Singin' Your Subway Blues: a Busker's Memoir with Nick Turner

Past Event


(For adults)

Be transported back to a time before mobile phones - a time when you paid for everything in cash and only rich people had credit cards, when taking money overseas meant traveller's cheques or cash in a money belt, when people still picked up hitchhikers. If your luck was in. when people had cash in their pockets to give to struggling buskers - if you were good enough.

Against this backdrop Nick Turner quit university in Thatcher's Britain of 1984 to busk and hitchhike his way across the world. Singing' Your Subway Blues is Nick's recently published memoir of that wild road trip.

Immerse yourself in that forgotten world and listen to Nick singing the songs he sang on a thousand street corners and subways and meet the strange and wonderful characters that shaped his epic journey. From London to Paris to New York to New Orleans. And back again. Featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Edith Piaf, Frank Sinatra, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and more!

So come along, climb aboard, and enjoy the ride!

Nick will be joined by the wonderful Jennifer Tingley on cello, lead and backing vocals.

Books will be available for sale and signing on the night! Singin' the Subway Blues is also available online and in selected bookstores.

Bookings are essential for this free event via Eventbrite. Light refreshments will be available. We suggest you bring your own keep-cup or mug for tea, coffee or water.

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements.

Please remember to cancel your booking if you are unable to attend as then the place can be released for someone else to enjoy.

About Nick: Nick now lives in Fremantle where he continues to write, record and perform music at local venues and music festivals.

Event Details

Time: 6pm to 7.45pm

Location: Boya Community Centre, 119-135 Scott Street, Helena Valley, 6056

Cost: Free

Category: Library, Art, Culture and Music

Type: Library

Audience: Adults

Enquiries

Organisation: Shire of Mundaring Libraries

Phone: 9290 6755

Email: gills@mundaring.wa.gov.au

Event Date(s)

  • Monday 10th March 2025

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