During last night's broadcast of the (baseball) All-Star Game, I learned that Russell Martin, outstanding young catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers and a starter for the National League All-Stars, lists his father's occupation as "busker."

The sportscasters had a few laughs about never having heard of the word, but one of them ~ Tim McCarver ~ volunteered that he had looked it up in the dicitionary and learned that a busker is someone who plays music in public for tips. He elaborated, telling us that Martin grew up in Montreal, where his father was a jazz musician who regularly played on the streets during daytime hours, came home for a couple of hours to play catch with his son and teach him baseball, then went back out at night again to play music.

Any Candadian Mudcatters have any idea who the elder Mr. Martin might be?