Whycliffe
The man is a legend in Nottingham.

In the early to mid nineties he was recognised as having an incredible voice and snapped up by a record label. Despite never really having success in his native UK, he was doing incredibly well elsewhere and before long he was travelling the world, appearing on Live & Kicking and shagging Danni Minogue. After the release of his second album, he entered a spiral of drugs and depression.

He can now be seen wandering the streets of Nottingham in the evening, earning money by singing songs for small change. Apparently he's happier this way.
( Muns, Fri 28 Sep 2012, 15:36, 2 replies)

Also
From a few years back, the old tramp who would 'busk' down by the Broadmarsh. He played the xylophone but his idea of playing involved hitting 3 or 4 notes randomly.
Also the guy with the banjo and kazoo, always with a fixed grin and a cheery wink; one Christmas I heard him play a marvellous version of "In the bleak midwinter"
(Barnetboy, Fri 28 Sep 2012, 19:39, closed)

Ahh the education quality in Nottingham
I've had many a friendly drunken argument on Glockenspiel vs Xylophone

Here's the guys wiki entry though, if I recall correctly there was a petition to name a tram after him.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Robinson_(Xylophone_Man)
(nibblet99 is avoiding work on, Sat 29 Sep 2012, 13:38, closed)