Details

Date
August 27, 1999
Venue
Largo Los Angeles, California (West Hollywood)
Billed As
Robyn Hitchcock
Gig Type
Concert
Guests
the Café Largo Bunch

Set List

  1. Get Off Of My Cloud The Rolling Stones improvised
  2. Taught To Read By A Bicycle (beat poem!)
  3. Foxy Lady The Jimi Hendrix Experience (beat/jazz style)
  4. Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
  5. Forever In Blue Jeans Neil Diamond
  6. That's When Your Heartaches Begin Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm
  7. Suspicious Minds Mark James
  8. Son of the Evil Blood Destroyer (instrumental)
  9. When You Wish Upon A Star Cliff Edwards

Media

Audio recording of show

Reviews

Friday - Jon did his usual thing, taking requests from the crowd, drinking excessively (he complained of a Jagermeister headache when he started the set and promptly asked the bar for more. and a Guinness.) and generally keeping the audience entertained. Someone requested "Get off of my Cloud," and Jon said he'd only play it if Robyn sang. So
Robyn went up to the mic, flopped about like a Muppet with an over-the-top rendition of the tune. Glen Hollman, who played upright bass on Rufus Wainwright's album, appeared and played upright bass for Jon. Later on, when the two were getting ready for the late set, Jon realized they needed percussion. Having run out of musicians, he asked, "Is there a jazz drummer in the house?" Someone responded in the affirmative, and Jon actually asked him up onto the stage! As the three got settled (the drummer's name was Blair Scinta [sp?], a name Jon just loved), they summoned Robyn up to start things off with some beat poetry.

The rest of the night was basically improv jazz, with Robyn as frontman.