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 7
05 May – Day 49
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
- La Bamba
- Amor a la Mexicana
04 May – Day 48
- No More Blues
- Laura
- Left Over Vowels
03 May – Day 47
Happy birthday, Frankie Valli & James Brown!
- Can’t Take My Eyes off of You
- I Feel Good!
02 May – Day 46
Happy birthday, Lorenz Hart!
- Isn’t It Romantic
- My Funny Valentine
- Have You Met Miss Jones
01 May – Day 45
- Caravan
- Havana
30 April – Day 44
Happy International Jazz Day!
- All of Me
- Misty
- I Love You
29 April – Day 43
Happy birthday, Duke Ellington & Willie Nelson!
- Perdido
- On the Road Again
- It Don’t Mean a Thing
