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Corky Dragland – 21 November 2021: Dragland is an import from some unspecified British isle, and one of the oldest buskers that I’ve sketched.\u00a0 There is some frailty to the guy, so we hope he sticks around a bit longer.\u00a0 On the day of the sketch, the weather was damp and blustery, so, mindful of his health, he cut his set (and my sketch) short to pack up.<\/p>\n
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Emery Carl (undated):\u00a0 Nothing like a harmonica holder to gum up the face portion of a portrait.<\/p>\n
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Tony Mack – 13 February 2022:\u00a0 Mack is one of the self-contained performers shlepping around a mini-PA to play the background tracks for his sax solos.\u00a0 One of his tunes was “The Work Song”, a sax staple of my days in Total Crudd.\u00a0 It came to me by way of Butterfield, but Mack correctly identified the antecedent, Cannonball Adderly (“Them Dirty Blues” album of 1960), composed by his brother, cornetist Nat Adderly.\u00a0 For the memories and schooling I threw Mack $5 .\u00a0 Me tipping a busker?\u00a0 You heard it first here!<\/p>\n
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Saxxadelic – 13 February 2022:\u00a0 First of a series of artists whose real names we will never know.\u00a0 He was not able to insert The Work Song into his free-form flow.<\/p>\n
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Eric DeAngelo – 13 March 2022:\u00a0 DeAngelo travels with his backing tracks playing on his shlepped mini-PA.\u00a0 He knew few details about his Les Paul axe (year?).<\/p>\n
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Reedwarrior\u00a0 “James” – 20 March 2022:\u00a0 James is also deep into the 1930’s.\u00a0 In addition to sax, he also does growly vocals vo-de-oh-doh style through the shortest of megaphones, constructed (or, destructed) from a modified paper coffee cup.\u00a0 Set included “Comes Love (Nothing Can Be Done)” from 1939; I rest my case.<\/p>\n
Busking Seattle – Ballard Farmers Market In olden days, each day of busking would get its own page.\u00a0 In the sleek “I’m too busy!” 2020’s, why bother.\u00a0 Yes it will make the annotations, etc. more convoluted.\u00a0 Too bad. My routine … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"