Buskers, Street Entertainers in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire*

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• karrot will always be playing a random tune on trhe harmonica if you search him in to youtube you will get a very interesting song about fanny farts - he is wycombes claim to fame - he'll be wearing a black leather jacket and he will be hunched over peering out of his ginger hair
• Carrot is the most wonderful harmonica player, when he can get it together...
• The geezer who stands in the emtpy market stalls shouting at everyone about god. There's also the Army guy who walks through town every now and then swinging his trunchen around and shouting out marching orders, followed by the obligitory line of immature 12 year olds doing impressions of him.
• There's a guy who often sits by the RBS cash machine opposite the side entrance to the Falcon. He's been looking for his mojo for what has to be months now. I hope he finds it or at least learns another tune on his harmonica.
• Carrot is a great harmonica player... shame hes such a mess now, but wow that dude can play!!
• If you live on West Wycombe road, keep an eye out for a chap standing in doorways. He walks up and down the road, doorway by doorway. It takes him about an hour to get past the stretch I can see along, maybe more. He's harmless though so leave him be.
• Lol, has any1 seen that new ginger guy with the harmonica? Hes hilarious he whales at the top of his voice, a load of crap and swears at you if you don't give him anymore, wot a cracker Jack!
• whos the dude who thinks he's hitler? wlaks with a brolly and has a little tasche?
• The mad woman who crouches down under the flyover near Time, barking at passers by, i love her! Also the drugged up phycopath who chases people around Frogmoor whilst yelling "thankyou".
• Plenty of bus station loonies!
• theres a girl that sells the big issue...
• DERZ A NU 1 I FINK N E WOZ SITTIN OUTSIDE SPORT N SKI DA ODA WEEK IN TWN PLAYIN A HARMONICA I FINK MA MATE FRU 1P DAS BOWT IT ALL I CUD DO WOZ LAFF
• was anyone ever scared of that tramp that used to throw stuff at u if u din't give him money
• Druggies,overpriced drugs,crack heads,
• mostly all the piss heads that stagger round town. fun 2 watch, and if u have the balls their fun to poke as well!
• Wycombe is full of strange people but the number 1 position has to go to Brian Moore (nicknamed Frogmoore as he used to spend all his time drinking there). In fact that bloke owes me a pair of boots, I broke the heel running away from him. If you see a short weather beaten black guy shouting/singing/screaming and more than likely holding a can of Tenants that'll be Brian. When he broke his leg about a year back he used to throw his crutch into Pizza Hut or The Phone Shop and make them pay for him to take it back. I'm deadly serious! But then who would want Brain screaming and swearing and scaring away the punters? Best scam I've ever heard of! Also, what happened to Dennis the tramp? When I was little i used to see him wondering around all the time but he seems to have disappeared.
• Two ex-residents/characters of Wycombe... "Stokenchurch" the man is no longer around, must have finaly got enough pennies to finally go back, and "Old School Paul" [clearly sponsered by Blueprint by the look of hs threads] no longer busts out his old school style and now resides in the Antelope...
• "MArk" da ex marine/ex football hooligan street bum, always around, always drunk. Dat man who thinks he's an army general, hes strange i swear down
• i find drunk blokes funny
• We occasionally get buskers, but not all the time. There was a steel band playing in the street a few weeks ago though...that was amusing.
• cool guy who plays drums wanker who sings
• Yeh a guy who sites under the underpass near BUCKs UNi (which is not a univerity...far from it)...funny man collects dog food outside tescos - the tescos in town..not loudwater (no i ve never seen any water let alone herd it)
• the greebos (rye, woolworths and graveyard), the kevs (maccy dees, frogmore, octagon, bus station), the drunks (frogmore, train and bus stations), skaters (see greebos - the wycombe skaters are basically what the greebos just seem to evolve into and the only difference between the two is the choice of shit music to listen to!)
• the rasta in the antelope in class
• Grill, check this bad boy, Kevin 'Bloody' Hilton
• Grill, check this bad boy, Kevin 'Bloody' Hilton
• WYCOMBE SUCKS AND I LIVE HERE!!!
• Robin Barker has been fading popstar formerly of No No Fear, used to walk round Wycombe in fake leather & pineapple head hair cut.
• The old black guy with the mohawk is fantastic entertainment particularly when he is "chucking some shapes" on a pub dance floor. Look out for abusive taxi drivers. Youngsters in graveyards late at night are also fantastic comedy particularly when threatening you with there magical powers.
• A fat man walking round called Colin. V. Hairy........you know who i mean!
• Ian Hawes well known Inventor of Flood Defence Products - good egg!!!
