I love good music, especially when it’s being played live in public. It’s not often that I hear a public performance I particularly like though. I’m sick of the pile-o-garbage drummers, wandering mariachi bands and the didgeridoo guy at the Bedford L. The full drumlines are cool, and sometimes there’s some funky asian musician with an instrument I know nothing about who sounds decent. But for the most part, these folks only make me turn my iPhone to 11.
Last night, waiting for the L at my strategic platform location in Union Square, I heard a musician that I really liked. He was playing an acoustic guitar and covering Blind Melon’s No Rain with a Johnny Cash meets NIN kind of feel. I loved it. So I walked over and payed him a compliment, accompanied by a dollar bill. Considering that I only heard him for about 5 minutes, he was making $12/hour from just me.
My only point is that I respect this guy. Like Bleeding Gums Murphy - my nickname for the saxophonist on Thayer St at Brown University - One Leg Chuck is making the world a better place, and I value that. I just wish he was on iTunes or Amy Street instead of myspace: http://www.myspace.com/fromcaliforniatonewyork
Found him on YouTube, much better live.
