Levon Helm Studios
Details
- Date
- November 01, 2024
- Venue
- Levon Helm Studios Woodstock, New York
- Billed As
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Gig Type
- Concert
- Guests
- Emma Swift
Notes
Imogen Clark opened.
A couple of hours before show time some of Robyn's soundcheck was streamed on Instagram Live
Main show setlist provided by woj
Set List
- Flavour of Night Soundcheck on Instagram - on piano
- Tears of Rage The Band Soundcheck on Instagram - on piano
- Alright, Yeah Soundcheck on Instagram
- Please, Mrs. Henry Bob Dylan & The Band Soundcheck on Instagram - segues into
- Instrumental Improvised Soundcheck on Instagram
- Balloon Man
- The Shuffle Man
- Madonna of the Wasps
- Century
- The Cheese Alarm
- Autumn is Your Last Chance
- I Often Dream of Trains
- Flavour of Night on piano
- The Man Who Invented Himself on piano
- Ted, Woody, and Junior on piano
- Somewhere Apart on piano
- I Want to Tell You About What I Want
- You and Oblivion
- Sally Was a Legend
- The Lizard
- Glass Hotel with Emma
- So You Think You're in Love with Emma
- Sometimes a Blonde with Emma
- Up To Our Nex with Emma
- Queen Elvis with Emma
- Just Like a Woman Bob Dylan with Emma
- Queen of Eyes with Emma
- Waterloo Sunset The Kinks
- See Emily Play Pink Floyd
- A Day in the Life The Beatles performed unamplified
- Up On Cripple Creek The Band performed unamplified
Media
Video of Instagram soundcheck
Reviews
From Robyn via his email newsletter:
The penultimate date of my recent US tour was at Levon Helm's Barn up in Woodstock. People in the know told us that the Barn was haunted by the ghost of Levon himself. Haunted is an understatement - you could feel the life of the man pouring out of every wall. I grew up a major fan of The Band. Seeing photos, record sleeves, press cuttings, letters, and memorabilia all beaming out from the wooden walls - walking around Levon's inner sanctum on my way to sound check - I found myself quietly in tears. Not through sadness but just with an unusual sense of belonging. I could feel the river of music stretching away before and behind me and my tiny place in it. It was, as hauntings go, a very reassuring one. The house sound engineer, Brendan McDonough, helped Levon himself construct the Barn earlier this century, and the sound in there, even before Brendan activates the PA, is exquisite. Singing with Emma that night was even more of a joy than usual - I could see the arc of our voices curving around the rafters above us like whippoorwills. Sound becomes vision at certain points for me, and this was one of them.
The penultimate date of my recent US tour was at Levon Helm's Barn up in Woodstock. People in the know told us that the Barn was haunted by the ghost of Levon himself. Haunted is an understatement - you could feel the life of the man pouring out of every wall. I grew up a major fan of The Band. Seeing photos, record sleeves, press cuttings, letters, and memorabilia all beaming out from the wooden walls - walking around Levon's inner sanctum on my way to sound check - I found myself quietly in tears. Not through sadness but just with an unusual sense of belonging. I could feel the river of music stretching away before and behind me and my tiny place in it. It was, as hauntings go, a very reassuring one. The house sound engineer, Brendan McDonough, helped Levon himself construct the Barn earlier this century, and the sound in there, even before Brendan activates the PA, is exquisite. Singing with Emma that night was even more of a joy than usual - I could see the arc of our voices curving around the rafters above us like whippoorwills. Sound becomes vision at certain points for me, and this was one of them.