[Harp-L] Re:Re: why I love busking



Icebrain wrote:

<Wasn't the King of the Buskers, Rory McLeod, part of this unit back then?

If you wanna see the state of the art Busker style musician, catch Rory do a
solo show - great harmonica, singer and trombone player.


Steve, remember when the power went off at the Trossingen Concert Hall
during your set and Rory entertained and kept things going 'till the power came on?>


All the above are true Larry, your memory does not fail you. Rory was a member of Have Mercy in the mid 70s and we all learned street music together on the Portobello Road in London. He went on to do his very individual thing and is doing it to this day, though he left the reunited Have Mercy very shortly after the show you mention.

Keeping the show going when the power goes off is one of the things we picked up from busking and I've performed in some challenging situations like that, as well as using it as a great ending to a rocking show by leaving through the audience, playing as you go, or just playing a solo off the mike. One of the things I've learned from busking is, you don't necessarily have to play loudly in order to project your sound. I guess that's what classical singers also learn to do. Chris Jones and I once played Bonnie Raitt's beautiful ballad "Can't Make You Love Me" completely acoustic in front of 400 people after a fuse blew. You could have heard a pin drop and at the end they went nuts,

Steve

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