Too busy for something amazing?

Too busy for something amazing?

When I lived in NYC one of my favorite experiences was hearing the street musicians busking in Grand Central. I was late to work several times because I would hear a guitar playing or a violist and I just had to stop and listen. Great way to break up the boringness (is that a word?) of the commute.

One time in one of the lower levels of Grand Central I heard the most amazing duo playing. I was on my way home and I think it was the 9 train uptown (not sure it's been a while) I was trying to catch. There were two men playing, one younger and one older. The younger was had a white pickle tub turned upside down and an old style washboard. The older had a nice looking fender strat with a pignose amp and a portable pa. He also played the harmonica and sang. I must have listened for 30 minutes or more as they filled that area up. They played a great mix of blues, zydeco, and jazz. There was pain but yet it made me feel great like all great blues should. I left a $20 and told that it was one of the best performances I had ever heard. I still think it was. I couldn't believe at the time that noone was stopping to listen.