For years, Hunt played his makeshift drums as long as he had an audience to entertain - and that he did.
Larry Hunt, known as San Francisco's "Bucket Man" who drummed on Market Street for years, has died at 64.San Francisco has a few eccentric people and colorful characters that make the city unique to those who visit. This week, the city lost one of them. Larry Hunt was known to many as the "Bucket Man." Before you saw him, you most certainly heard of him.Hunt wanted to play his makeshift drums forever as long as he had an audience, and that he did.
"This is how I got off the streets, I was homeless and I got off the streets just doing this," he told us.VIDEO:
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