02526cam a2200373 i 4500 1841097442 TxAuBib 20250213120000.0 240921s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781916829107 PAP 24.95 1916829104 PAP 24.95 (OCoLC)1464942389 TxAuBib rda Baker, Cary, author. Down on the corner [BOOK] : adventures in busking & street music / Cary Baker ; foreword by Dom Flemons. Down on the corner. First edition. London, England : Jawbone Press, 2024. 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-253) and index. Foreword: Feeding the street / by Dom Flemons -- Introduction: A brief history of busking -- Part 1: Origins -- Part 2: The East Coast -- Part 3: South and Midwest -- Part 4: California -- Part 5: Europe -- Epilogue: Playing for change: 'Buskers are in the joy business.'. "Down on the Corner is the story of music performed on the streets, in subways, in parks, in schoolyards, on the back of flatbed trucks, and beyond, from the 1920s to the present day. Drawing on years of interviews and eyewitness accounts, it introduces readers to a wide range of locations and a myriad of musical genres, from folk to rock'n'roll, the blues to bluegrass, doo-wop to indie rock. Some of the performers he features--Lucinda Williams, Billy Bragg, The Violent Femmes - went on to become international stars; others settled into the curbs, sidewalks, and Tube stations as their workplace for the duration of their careers. Anyone who has lived in or travelled through a city will have encountered street musicians of one kind or another. For the first time, veteran journalist and music-industry publicist Cary Baker tells the complete history of these musicians and the music they play, from tin cups and toonies to QR codes and PayPal.". 20250213. Street musicians History. Street music History. Informational works. Flemons, Dom, 1982-, writer of foreword.