Busk Break is an ongoing field recording series documenting live performances by busking musicians and other street performers.
Jackson Porter improvs on the ukulele
Jackson Porter in front of the BB&T building in downtown Asheville.Sitting alone in front of the BB&T Building near Pack Square, his large backpack casually flopped to one side, Jackson Porter was quietly playing to himself when I met him. He wasn’t exactly busking, as he didn’t have a hat out or anything, but he wasn’t no-busking either. He told me he was taking some time off from school, and had been backpacking and hiking around, doing sections of the Appalachian Trail among other adventures. He’d only been playing the ukulele for a short time, but found that his guitar experience transferred pretty well.
Here, Porter improvs a little ditty, which he called “Living on the Streets.”
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