Who Taught you!

[Scot Free]

I learned from watching Rick Lewis, Alex Elixir and Bill Ferguson. Bill ferguson taught me that it's not about the tricks but about your carisma, character and personality. He taught me how to own a crowd and do an hour + without doing a damn thing.

[Juggalicious]

I saw my first street performers in Faneuil Hall probably in 2001ish. They were:

Alakazam
The Jim Show
Peter Panic
Lucky Bob
Gazzo
Stitch (Daniel Forlano)

I remember watching Gazzo at the very backend of Faneuil Hall and he said something like "Unlike all the other jugglers and acrobatic acts here I'm the only one not paid to be here".... and I believed him.

Before I started street performing I also did a lot of work for Fly By Night.

Once we started working street shows the people we worked with most were The Break dancers in front of Faneuil Hall.

Jason escape was probably the most helpful starting out and he was the one that convinced us to travel to the Edmonton Fringe.

Also watching Dave Buchanan (is that how you spell it) was insightful because he was more interested in the psychology of street performing than anything else.

[Bob Carr]

I also have to add Bill Ferguson. He showed me how my humour was too inteligent. That I have to dumb it down and play to the masses.

Many that I never have seen helped me out too. Like Dirty Fred and Tobe2. I heard so many legends of them and that helped me dream of what all was possible.

This is a fun thead!

[magic_fella]

Gazzo on the Fringe.

Willard, a magician who owned a shop in Edmonton for years. Sold the trick for one price, the instructions for an extra two bucks...and a demonstration on HOW to do the trick for another five. I learned more from the demonstration than anything.

[Evan Young]

We did a week on street performing at circus school...

My real teachers were Sean McKinney and Kenny Lightfoot during my time in Boulder CO. the other performers there also influenced me, but the people who actually put effort into developing me were Sean (before he died), and Kenny.
Tensions between the performers forced me to get better fast. Getting yelled at by the vets on the pitch for sucking was a big motivator to get better.

[gav]

Ok, a big list of people I learnt something from, but only a few actually taught me anything.
From some I learnt what to do, and others what not to do.

Dick and Dick
Derek Scott
Lee Ross
David Lichtenstein
Fred Garbo
Butterflyman
Dirty Fred
Rusty Balls
Zip and Zap
Derek Ives
Lachlan McDonald
Jeff Bus
Alex Marshall
Flying Bob
Checkerboard guy
Nick Nicholas
Pepe
Forest
Lucky Rich
Livingspace
David cassel

[Butterfly Man]

Inspiration

Bounce and Cyrus are IMHO the undisputed kings of street inspiration in the USA, though Philippe Petit deserves a lot of credit too.

Henry the Fiddler showed me I could do it in '72 (NOLA) along with all the "pickers" @ the Wrong Place.
H.P Lovecraft opened his home and pitch to me in '76 (SF)
A. Whitney Brown gave me my 1st prop case and Michael Marlin was my comedic/juggling hero.

The most inspirational show I ever saw though was KeanO @ Covent Garden...I tried to emulate him for awhile and it almost got me arrested.

Three others, that I think were also inspirational... Charlie Barnett, Peter Pitofsky, & believe it or not, Gazzo.

... I know, I know.


P.S. I don't know if I should include Alakazam. He was truly inspirational as well but for completely different reasons.... I think it was the rubber shirt.

[Lex Brodie]

Not TAUGHT by much of anyone, INSPIRED by:

Eric Leavitt (who was taught banjo, so they say, by Jerry Garcia)
Cello Joe
The Mysterious Moth (I talk about him on my blog)
A cool old guy playing accordion in front of a small market
A guy playing cool slide guitar in Egg Park in Palo Alto

[jeep caillouet]

Bounce is still around Key West But what ever happened to Cyrus ,Boston Maybe? Haven't heard from him in years.

[heckler]

Inspired by:

First act I ever saw in 1978:
Turk Pipkin.

later on:
Airjazz
Evan from Heaven
Johnny Fox
Teller
Michael the Magnificent
Flip Phillip
Rogue, Oaf and Fool
Jon Luffingwell
Flaming Idiots
Arsene
Waldo -with or without- Woodhead
Avenir the Eccentric.

[Dallas]

a bigger list...

I have a bigger list of people who have taught me what NOT to do!

[jeep caillouet]

Hey Heckler, you seen Lon luffingwell around lately? He and I worked in Aspen together for some 20 years. Just haven't seen or heard of him in several years. Thanks Jeep

[jeep caillouet]

Dallas Let's see that list?

[heckler]

Hey Heckler, you seen Lon luffingwell around lately? He and I worked in Aspen together for some 20 years. Just haven't seen or heard of him in several years. Thanks Jeep

Not in a year or three.
Although I hear he is still in Aspen, I need to go visit the pitch and see whats going on. I'll tell him hi for you!

[jeep caillouet]

He got tired of the cities sit and left a couple years be fore I did. I don't think he went back.