Word: musicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cold and couples snuggle. But Keyo Meyreles is busy generating warmth for a receptive Square crowd which banters with the musician and tosses requests and quarters...
Most of the late September crowd seems to have heard Meyreles before. This is not the first time he's welcomed them "to Harvard Square, where you come to look for people crazier than you are." "That's why I'm out here," the musician says, peering into the audience. And the people still laugh...
...down before [performing] and think about it. Everything happens--all my movement, what I do, what I say." But this particulars night, a little more than the unexpected occurs. Between songs, a derelict shuffles through the limited space separating Meyreles and the crowd, halting everything. In front of the musician, the lowlife makes a hollow, pathetic smile. He turns away and quickly scoops coins from the money-laden guitar case...
...onlooker accosts the drunk. An ugly scene is avoided. And the musician deflates the tension by mimicking the strange incident before launching into an original medley...
...People hate you as fast as they love you," the street musician says, recalling the incident with the derelict and similar rare but unpleasant aberrations in the festive scenes he creates. Meyreles calls himself a "happy person" and believes he spreads those good feelings. "The nice thing is when people write letters saying. 'I was really down and out but I saw you and you just made my day," he says. But despite the utilitarian role which he attempts to play, Meyreles soberly considers a society where performances like his provide such bright moments...