Glen Hansard (Swell Season / Frames) busking in Seattle, part 1

[manix1234]

Theres no Airs and Graces with Glen. Hes probably one of if not the most down to earth musician and all round good bloke. You just feel with him he lives his music, i mean in ireland hes never to far away when a charity gig is on about the city and he cut his teeth busking from a very young age which i think has stood to him most of all. He makes you feal part of the gig, he'll have ya laughing one minute and in a flash he'd have ya in tears. Fair play to ya Glen, you fly the flag well.

[MrSibee]

is that outside the famous fish market! 

[marktrenkle]

It's SO GREAT that an oscar winning artist busks regularly while on tour. He's my favorite live artist for things like this and his amazing anecdotes while on stage.

[dboyd1089]

hahahaha i love how he thanks people for their money when he really doesn't need it. haha. He's freaking brilliant though Love how he still does this.

[temsonx]

VAN the man shud sing that with him

[noahVITP]

does anyone have the chords for Low Rising like plays it here?

[maliflies]

@noahVITP he already has...

[Wakeupfast]

@noahVITP Glen plays in the strangest tunings. A lot of his songs are open E, I believe. It looks like he's playing C and F a lot, not sure what that one chord is further up the neck though.

[meszy88]

back to the roots again : )

[1missmizzy]

This would literally make me the happiest person ever to see him on the street like this.

[brushmchandle]

This man has an Oscar and he's buskin wi some randomer on the street, that tells you everything you need to know about him!

[dwilson94]

too funny the comment "no money yet"

[WeThreeBuskateers]

OK, that's it....I'm gonna make sure I have a harpoon in the Key of 'A' on me at all times.

All times.

.

[noahVITP]

@WeThreeBuskateers the best way to kill whales is in the key of A.

[cpjds1]

Man, I wish I was in Seattle that day!

[Fretboardjournal]

He was in town for a press tour so there was no gig later in the night. But when he played Seattle a month later, he let another busker (someone he just heard while walking around town that day!) perform a song on the stage at his concert. Was pretty cool and she sounded really good.

[Janzah]

wow he really did that? so cool! I'm definately gonna perform on the street like that too. maybe he'll notice me.

[kingjeremy13]

@Janzah since I watched Once I found the courage to perform on the street too...meet me on myspace! "Edward Simius"... cheers from Italy. Al

[SplinterInYourEye]

@Fretboardjournal I saw that show. it was amazing. I also recently saw them play at marrymoor park in Washington state. It was 2 days after that person jumped to their death onto the stage midway through their performance. I felt so bad for em, but they were still amazing live.

[imagine0000]

thank u so much for sharing this amazing moment with us.

[sherri14309]

Do you know if he invited the busker to go to the gig? I'm sure he did. He's class like that.

[womanatwittsend]

That he did it doesn't suprise me at all, but it does delight me!