Came across this purely by accident - 7.365m hits on youtube!! - & no wonder!
Please don't be put off by the length of this vid guys & gals - I promise you every second is worth watching/listening to - especially the 'taking it down' feel at c 5:40 (clearly based loosely on MK's live Alchemy performance).
The variation, phrasing, feel, effortless dexterity and sheer laid back nonchalance whilst playing in the middle of Oxford Street is just beyond belief. I'm just speechless - I honestly don't have the words to convey how awesome I think this young guy is.
I started out with nothing..... but I've still got most of it left (Seasick Steve)
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Here's his version of 'Shine on you crazy diamond'
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In Birmingham we only her accordionists, a man who falls asleep whilst playing Elizabethan dances and minuets on a penny whistle, and recently a couple of teenagers who sing every damn song in thirds and think it's "harmony" whilst both strumming exactly the same "accent on the 2nd and 4th beat" chords
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Not really street music. But a noise all the same!!
Very cinematic, slightly unsettling...
My favourite was the topless bongo player outside M&S. Real high energy performance running round like a maniac, always stripped to the waist no matter what the weather.
Havent seen him in ages. I worry that he’s been institutionalised
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There's a lot of skill there and he's attempted a different take on it, so well done. I don't find it particularly enjoyable to listen to but if I saw him playing I'd stop and look.
Great guitar playing but Dire Straits are literally the single worst band I can think of. Utterly hateful.