Today I felt lazy, but I forced myself to go. I knew that once I started to play I’ll be glad I came. As I got to Times Square I met my long time friend the singer who walks with a cane. He introduced me to his new singing...
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When I got to the spot the South American flutes player was there with his friend who sells CDs for him – really nice guys. The flutes player told me it was slow for him today. I asked him if he thinks it’s because of the 2 guys wearing...
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I have not played at the 59th & Lex station in probably about a year! I used to go there every week until a policeman who doesn’t allow the use of an amp got stationed there… He was very nice to me – told me three times that amplification...
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I haven’t busked for so long now that it almost felt like I might have forgotten how… For 10 days I was out of the country, doing a TV show in Israel and starting to organize the first ever gathering of musical saw players there. Then when I got...
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A girl from Texas told me she had just been robbed – $60 were stollen from her. She was left with nothing but a quarter. And she decided to give me that quarter! She said she had been foolish with the way she was keeping her money, so she...
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As I was playing a guy, who first stood by me listening and asked me some questions, proceeded to do a slow Kung-Fu form to my music. It was interesting because what he did fit the music well: both Kung-Fu and the saw can be seen as weapons, yet...
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A gentleman told me how when he was a kid, between 1940 and 1950, he witnessed many clergymen playing the musical saw in Puerto-Rico. His father was a priest for the Baptist Church in Puerto-Rico. The church sent over priests from the USA to a seminary in Puerto-Rico. These...
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