Busking at the Pike Street Market
it’s a community
(Most of these images were taken off the web. Credit is given as to where I found them and who took them, if known. Thanks to all the archivists out there who preserve our footprints. Others were taken by myself or others at past Busker Festivals. It’s a joy to see them all.)
(Go here for a look into Market History: Seattle Now & Then: The Pike Place Corner Market Building)
Pike Place Market 1915. Photo by Steven Bryant, Flickr.
Pike Place Market 1917. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Pike Place Market 1922. Seattle Municipal Archives.
New spinach for a nickel, 1936. Notice the cigarette. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Greek clarinetist Nicholas Oeconamacos, who had performed under John Philip Sousa and the Seattle Symphony conductor Homer Hadley, returned to Seattle during the Great Depression to play for change on the street. Federal and regional funding also provided assistance for unemployed musicians, and the City Council sponsored outdoor concert series in the parks as one way to employ musicians. (Seattle PI photograph, 1931, courtesy of the Museum of History and Industry)
Pike Place Market 1972. Seattle Municipal Archives.
PK Dwyer and Donna Beck, 1973. Outside the Rice Bowl Cafe. Photo by SnapShot1951, Flickr.
PK Dwyer and Donna Beck, 1973. Rice Bowl Cafe again. Photo by SnapShot1951, Flickr.
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PK Dwyer and Donna Beck in Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington, circa 1974 [?]photographer unknown (from http://folksomeoneyoulove.blogspot.com/)
Street band with Billy Hults on washboard, 1975. Seattle Municipal Archives, Flickr.
At the Market, 1975. That's Artis in the middle playing spoons. from http://pauldorpat.com/tag/pike-place-market/
Musicians and Dancers at the Pike Place Market 1972, Seattle Municipal Archives
Artis the Spoonman, 1975. Note the music critic with the big hair. Photo Frank Shaw.
Crow and Robert Amblade at the Market, 1979. Photo by Roger Wheeling, from facebook.com/Helix Redux
Stringband "Hotcha" and Fred Kelly-- known to everyone as, "Dancin' Jack." Photo Clyde Keller 1980
Everybody, 1975. From http://pauldorpat.com/tag/pike-place-market/
Juggler, 1975. from http://pauldorpat.com/tag/pike-place-market/
Baby Gramps at the Market, 1981. Photo by Roger Wheeling, from facebook.com/Helix Redux
Dynamic Logs - Ron W. Bailey, Tito fuentes, Lou Hevly, Walter Singleman, Mark Sanders, Orville Johnson, Kathy Moore, Billy Hults and Savanhah Fuentes. At the Market 1979. Photo courtesy Ron Bailey.
The Tallboys 2013, photo from http://eatatlowells.com/2013/08/the-tall-boys-play-pike-place-market-my-favorite-buskers/
Christine Gunn, no date. From http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/womenoftheworld/interesting/
Da-Kadu plays the sax, 1990. Courtesy Michelle Jacobsen.
Da-Kadu and the clock, 1990. Photo courtesy Michelle Jacobsen.
PK Dwyer, 2012. From http://eatatlowells.com/2012/11/one-of-my-favorite-buskers-in-the-market/
Twister Thomas on string cheese lunch break. Twister is one of the real human success stories at the Market. Photo by simo, Flickr.
Jonny Hahn, side portrait, undated. Politics meets Chopin meets the Grateful Dead. Photo by John Westrock, Flickr.
Gospel Singers, 2010. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gospel_singers_Pike_Place_Market_Seattle_Washington_2010.JPG
Three of the best, undated. The banjo player is a seasonal logger up in Maine. From http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/pike-place-market/
The Slick Skillet Serenaders, 2014. From https://djbweblog.wordpress.com/tag/old-time-music/
Dre under the clock, undated. Photo by Pedalhead 71, Flickr.
Jeanie Towne, undated. Photo by s... Flickr.
A Moment In Time, undated. Photo by Jerry, Flickr.
Bob and Jim, 2005. Photo by tprice, Flickr.
Two Chord Terry, undated. Photo by sk... Flickr.
Mariide, undated. Photo by Dixon Hanby, Flickr.
Christopher and Phineus, undated. Photo by Souvenir Soul, Flicker.
Whitney Monge on the Bridge, undated. Photo by Paul Turner, Flickr.
Shoehorn, sax and taps, came up from Portland. Photo by ... Flickr.
Carlton Baltimore with his Paper Horn, undated. Photo by s... from Flickr.
Eagle Park Slim, undated. Photo by Zack Mens, Flickr.
Artis on a good day, undated. Photo by Jack Hess, Flickr.
In the Cave, undated. Photo by Paul Marsh, Flickr.
Tommy Dean, undated Busker Fest, Taxi Dog Stage. Photo by Avi, Flickr.
Dave McKessen, at the Clock. Photo by Long View, Flickr.
Carley Calbero at the bridge, undated. Photo by Jeff McCalib, Flickr.
Slim Pickins, New Orleans downhome at the Market, undated. Photo by Alex Abboud, Flickr.
The Gloria Darlings, 2013. From seattle65 on You Tube.
Norm in Post Alley, undated. Photo by Alex Abboud, Flickr.
Pickled Okra, undated. Photo by Hank Graham, Flickr.
A clarinet player in front of the longest continuously running anarchist bookstore in America. Photo by John Westrock, Flickr.
Jonny's piano, from a bird's eye.
Jim Page in silhouette at Jim Hinde’s memorial, Pike Street Market 2008.
The Blue People, at the south entrance, undated. Photo by Scarl... Flickr.
Reggie Miles plays slide guitar, undated. Photo by doug_r, Flickr.
Shannon Jae, undated. Photo by Jeff McCalib, Flicker.
Clifford and Levi, undated. Photo by Chris Metcalf, Flickr.
Jim Hinde, undated. Photo by s... Flickr.
Reggie Miles on the saw, undated. Photo by Wandering Eyre, Flicker.
Emery Carl, undated. Photo by @ps... on Flickr.
The Hat, as if you didn’t know, undated. Photo by canopic, Flickr.
Goodbye Jim Hinde, 2008. Photo by jade... Flickr.
Da-Kadu saxaphone player, portrait undated. Photo by Amir Zahed, Flickr.