Rooftop Trombone in the Age of Covid-19, v1.0

18 March - 01 July 2020

When Malaysia began its Movement Control Order (lockdown) on 18 March 2020, Don Bowyer committed to streaming live music and bad jokes at 5pm everyday until the lockdown was lifted. This continued for 106 consecutive days, until 01 July 2020. Initially streamed through his Facebook page, these videos are now available as a Playlist on YouTube and collected together below on this page.

Subsequently, he did the same thing for 70 consecutive days for a second lockdown from 14 October through 22 December 2020, a third lockdown from 13 January through 04 March 2021, and a fourth lockdown from 06 May through 03 July 2021.

Dean of the School of Arts at Sunway University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Bowyer is an American who has been in Malaysia since December 2016.

Week 14


23 June – Day 98

  • Fundamentally Fearful
  • Just Lookin’
  • Deft Counteraction

22 June – Day 97

  • It Had to be You
  • It Could Happen to You
  • It’s You or No One

21 June – Day 96

Happy Father's Day!

  • My Heart Belongs to Daddy
  • Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
  • Dancing in the Street
  • Space Oddity
  • September
  • For the Longest Time
  • Yorktown
  • Havana
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Itchin’ in the Kitchen
  • Rocket Man/Crocodile Rock
  • Uptown Funk

20 June – Day 95

  • Cantaloupe Island
  • Watermelon Man

19 June – Day 94

  • Boogie Wonderland
  • After the Love is Gone
  • September

18 June – Day 93

  • With a Little Help from my Friends
  • Yesterday
  • Hey Jude

17 June – Day 92

  • Anybody Really Know what Time it Is?
  • Just You ’n Me
  • 25 or 6 to 4

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