And this is my blog of Sidewalk Performers and Magicians I know, or have heard of, over the years.
Many of these people are old masters, some of which have passed away since their posts.
I have been away from this blog for awhile and I haven't added too many people recently, but I'm back now.
I also have another blog that is dedicated to learning the fine art of busking as a full time job, it is my main blog, and that's where most of the action is, you can go there by clicking HERE.
Lastly, I sell busking instructional manuals, some of which have become very well known in the industry, Like my first book To Lure With Spectacle. It made quite a stir when it first came out many years ago. You can check out any of my books by clicking on the "Buy My Books" links at your top right, it will send you to a sales page with free previews.
Hometown Pitch- New Orleans.
Region- Louisiana/Texas
Music- 1950's Rockabilly.
Band Affiliation- The Eastside Birds.
Full time Busker and Gig-er.
You may find him working for huge crowds, in big city markets or festival events.
You may find him in bars and gin mills across our country.
You may even stumble upon him on a Downtown sidewalk working a trickle.
Or you may find him just signing hot-rods for his fans.
But where ever you see him, you'll know you stumbled on something weirdly authentic. Weirdly because of his age and the age he lives in. Nolan it seems would have fit in better somewhere in the middle of our last century.
His duck-tail is cut right, his clothes are right, and his sound is right and after getting to talk to him you'll find the attitude's right.
When I hear his music, I hear some Johnny Cash, some Eddie Cochran, and something I have not heard since the very early days of Punk, I hear raw.
As our nation seems to be fighting over everything, looking for false utopias, this young man has looked somewhere else, he looked inside himself, he looked inside all of us and tapped into what makes us proud of who we already are. This young man, wise beyond his years, remembers who we are.
When he plays people forget their problems for a time and just want to breath in our culture, and our thing.
If you're a street performer this is the vein you want to hit.
He started out influenced with Delta Blues Porch Music, an old sound, before country and blues made such a prominent split. His music evolved over the years while busking across country, into his own version of Rockabilly.
Being a son of mine, he has been around entertainers all of his life, so he has cultivated quite a show over the years.
The Late Great Keith Wilson was a very close friend and teacher of his, they considered each other family and Keith taught him quite a bit about the streets, stage presence, and patter.
Nolan's moves and antics were heavily influenced by old footage of Iggy Pop and Chuck Berry. This article does little justice, to really appreciate what he does, he should be seen live.
Video footage doesn't do it either, but I thought I would post some anyway just to give you an Idea.
Over the past year his career has boomed, he works every day, and is a huge help to many of the other musicians and performers, helping them get gigs and teaching them to street perform and changing lives for artists less in the know on making a living in the U.S.
Nolan thanks for your life work, you have made me the proudest dad.
Check out more stuff about Nolan at his Instagram and Youtube accounts.
Or at his Band's Facebook
