Everywhere we went there was music playing be it muzak in the malls, someones impossibly loud car sound system, or entertainment in the parks and subways. DH told me that these musical people couldn’t just park themselves anywhere, they had to have permits and that most if not the majority of them were professional musicians or well on their way to pro status; we did walk past the Berklee College of Music a few times. We were treated to the sounds of many interesting musicians (wish I had photographed the guys playing the didgeridoos – Yes, there were two guys playing didgeridoos!) and marveled at all of the wonderful talent.
Boston Garden music
Copley Square jazz quartet
The guy in the subway (the red line to be exact) on our way to Cambridge was playing Procol Harum’s Whiter Shade of Pale. I started singing along softly while waiting for our train. When I went to drop some money in his guitar case I noticed that it only had a few coins in it but after I walked away I guess maybe I broke the ice because others started dropping some dollars in and one even bought a CD of his he was selling. Nothing like appreciating the classics while waiting for your train.
Now this guy in Boston Garden? What a hoot!! This is Rambin’ Dan and the Professor World Band who has been generating peace waves in over thirty five countries for the last twenty five years. (Hey! That came from his card that I took, you can’t make up this stuff!) When we saw him he was playing something by Bob Dylan that the little guy in the first picture enjoyed grooving along with him. Rock on, Dan, rock on.
Very cool stuff here! Wish I had some kind of musical talent. It must have been pretty neat hearing many different kinds of music while you walked about town. Great portraits too!
It was great to see and hear 🙂
Nicely done, Teri. That’s the one of the things I miss about not getting Downtown much anymore, the street performers. Some were really good but all add so much to the cityscape. Imagine how different those spots in your photos would have been without the music.
Like a good soundtrack can enhance a movie…the music here enhanced their respective areas.