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Buskers and Angels
Buskers and Angels is a rock musical written by Australian rock musician Jon English. This was his second musical, following Paris in 1990. The show follows a busker going from the streets to stardom as well as canvassing the pitfalls of the entertainment industry for women. English said "It's probably the most misogynistic industry left" and cites his feisty mother and suffragette grandmother as role models, and points out that both his musicals deliberately feature "forthright, strong women trapped by circumstances but not by their own sex. And I sort of miss that badly in a lot of musicals."
The show premiered in Newcastle in September 2000 and closed in Perth in February 2001 with Belgian born Martine Monroe playing the lead female character of Angel alongside English. The musical received warm reviews. The album includes Jon English's son Jonathan English on bass.
The album was released digitally in 2011.
A Busker enjoys playing music on a street corner, saying he is content with his position because he can "play and sing, and make enough to eat and keep a roof over [his] head." (Always the Busker.) When a protest march passes his corner (Out On My Corner,) he meets a girl called Lee who duets with him (Fancy This.) Lee expresses a desire to eventually move beyond street singing, though the Busker is skeptical.
The Busker teaches Lee his way of song writing (Do-Do Song.) As the weeks go by, and the pair continue to perform on the street corner, a nearby hot-dog seller named Harry decides to be their agent and get them higher level gigs. (Contacts) They end up playing a gig at a night club which the Busker enjoys despite initially being hesitant (20-20 Hindsight.)
Lee and the Busker begin a relationship (One Thing Leads to Another.) They spend the weeks working on the street corner and the evenings working at the night club. Harry gets the two an audition with a record label, though the manager is looking for a more risque act than Lee and the Busker. Lee is quite happy to take on this new persona and astonishes the Busker and the crowd with her performance of "Nature of the Beast." Harry's wife, Doris, gives Lee a card from Ashley T Roth, manager of the fictional Boogie Records. She contacts him and is told that she and Busker are to cut a demo for him the next day. Busker is worried that he'll miss peak hour on the corner, and heads off to perform while Lee is dressed in different outfits. (Splitting Image.) When Busker returns, he is introduced to Lee's new persona, Angel.
As the months pass, Lee and Busker record their first album together, while Busker continues to perform on the street. One day, Lee joins him again and presents copies of the album. Busker is irritated to find he has not been given credit for any of his songwriting contributions, and Ash tells Lee that if she is to be taken seriously as a professional recording artist, she can no longer busk. Busker ends his relationship with Lee when it's revealed she has to move down South (Dear Lee.)
After a casting couch style audition (Money Tree,) Angel makes her MTV debut to critical acclaim (Potential Angels.)
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Buskers and Angels
Buskers and Angels is a rock musical written by Australian rock musician Jon English. This was his second musical, following Paris in 1990. The show follows a busker going from the streets to stardom as well as canvassing the pitfalls of the entertainment industry for women. English said "It's probably the most misogynistic industry left" and cites his feisty mother and suffragette grandmother as role models, and points out that both his musicals deliberately feature "forthright, strong women trapped by circumstances but not by their own sex. And I sort of miss that badly in a lot of musicals."
The show premiered in Newcastle in September 2000 and closed in Perth in February 2001 with Belgian born Martine Monroe playing the lead female character of Angel alongside English. The musical received warm reviews. The album includes Jon English's son Jonathan English on bass.
The album was released digitally in 2011.
A Busker enjoys playing music on a street corner, saying he is content with his position because he can "play and sing, and make enough to eat and keep a roof over [his] head." (Always the Busker.) When a protest march passes his corner (Out On My Corner,) he meets a girl called Lee who duets with him (Fancy This.) Lee expresses a desire to eventually move beyond street singing, though the Busker is skeptical.
The Busker teaches Lee his way of song writing (Do-Do Song.) As the weeks go by, and the pair continue to perform on the street corner, a nearby hot-dog seller named Harry decides to be their agent and get them higher level gigs. (Contacts) They end up playing a gig at a night club which the Busker enjoys despite initially being hesitant (20-20 Hindsight.)
Lee and the Busker begin a relationship (One Thing Leads to Another.) They spend the weeks working on the street corner and the evenings working at the night club. Harry gets the two an audition with a record label, though the manager is looking for a more risque act than Lee and the Busker. Lee is quite happy to take on this new persona and astonishes the Busker and the crowd with her performance of "Nature of the Beast." Harry's wife, Doris, gives Lee a card from Ashley T Roth, manager of the fictional Boogie Records. She contacts him and is told that she and Busker are to cut a demo for him the next day. Busker is worried that he'll miss peak hour on the corner, and heads off to perform while Lee is dressed in different outfits. (Splitting Image.) When Busker returns, he is introduced to Lee's new persona, Angel.
As the months pass, Lee and Busker record their first album together, while Busker continues to perform on the street. One day, Lee joins him again and presents copies of the album. Busker is irritated to find he has not been given credit for any of his songwriting contributions, and Ash tells Lee that if she is to be taken seriously as a professional recording artist, she can no longer busk. Busker ends his relationship with Lee when it's revealed she has to move down South (Dear Lee.)
After a casting couch style audition (Money Tree,) Angel makes her MTV debut to critical acclaim (Potential Angels.)