The Key Club Set List Notes Reviews

Details

Date
February 25, 2006
Venue
The Key Club West Hollywood, California
Billed As
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5
Gig Type
Concert
Guests
Grant Lee Phillips

Notes

The Minus 5 (Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, John Ramberg & Bill Rieflin), supporting & playing with Robyn Hitchcock. Grant Lee Phillips guests on 'I Feel Beautiful', 'Trams Of Old London', 'Long, Long, Long', & the last 4 songs in the encore. Peter doesn't enter until 'Acid Bird', whereas Scott & Bill joined on 'Long, Long, Long'. John Ramberg joined on Robyn's set from 'Cigarettes Coffee And Booze' onwards. Scott McCaughey on lead vocals on 'Cigarettes Coffee And Booze'.
Robyn also played on 'Cigarettes Coffee And Booze' at the end of the Minus 5 set.

Reviews

from UniversalTrendsetter.org (Minus 5 fan site):

I was fortunate enough to catch The Minus Five w/Robyn Hitchcock at The Key Club in Los Angeles last night. After a one-half hour set by an acoustic soloist from Ireland called Shane, Mssrs. McOi, Buck, Rieflin, and Ramberg hit the stage full-throddle. I don't have a complete set list, but many songs from the new album, "The Minus Five (a.k.a. The Gun Album)" were delightfully represented, including the rowdy set-closer 'Aw Shit Man'. Other songs I remember off the top of my head were 'The Days of Wine & Booze,' and 'Lyrical Stance'. They also did a cover of a song by the punkabilly band, The Cramps: 'Strychnine'.(Editors note: actualy it's a song by the Sonics) Lux Interior and Poison Ivy would have been proud. After The Minus Five's initial set, Robyn Hitchcock performed a short acoustic segment, then Scott (on bass), Grant Lee Phillips (special suprise guest on guitar), Peter (on guitar), and Bill (drums) joined Robyn for a dedication to George Harrison, as it was Harrison's birthday, performing 'Long Long Long' from The Beatles' "White Album". The Minus Five (w/o Ramberg) remained on stage with Hitchcock the rest of the evening, performing well after midnight. It was a flawwless show. I only wish someone recorded it. (Maybe somebody did! ;<) )

Vincent