Author Archives: parker

Busking Seattle: Ross Robinson – 14 May 2023  –  Ballard Farmers Market Olympia-based Ross has got vintage down, slides a mean tube of glass.  Covers include Zawinul’s “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”.  

Freddy and the Long Shots  –  Rabbit Box Theatre, Seattle  –  2 April 2023 Nepotism rears its ugly head!  Disclaimer: Freddy is married to the second cousin, once removed, of my wife.  Nonetheless, there’s nothing about this band that doesn’t … Continue reading →

Busking Seattle – Ballard Commons Park – 11 & 12 March 2023 This was on the occasion of the re-opening of Ballard Commons Park, which had been closed temporarily for a (euphemistically) re-furb update.  Among the festivities was a stage … Continue reading →

‘Berto – Acma Mission Orchard – 5 March 2023 – Ballard Famers Market It’s quite a chore for Berto to drive from the orchard at Quincy (about 3 hours) and set all this up himself, and then undo it all … Continue reading →

Busking Seattle: Golden Earrings Jazz Band  –  Ballard Farmers Market  –  18 September 2022 Robin Kallsen’s modified “Vo-de-oh-doh” speaker says it all for this old-timey combo – not sure if any of their repertoire is more recent than World War … Continue reading →

Busking Seattle –   Ballard Farmers Market  –  28 August 2022 I’m now such a frequenter of Ballard Farmers Market that I keep seeing the same regulars there, and usually pass on sketching the same subjects too many times.  Plus I’m … Continue reading →

Busking Seattle – 21 August 2022  –  Ballard Farmers Market The market featured two quartets on this date, so the pens were busy busy.  Valence String Quartet was a welcome classical take on the busker scene.  Latona Family presented a … Continue reading →

Busking Seattle  –  Ballard Farmers Market   –  31 July 2022 Just one new (to me) busker today, Sunny, bustin’ it on uke, doin’ oldies – Beatles, and a Zombies tune I didn’t know.

World-Wide Sketchcrawl #76 – Kerry Park, Seattle  –  23 July 2022 About 40 USk sketches from Seattle gathered at Kerry Park. The day was mild, but a bit hazy, so that iconic Mount Rainier could not be seen, although the … Continue reading →

Ballard SeafoodFest – 16 July 2022 This was a three-day extravaganza, no way to take in the entire thing, Saturday afternoon was plenty for me.  With only a half-hour set, some sketches for The Salmonberries seemed skeletal at best, what … Continue reading →