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Famous Stars who Once were Buskers!

Everyone has to start somewhere and from busking on the street the only way is up. You can’t fall any lower than the gutter, anyway.

We’re not saying that these celebrated musicians owe all they have to their days as a street musician but for most of them it was the first step on the road to fame.

At the very least, the next time someone tells you that your music sucks and that you should go home, you can at least shout:

• Barenaked Ladies * Beck * Billy Bragg * David Byrne * Tracy Chapman * Bob Dylan * David Gilmour * Damon Gough (aka Badly Drawn Boy) * Bradley Fish * Flying Karamazov Brothers * Guster * Ted Hawkins * Mary Lou Lord * Johnny Valentine and the Potato Beetles * Harry McClintock * Blind Willie McTell * The Memphis Jug Band * Moxy Früvous * The Flying Neutrinos * Penn and Teller * River Phoenix * Annie Raines * Damien Rice * Rockapella * Damo Suzuki * Violent Femmes * Hayley Westenra * Art Paul Schlosser * Louis Armstrong * Muddy Waters * Bob Hope * The Roots * George Burns * Sheryl Crow * Marcel Marceau * Patch Adams * Philip Petite * W. C. Fields * Sinbad * Jimmy Buffet * Robin Williams * Baby Face * Jewel

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