Snail Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 Anyone seen this guy Busking heavy metal at queen & university in downtown TO. Cracks me up. There's all the uptight Bay St. crowd heading home after a tough day at the office, cars all in such a big hurry to go wherever and then there's this long haired guy play continuous metal solo's right in the middle of it all. Always brings a smile to my face Nice change from the usual Bongo banging Neil Young playing types found further W. down the street (nothing personal to all us bongo banging Neil Young playing types). Anyone else got a favourite Busker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briguy Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 That's hilarious. This must be the same guy I saw after a Raptors game in the York St. tunnel. He definitely brought a smile to my face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 The guy outside Zaphod's / The Dominion in Ottawa is my favourite. He knows tons of songs, plays and sings them well. Every week for at least the past month I've picked a different artist, and when I walk into the bar I say 'Everytime I come out for a smoke I want to hear something by _________, and at the end of the night there's $5 or $10 in it for you." He's never disapointed me. He usually plays 5 -7 songs per night of the artist I want to hear.I've asked him to play the followingRide the Lightnight era Metallica (tricky guitar, good singing)Paul SimonRadioheadJethro TullHe picks some good songs on his own too.I highly recomend this guy. He can be moody though.AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 My favourite has got to be the half blind retarded dude who plays the accodion at Jackson Square. I've never gotten close enough to make a request because I'm afraid he much touch me and besides he's really not playing anything. I like him because he looks like he's having a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 That guys is great AD. Me and my friends have left zaphods at the end of the night and then hung around requesting songs for another 30 minutes. I recall me and my friends requesting, pink floyd, yes, jeff healy and many others i cant remember.cheers,Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhishyK Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I remember that guy! I saw him on the way out of a Leafs game just SHREDDIN....tapping it up like he was Eddie Van Halen. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Man I have lots of favourite buskers. Anybody who grew up in Toronto and/or went to a few Jays games as a kid has to remember the drummer who would set up in that big circle on Blue Jay Way and start drumming. People would gather around him in a 360 degree circle, everybody about 20 feet away from him on all sides. People would run up and put money in his bucket and he'd stop the beat and go "Thank you!" along with the rhythm and then keep playing. When two people came up at once it would be like "Thank you and you! And thank you too!". Good times.I saw a guy on Queen West once, out if front of the Rivoli. He had a ukelele strapped to himself and was wearing a monkey mask. He had a boom box with a mix tape in it that was all Ozzy solo material from the 80's, and he was air-uking along to the songs and being very intense about it. It was hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 GoodRev I remember the drummer...he used to play in front of the Eaton Centre occasionally. The guy outside Zaphod's is pretty good but my favorite has to be the guy missing a hand who plays bottle slide on his beat up gutar. He's usually on Elgin St. but probably gets around. He's not the most technical of players but he does have a bottle for a hand so you have to give him some credit. Probably my next favorite is the black dude dressed like an angel who carries a sign saying something like "God n'est pas le 2/3". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elemeno Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 there was a guy in chatham pete baker(who had a few too many hits of acid) and he used to walk around town playing a guitar with no string and a set of head phones plugged into the jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 He's not the most technical of players but he does have a bottle for a hand so you have to give him some credit. That's my new IM name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Anyone seen this guy Busking heavy metal at queen & university in downtown TO. Cracks me up.Absolutely! I've seen that guy several times and even thrown a couple requests at him. What amuses me the most is that I haven't seen him bother actually trying to play the song; he just shreds the solos. Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 The guy outside Zaphod's is pretty good but my favorite has to be the guy missing a hand who plays bottle slide on his beat up gutar. He's usually on Elgin St. but probably gets around. He's not the most technical of players but he does have a bottle for a hand so you have to give him some credit.Stumpy usually gets my change... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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