Robyn & Emma's house
Details
- Date
- August 19, 2020
- Venue
- Robyn & Emma's house Nashville, Tennessee
- Billed As
- Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift
- Gig Type
- Online
Set List
- Desolation Row Bob Dylan Robyn solo
- One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) Bob Dylan Emma vocals
- Country Pie Bob Dylan Robyn solo
- Ring Them Bells Bob Dylan Robyn solo
- Going, Going, Gone Bob Dylan Emma vocals
- Things Have Changed Bob Dylan Emma vocals
- Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) Bob Dylan Robyn solo
- Tangled Up In Blue Bob Dylan
- Tiny Montgomery Bob Dylan & The Band partial
Reviews
Review by Steve McGowan from Zub Records
The show opened with Robyn offering hellos to his “blurred and beautiful friends,” saying in honor of Emma Swift’s new LP, Blonde On The Tracks, (tinyurl.com/zubblonde) they would be going to “Lake Dylan” and he launched into a pleasant version of ‘Desolation Row’ from Highway 61 Revisited. This is a song with a lot of lyrics and Robyn did well with it, playing in a drop-D guitar tuning, with the addition of round-the-neck harmonica. Emma then appeared reading some of the StageIt comments, and thanking the folks for the success of Blonde On The Tracks. Emma sang ‘Sooner Or Later (One Of Us Must Know),’ from her new record and originally on Dylan's Blonde On Blonde. Emma’s version had a SoCal singer-songwriter feel, with perhaps a touch of Linda Rondstadt in there (tinyurl.com/zublinda). Robyn complimented Emma as a singer, and went into ‘Country Pie’ from Nashville Skyline, using his ‘Elvis’ voice in bits. A bit heavy on the corn -pone, it wasn’t the strongest Dylan cover. Next up, Reg played ‘Ring Them Bells’ from Oh Mercy, a nice folkie, stripped down version.
Emma returned and sang ‘Going Going Gone’ from Planet Waves, Emma delivering a meditative and torchy vocal. Only she could bring a torch vibe to a Dylan tune. Germaine the female (stuffed) koala appeared, they discussed the differences of E. Swift and T. Swift to get Blonde On The Tracks into the Australian charts. Emma sang ‘Things Have Changed,’ Dylan’s contribution to The Wonder Boys soundtrack. Reg and Em appear to know all the Dylan songs.
Emma was off again and Robyn did a slow, stately version of ‘Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power’) from Street Legal. Beautifully picked and sung by Robyn, it was very touching. When Emma returned, they did ‘Tangled Up In Blue’ from Blood On The Tracks. Very well done but Emma goofed the lyrics (reading on the phone) but they got it back together. They played out the last minute with ‘Tiny Montgomery’ from The Basement Tapes. This was a bit of a chaotic show, with a first song over eleven minutes long, but with Reg and Em we would not have it any other way.
The show opened with Robyn offering hellos to his “blurred and beautiful friends,” saying in honor of Emma Swift’s new LP, Blonde On The Tracks, (tinyurl.com/zubblonde) they would be going to “Lake Dylan” and he launched into a pleasant version of ‘Desolation Row’ from Highway 61 Revisited. This is a song with a lot of lyrics and Robyn did well with it, playing in a drop-D guitar tuning, with the addition of round-the-neck harmonica. Emma then appeared reading some of the StageIt comments, and thanking the folks for the success of Blonde On The Tracks. Emma sang ‘Sooner Or Later (One Of Us Must Know),’ from her new record and originally on Dylan's Blonde On Blonde. Emma’s version had a SoCal singer-songwriter feel, with perhaps a touch of Linda Rondstadt in there (tinyurl.com/zublinda). Robyn complimented Emma as a singer, and went into ‘Country Pie’ from Nashville Skyline, using his ‘Elvis’ voice in bits. A bit heavy on the corn -pone, it wasn’t the strongest Dylan cover. Next up, Reg played ‘Ring Them Bells’ from Oh Mercy, a nice folkie, stripped down version.
Emma returned and sang ‘Going Going Gone’ from Planet Waves, Emma delivering a meditative and torchy vocal. Only she could bring a torch vibe to a Dylan tune. Germaine the female (stuffed) koala appeared, they discussed the differences of E. Swift and T. Swift to get Blonde On The Tracks into the Australian charts. Emma sang ‘Things Have Changed,’ Dylan’s contribution to The Wonder Boys soundtrack. Reg and Em appear to know all the Dylan songs.
Emma was off again and Robyn did a slow, stately version of ‘Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power’) from Street Legal. Beautifully picked and sung by Robyn, it was very touching. When Emma returned, they did ‘Tangled Up In Blue’ from Blood On The Tracks. Very well done but Emma goofed the lyrics (reading on the phone) but they got it back together. They played out the last minute with ‘Tiny Montgomery’ from The Basement Tapes. This was a bit of a chaotic show, with a first song over eleven minutes long, but with Reg and Em we would not have it any other way.