National Busking Day

Subject: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: GUEST,Furry
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 03:20 AM

I mentioned this idea on my horribly misunderstood thread bashing robert johnson ( The title was the problem I meant it to be provacative)I was encouraged by a pair of responses from dwditty (short for ditty wa ditty the old bbq bob song right?)and of all people Van Halen's bass player Micheal Anthony ( just kiddin mike, sorry I listened to VH when I was 13, I apolagize again if you acctually are VH's bass player)
Here's the idea NATIONAL BUSKING DAY the 1st sunny saturday in spring.EVERYONE TAKE TO THE STREETS WITH GUITARS, BANJOS, MANDOLINS, HARPS, and FIDDLES AND PLAY TRADITIONAL AND/OR ORIGINAL SONGS ( provided they don't sound like ozzy, britanny, or the sex pistols, I guess it will be Ok if mike plays JUMP!)
SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: CarolC
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 04:21 AM

Guest Furry,

I like it!

(But you forgot to mention accordions.)

Carol

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: GUEST,The Shambles
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 05:09 AM

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: The Shambles
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 05:31 AM

The above post was not from me.

Oh and accordions.

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: Mbo
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 10:17 AM

Darn, I was going to play Ozzy's "Back On Earth" when I graduate college!

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: GUEST,Furry
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 10:48 AM

Oh NO accordians

ON second though I guess it'll be Ok

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: GUEST,Furry
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 11:00 AM

I apolagizes to all the instruments I left out
bongos, tambarines,zithers, ACCORDIANS, concertinas, flutes, the rest of the wood wind family, vocal chords, washboards, stand up bass, washtub bass, cow bells....... BRING 'EM ALL.

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: InOBU
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 12:21 PM

dont forget Uilleann pipes - we're already out there... Larry

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: dwditty
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 05:27 PM

Tiple? Whose got the tiple? 'Spaw?

This is one of those things that could really blossom into something incredible. Imagine throngs of Mudcat-patch-wearing, Bill-Sales-buttoned folks in Oz, England, Wales, Nova Scotia, Scotland, Canada, Italy, Ireland, USA, Germany, South America, and wherever else we all hail from hitting the streets on the same day spreading the word of traditional music and the mudcat (Get those cards ready, Susan of DT). I think this is a great idea, Furry.

And, yes, you correctly identified the source of my nom de mudcat.

dw

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: GUEST,Furry
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 06:58 PM

I should have called it INTERNATIONAL BUSKING DAY.
My fault, I hereby change the name of the new holiday to INTERNATIONAL BUSKING DAY.
Now all we need is some traditions (beside the music)like Christmas trees or Leaving a seat at the dinner table for Woody Guthrie or something like that.
Any suggestions?

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: sophocleese
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 07:13 PM

A sprig of last year's rosemary(that's for remembrance) tied to the wristband or the collar of what the busker wears for aid in remembering tunes and words.

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: Sorcha
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 10:07 PM

And we're gonna do this on the Spring Solstice, and dress in clothes from our past lives, right?. Little Hawk will call the aliens to make crop circles in all the parks,we'll all greet each other with secret handshakes, and the password will be----Brass Toilet Seats on Icebergs! (hey, you all know I'm not bashing, OK?) Ooops, almost forgot the Morris dancers, dressed all in green-o.

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall)
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 10:23 PM

This sounds like a great idea. And we can congregate at the busker's dream spot; multi-plex movie theatres where all the films start at roughly the same time. You play your butt off for about 40 minutes, fill the case with donations, and take a break for an hour or so. Repeat as necessary.

Rich

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 11:50 PM

Hey ya hosers, make it May Day, it's too cold up here on the Spring Solstice, eh? It'll freeze the beer, eh? We wouldn't want that, now would we, eh? Okay, like, I gotta go stir up some back bacon and check to see if the maple syrup has arrived, eh? See ya, hosers!

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: GUEST,krista
Date: 13 Jan 06 - 08:27 AM

hiya...just wonderin if u know...do you need a license to busk in greenwich, london?

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: David C. Carter
Date: 13 Jan 06 - 10:02 AM

We have a National Music day here in France.It was great to begin with,but now you get every Jean,Jacqes et Bob Dylan on the block.
By the way,Guest,Krista,is that great Pie and Mash shop still open in Greenwich?Sorry for the drift.

London Homesick Blues.

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 13 Jan 06 - 10:11 AM

The pie and mash shop was still there wqhen I was over a couple of months ago. I think the council require a permit for buskers these days.

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: David C. Carter
Date: 13 Jan 06 - 10:23 AM

We need a permit to play in the metro.I think you have to do a sort of"audition"first though with the RATP.
Thanks for the culinary info.

David

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: GUEST,Baz
Date: 13 Jan 06 - 10:45 AM

"( provided they don't sound like ozzy, britanny, or the sex pistols, I guess it will be Ok if mike plays JUMP!)"

'Ey up!! What wrong with the Sex Pistols???

Subject: RE: NATIONAL BUSKING DAY
From: GUEST,cathy davis
Date: 19 Jan 09 - 09:54 AM

I love the idea of an international busking day. May day sounds good to me.
Maybe we can get our city councils to proclaim it as well.