• Whatever happened to Local Musicians & Local Heros - Les Payne,Dizzel,Paul Lyn & The Bizz, Shush, General Seven, Parris, No No Fear, Mainland,Ian Richmond, Rae Coates & Stoned Crazy?................ Parris lead singer Darren Atkins is now in the U.S as a professional singer, Rae Coates to whom rivaled Paul Lyn on the Keyboard stakes from Mount Pleasant (a dump),Lane End he is now a Johovah Witness. Lead Singer to No No Fear - Robin Barker turned down Record Company Deal(silly boy!!), got a band together called The Stand & various other pub bands,he still dresses & acts like a pr*ck. Paul Lyn was going to be the next Howard Jones?!!& was even Managed by Howard's ex Manager Bill Bryant, the Bizz came along for the glamour,Paul is now a caberet performer & the Bizz went back to hairdressing!!.. Les Payne & Adrian Walker of Mainland to whom toured Canada with Leo Sayer (once Managed by the late Adam Faith), Adrian was a music Teacher & partly owned Radar Music Studio in Abercrombie Ave. Adrian also Co Wrote & Produced Ian Richmond's German Banned Album 'Danger Zone', Ian Richmond was Managed by a chap called Ian Hawes (his real name),to whom are actually the same people!!. The Ian's set up a Management & Record Label, Ian Hawes is now a business owner of a Multi National Civil Engineering Company. Stoned Crazy a Rock band from Ascot, were introduced into the Wycombe Music Scene by Ian Richmond/Hawes (Whatever?!!), they headlined at The White Horse & were nominated in the South East Area Best Rock Band & came within the top 5 from 300 entries. Ian rated Postman Peter Dillon Drummer as the best he's heard for timing & precision,the Band later went into London, took to the stage of larger venues & attracted interest from a German Record Company, they are Managed by Ian's Auntie Angie!!. General Seven appeared at Wycombe Aid in a Farmers Field near Daws Hill USA Base, amongst other Wycombe Bands & chart band Amazoolo & released a Dove in the symbol of Peace - prior to the event being washed out!!. Shush a Thrash Metal Band from Stokenchurch, of which the lead singer impersonated Zig Zig Spudnik by wearing a stocking over his face, caused rows in Venues by handing out flyers of their gigs whilst at someone elses!!.A spark of media interest came their way when thay campaigned against the Stokenchurch Service Station, - they still were crap. Lead Guitarist Dizzel is a Session Musician, Les Payne (once hugged by Diana Ross) appeared on News Room South East for having done a record amount of Live Gigs, he is also widely respected still by the above Musicians & Town alike........... RIP - The Nags Head & Pegasus, Marlow Bottom, Wycombe Musicians need more Venues!!!! Thanks to Percy Priors Music Shop & your valuable music board.
• the blind guy that plays the accordian phat!
• The occasional bango drum player. And random little organy thing.
• What can you say !!!Plenty of Drunks, druggy's, or just general arogant unemployed hanging around !!!
• The two drunks who sit outside Ottakers with their cans of Fosters and the black dude who always says "eh lady" to any woman under the age of 25 who passes him...seriously mate, stop it - it's creepy.
• Some great fire performers called firefun, spin fire around town when its nice and dark.
• Uncle - the patron saint of kebab vans
• the guy who sells foam at the market... denis
• twat who tries to mug you with "skin mate skin, i need for the bus to maidenhead" line. ive been told he has been arrested over 70 times! should be shot.
• There's a homeless guy who kinda lives in the Ocatagon. He's European and is always making really noisy coughing sounds, he's very well known.
• Mr lofty can be seen walking down desbrough road towards the bus station smoking a two paper. He will smoke about 3 2 papers b4 he gets to the other side of town. Mr lofty is very ugly and has eyebrows that join together in the middle.
• YOU MIGHT SEE RAPH FROM THE HOGSHEAD PLAYING HIS BASS HES THE HOMELESS LOOKING GUY, SAYS HES GUNNA MAKE IT BIG ONE DAY, DO US A FAVOUR SLING HIM SOME COPPERS POOR OLD SOD. ONLY JOKING RAPH
• The carity workers in the High Street are like buskers, only with no talent, and much, much more irritating.
• dunno about street entertainers get alot of shite.. but id like to give a shout out to the old man that stands by the entrance of the octagon by sport and ski who sells the big issue, nice guy buy a mag off him you tight bastards.
• Watching tramps fight is pretty entertaining, I always think.
• the man with the drums hu shouts thank you wen u drop money in
• Yes.... we have a tramp he is are best mate, we c him every saturday, he had headphones but no c.d. player.
• in the subway between sainsburys and wycombe
• the man hu sits outside the octagon with the irish wistles really cool.
• he doesn't receive any money, but there's a nutter with a hitler moustache who salutes buses and bemused school children.he's in our hole of a bus station on weekday mornings
• Tramps. Fun.
• Kill 'em all. Wycombe council certainly has.
• What r those people with pipes about??!?-& where did they come from!?? They play outside sport and Ski with there mexican rug things and their dogs!-please explain!?
• tramps, drunks, pikeys get the point?!
• Wycombe Council loves buskers - especially outside Ottokars book shop. At least they're trying, I suppose, and keeping them in one place makes them easy to avoid.
• The guy with the bongos who yells "thankyou!" and hes such a novelty , at christmas he yells "hohoho"
• Theres this wierd gur on the corner outside sport and ski who bangs on some tom toms and yells out "thankyou!!" every now and again, at christmas he dresses up and yells " HOHOHOH!" very entertaining!.
• The council pay for some to come along on a saturday and beat drums or some such thing while everyone rushes about.
• Don't see many of them. If you want to see them go to Covent Garden.
• A poor selection. Where are all you talented people?
• Normally good buskers in the pedestrian section by Ottakar's bookshop. A couple of my favourites include the didgeridoo players and the guy with the bongos. Also check out the underpass by Sainsbury's to see some of the best buskers around.
• Possibly the biggest population of jugglers outside of Glastonbury.
• Lots of good bands that are now based in Wycombe, though only due to the fact that they are students at this moment in time. Look out for Coaster, Uplifting indie music sung with a truly angelic voice and 7Air, post modern hardcore, apparently, but they rock whatever.

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Last updated: 2008-04-04