i first met kenny in covent garden , but i had been hearing about him for years in san diego and new orleans.
the guy is one of the most interesting characters in busking i have ever met.
he looks sort of like an hasitic jew and has a beatnick artist sort of aire about him. he's a really nice guy and really intelligent.
as a magician the first thing that will stick out is that he does the magic square in a street show, this to me was mind boggling when i heard about it, but after watching it i realized it worked and it worked big, it was the sort of thing that only he could pull off, his show is incredably original.
i loved it.
when i met him i was hanging out with brian bloodworth and i found out that they were old friends who were street performing some twenty years in the past together in frisco.
hanging out with him always sets you at ease, you feel like everythings alright.
i shared a pitch with him and watched his show over and over i never got sick of it. the way he holds a crowd to me is like magic, people just feel comfortable with him and hang on what he has to say.
where ever i go i hear about him from the locals, where he has gone he has had that sort of impression on the communities he has amazed.
i wish i could track down some footage of him he really is brilliant.
he helped me out when i needed help and i appreciate it.
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A group of us stopped and watched Kenny on the prom @ Brighton the w/end. As you say, he was very comfortable, very entertaining & very clever. He soon had a crowd around him, & kept them all there, he just seemed to draw you to him.
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