Lockdown Busking

For obvious reasons, there's no gigging right now.  This is hurting many of my musician friends very badly and I sympathise with them and hope they come through this absurdness intact and with a fresh enthusiasm for their art.  To the so-called 'ruling' and 'scientific' classes of this country and this world I say this: shame on you all.

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Our solution to the present situation, though, is this: busking.  There's a dynamic to standing up and playing to a street that is like no other found in gigland.  There's no social contract, you see.  If you want to listen, we welcome you.  If not, walk on by and that's fine.  If you want to show your appreciation by dropping a coin or two, gracious thanks - but it's neither obligatory nor expected.  Kids love to watch - especially the little ones, which gives me hope that human response to live music will not die despite the efforts of the faceless ones who produce and consume it on that most evil of all mankind's inventions, the internet.

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Summer 2020 brings a new dimension: the busking gig.  The principle is simple.  We come to your pub, restaurant or other suitably social distance-friendly establishment with our busking rigs (no big PA's, amps etc.) and entertain you for an hour or two.  It's all acoustic, it doesn't drown out conversation, your customers don't need to shout over the top of us to be heard (imagine that, eh?).  And it costs you, the proprietor, nothing except perhaps a beer or two if you feel so inclined (and which we appreciate), together with agreement that we can - as buskers do - lay out a hat.  In the words of the great song Mr. Bojangles, we play 'for drinks and tips'.

Interested?  Contact me on 07851 551 566, Facebook or eMail.

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