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Ed Alleyne-Johnson Busking Electric Violin in Chester UK - May 2006
Fantastic - This is perhaps the best street performance I have ever witnessed. Reminiscent of Jean Luc Ponte's visceral fusion sound. This is in the city of Chester near Wales. Chester has perhaps the only double decker shopping plaza streets, with a second level up off the street within the buildings, balconies running all the way down the streets. jablesj comments - "They were made by the victorians so that rich people would not get wet while out in the rain."
The sound is unaltered from the original and was emancipated at great volume in this old town.
Ed uses the looper and pedals to great effect. There are no overdubs. Incredible he commanded this fantastic show all by himself, I stood enraptured with all the hair on my body standing on end, grin stretched wide. You can see where he looked up to see my ebullient smile just before he grins and kicks in the distortion. This has been a tremendous inspiration for me. I had never heard him or heard of him before this performance. Ed is awesome! I got some albums of his from the web since hearing this. I hope I can see him again one day.

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watergal619 (December 2, 2008 at 10:00 pm)
dude thats such a rad violin!
vhfuong (December 2, 2008 at 12:28 pm)
10. Sweet Child O' Mine
11. Stuck In A Moment
12. Right Here Right Now
13. Zephyr Song
14. Pretty Green Eyes
15. Imitation Of Life / You'll Never Walk Alone
16. Loneliness
17. Whatever
vhfuong (December 2, 2008 at 12:28 pm)
Disc 2
1. Every Breath You Take
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3. Because The Night / Layla
4. Fields Of Gold
5. Mad World
6. Better Off Alone
7. Follow You Follow Me
8. Another Chance
9. Where Is The Love?
vhfuong (December 2, 2008 at 12:27 pm)
11. Don't Fear The Reaper
12. Can't Get You Out Of My Head
13. How You Remind Me
14. Stir It Up
15. Thank You
16. All Right Now
vhfuong (December 2, 2008 at 12:25 pm)
Ed Alleyne-Johnson - Echoes (2005)

Disc 1
1. Clocks
2. We Are All Made Of Stars
3. By The Way
4. With Or Without You / Wherever You May Go
5. Merry Xmas Mr. Lawrence
6. Smells Like Teen Spirit
7. Teenage Dirtbag
8. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
9. Bohemian Like You
10. Bittersweet Symphony
vhfuong (December 2, 2008 at 12:23 pm)
Solo albums

* Purple Electric Violin Concerto (1992)
* Ultraviolet (1994)
* Purple Electric Violin Concerto II (2001)

Albums co-written by and performed with his wife, Denyze

* Fly Before Dawn (1995)
* 2020 Vision (1998)

Albums of cover-versions of his favorite songs

* Echoes (2005)
vhfuong (December 2, 2008 at 12:21 pm)
He collaborated with New Model Army on their Top 40 single "Vagabonds", and toured with them for five years, with several concerts in Germany.

During his time in Oxford in the late 1980s he played bass guitar in local band, Raindance.[citation needed]

He can often[weasel words] be seen performing in Chester city centre, near the Grosvenor shopping precinct, and more recently on the streets of York.
vhfuong (December 2, 2008 at 12:21 pm)
Here are some info ab him on Wiki : Ed Alleyne-Johnson is a British electric violinist and prolific busker. He has been busking for over 20 years, since he was a Fine Art student at Oxford University. He uses an electric violin that he carved with a kitchen knife [1], a custom pedal-board, and an amplifier which he modified to run off rechargeable batteries. This setup has enabled him to perform on the street in almost every major city in Europe, and across the United States and Canada.
xboxw (December 2, 2008 at 2:52 am)
how u no it int a movie hahaha probs int but gd shit i beter with tecno on in the bk ground:)
thexmilkman (December 1, 2008 at 1:52 pm)
A bit over-dramatic, don't you think? Haha I think stuff like that only happens in movies.