{"id":12735,"date":"2018-01-02T22:42:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T22:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=12735"},"modified":"2020-12-31T16:50:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T16:50:13","slug":"6-famous-musicians-who-started-out-by-busking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/6-famous-musicians-who-started-out-by-busking\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Famous Musicians Who Started Out By Busking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all see street performers downtown and busking in high traffic public places, it\u2019s a good way for musicians to make some money while sharpening their skills. <!--more-->Did you know that some of the world\u2019s most famous musicians got their start as buskers? Here are 6 Famous Musicians Who Started Out By Busking!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>B.B. King<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BB.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12737 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BB-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"BB King \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BB-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BB.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King had a difficult life growing up. When he wasn\u2019t at church or picking cotton in the fields, he would busk for extra change with simple 3 chord songs that he picked up from the radio and would sing along to them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He developed a special kind of reach with his music that stayed with him from the streets all the way up into packed concert halls.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Glen Hansard<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GenHansard.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12738 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GenHansard-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Glen Hansard singing on stage \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GenHansard-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GenHansard.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An unlikely Oscar winner for his movie \u201cOnce\u201d about a busker who starts a band and writes music with a girl he meets on the street. The story reflects his real life start busking on Grafton street in Dublin and all over Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An example of how years of experience in front of a passing audience can give someone super powers of captivation on stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Ed Sheeran<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EdSheeran.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12739 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EdSheeran-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ed Sheeran\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EdSheeran-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EdSheeran.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheeran began his career by travelling around the UK sleeping on couches; playing open mics, and busking everywhere he could find an audience who would listen. Eventually Jamie Foxx would come across him and invite him to play one at one of his house parties. His song \u201cShape of You&#8221;, is now the most-streamed song of all time on Spotify. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Jewel<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jewel.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12740 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jewel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Jewel singing on stage \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jewel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jewel.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jewel spent a time living out of her van while travelling across the US playing on the streets and doing small gigs in coffee shops. Her music and songwriting took her all around the country, and eventually the world as a chart topping singer songwriter.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Beck<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/beck.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12741 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/beck-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Musicians Who Started Out By Busking\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/beck-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/beck.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beck deserves an award for the most varied music one artist has brought into the world. Everything from weird hip hop to experimental rock; his humble beginnings are in roots and folk music that he would play as a busker on street corners in L.A.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Tracy Chapman<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Tracy.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12742 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Tracy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Famous Musicians Who Started Out By Busking\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Tracy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Tracy.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracy was such a natural in her early 20s that she scored a busking pass for the lucrative Harvard Square. A fellow student discovered her. That student&#8217;s father was a record exec for a label called SBK. Due to her passion and persistence; she became a celebrated songwriter in history.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Get Out There and Play<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve had the urge to get out there and play your music in front of thousands of total strangers, not only is busking great practice but as we can see from these examples it can be a possible doorway to a career with your music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With your<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/roadie2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Roadie 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tuner in your bag, you\u2019ll be tuned up and ready in mere seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gather some courage and give it a try!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":12771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[1293,1295,1298,1320,1322],"class_list":["post-12735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-instrument_guitar","tag-genre_all","tag-level_all","tag-content_topics","tag-topics_famousmusicians"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.8 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>6 Famous Musicians Who Started Out By Busking - Roadie Music Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Did you know that some of the world\u2019s most famous musicians got their start as buskers? 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