It’s been a quiet year so far for the Wayside Serenaders, with just one live appearance, but we abide in hope that, like the weather, things will hot up before too long. And with that in mind, we are busking outside the Samuel Johnson Birthplace in Market Street, Lichfield, between about 11am and 1pm, this Saturday, 19 August.

The weather is set fair, the band is now even bigger, and we look forward to seeing some friendly faces among the passers-by.

Here’s a little video reminder of some of the Serenaders’ abiding idiosyncrasies, including fumblingly ragged kazoo breaks, the very real sense that nobody has a clue what the Rev J. Olly Glum is going to do next, and a knock-knock joke without a punch line. Bob Dylan would be rolling in his grave but, luckily, he lives still!