Billy the Busker entertains a crowd in Cathedral Square vesterdav Billy, calling himself the World Tour Band, is a solo performer and has been on his world tour for 18 months. He is from Lawrence Kansas, in the United States, and has been busking with his guitar’ mouth organ and tambourine for five years. His mother was born in New Zealand and it is his first visit here. He played in Auckland for about three weeks and has been in Cathedral Square all this week. Billy intends to stay in New Zealand “until it gets too cold” but his blues and rock ’n’ roll music has drawn large crowds at all his concerts. His world tour has included countries throughout South America and Europe, and he will visit Australia after New Zealand Billy is playing at the British Hotel in Lyttelton and tomorrow
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143Billy the Busker entertains a crowd in Cathedral Square vesterdav Billy, calling himself the World Tour Band, is a solo performer and has been on his world tour for 18 months. He is from Lawrence Kansas, in the United States, and has been busking with his guitar’ mouth organ and tambourine for five years. His mother was born in New Zealand and it is his first visit here. He played in Auckland for about three weeks and has been in Cathedral Square all this week. Billy intends to stay in New Zealand “until it gets too cold” but his blues and rock ’n’ roll music has drawn large crowds at all his concerts. His world tour has included countries throughout South America and Europe, and he will visit Australia after New Zealand Billy is playing at the British Hotel in Lyttelton and tomorrow Press, 9 January 1987, Page 22
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