antwerp. I first met him in Fribourg,
Germany. He was able to offer me extremely
valuable aid there when I got stuck in the
town for a week. He pointed out bars to play,
which hastened my desired aim to return to
Bern, Switzerland. His site has some fantastic pictures
of Antwerp buskers and, of course, himself.