Sometimes a Blonde Releases Gigs Lyrics Comments

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Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
89

Releases

Title Artist Label Type Year
Spooked Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2004
Patreon 2021 Robyn Hitchcock Internet 2021

Gigs

Billed As Venue City State Country Date
Robyn Hitchcock KGSR Austin Texas US 10/29/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Cactus Café Austin Texas US 10/30/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Criminal Records Atlanta Georgia US 10/31/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Cat's Cradle Carrboro North Carolina US 11/01/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/03/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Shank Hall Milwaukee Wisconsin US 11/05/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Schuba's Chicago Illinois US 11/06/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Beachland Ballroom Cleveland Ohio US 11/08/2004
Robyn Hitchcock WYEP Pittsburgh Pennsylvania US 11/09/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Scranton Cultural Center Scranton Pennsylvania US 11/11/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 11/14/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Great American Music Hall San Francisco California US 03/03/2005
Robyn Hitchcock Crocodile Café Seattle Washington US 03/05/2005
Robyn Hitchcock Largo Los Angeles California US 03/08/2005
Robyn Hitchcock Belcourt Theatre Nashville Tennessee US 03/20/2005
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 03/26/2005
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5 The Coach House San Juan Capistrano California US 02/24/2006
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5 Crocodile Café Seattle Washington US 03/04/2006
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 FAB Tokyo Japan 10/06/2006
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 11/19/2006
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Crocodile Café Seattle Washington US 11/25/2006
Robyn Hitchcock Piazza Vittorio Veneto Modigliana Italy 07/30/2007
Robyn Hitchcock End of the Road Festival Tollard Royal England UK 09/14/2007
Robyn Hitchcock Shank Hall Milwaukee Wisconsin US 11/02/2007
Robyn Hitchcock KDHX St. Louis Missouri US 11/07/2007
Robyn Hitchcock The Starlight Club Waterloo Ontario Canada 11/13/2007
Robyn Hitchcock The Casbah Hamilton Ontario Canada 11/15/2007
Robyn Hitchcock World Café Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 07/18/2008
Robyn Hitchcock ABC2 Glasgow Scotland UK 02/07/2009
Robyn Hitchcock Brudenell Social Club Leeds England UK 02/10/2009
Robyn Hitchcock South Hill Park Arts Centre Bracknell England UK 02/14/2009
Robyn Hitchcock Komedia Brighton England UK 02/16/2009
Robyn Hitchcock The Junction Cambridge England UK 02/17/2009
Robyn Hitchcock The Fleece Bristol England UK 02/18/2009
Robyn Hitchcock Piazza Sasdelli Casola Valsenio Italy 08/14/2009
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Crocodile Café Seattle Washington US 10/10/2009
Robyn Hitchcock City Winery New York New York US 02/28/2010
Robyn Hitchcock O2 Academy Manchester Manchester England UK 04/11/2010
Robyn Hitchcock O2 Academy Liverpool Liverpool England UK 04/12/2010
Robyn Hitchcock Carling Academy Oxford Oxford England UK 04/14/2010
Robyn Hitchcock The Fleece Bristol England UK 04/16/2010
Robyn Hitchcock O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham England UK 04/18/2010
Robyn Hitchcock BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long Show London England UK 05/27/2010
Robyn Hitchcock Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline Massachusetts US 06/08/2010
Robyn Hitchcock The Drake Hotel Toronto Ontario Canada 06/11/2010
Robyn Hitchcock Largo at the Coronet - Little Room Los Angeles California US 03/31/2011
Robyn Hitchcock Teatro Civico Dalmine Italy 04/15/2011
Robyn Hitchcock Auditorium Flaiano Pescara Italy 04/18/2011
Robyn Hitchcock Don Quixote's Felton California US 10/03/2011
Robyn Hitchcock Piazza della Vittoria Sportorno Italy 08/13/2012
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 10/05/2012
Robyn Hitchcock Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Minneapolis Minnesota US 10/12/2012
Robyn Hitchcock SPACE Evanston Illinois US 10/14/2012
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Triple Door Seattle Washington US 10/29/2012
Biscotti Cecil Sharp House London England UK 12/06/2012
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Hotel California Todos Santos Baja California Mexico 01/12/2013
Robyn Hitchcock Village Underground - Robyn Retrospective London England UK 02/28/2013
Robyn Hitchcock Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop Austin Texas US 03/13/2013
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Webster Hall New York New York US 04/26/2013
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Doug Fir Lounge Portland Oregon US 06/03/2013
Robyn Hitchcock The Drake Hotel Toronto Ontario Canada 09/04/2013
Robyn Hitchcock The Varsity Theater Minneapolis Minnesota US 09/08/2013
Robyn Hitchcock Cat's Cradle Back Room Carrboro North Carolina US 02/04/2014
Robyn Hitchcock Open Arts Stage Bordentown New Jersey US 03/01/2014
Robyn Hitchcock Columbia City Theater Seattle Washington US 03/16/2015
Robyn Hitchcock The Drake Hotel Toronto Ontario Canada 09/12/2015
Robyn Hitchcock City Winery New York New York US 11/20/2015
Robyn Hitchcock Chapungu Lodge Thornybush Private Game Reserve South Africa 02/10/2016
Robyn Hitchcock Iron Horse Northampton Massachusetts US 03/22/2016
Robyn Hitchcock KEXP Studios Seattle Washington US 04/15/2016
Robyn Hitchcock & Eugene Mirman The Grey Eagle Asheville North Carolina US 04/16/2016
Robyn Hitchcock & Eugene Mirman Exit/In Nashville Tennessee US 04/19/2016
Robyn Hitchcock & Eugene Mirman Black Cat Washington DC US 04/22/2016
Robyn Hitchcock Daniels Hall @ Swallow Hill Music Denver Colorado US 06/03/2016
Robyn Hitchcock Fremont Abbey Arts Center Seattle Washington US 10/04/2016
Robyn Hitchcock City Winery New York New York US 11/19/2016
Robyn Hitchcock Hạ Long Bay Hạ Long Vietnam 12/02/2018
Robyn Hitchcock Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Minneapolis Minnesota US 04/06/2019
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn & Emma's house Nashville Tennessee US 04/15/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn & Emma's house Nashville Tennessee US 05/01/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 10/21/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 12/02/2020
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 07/02/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 08/18/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 10/03/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Turf Club St Paul Minnesota US 04/16/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Unknown Hotel New London Connecticut US 07/14/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 02/01/2023
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn & Emma's house Nashville Tennessee US 04/05/2023

Comments

Notes from Robyn on Patreon in 2021

Here are two early incarnations of songs that some of you may be familiar with from my 2004 record "Spooked".

These demos of "Sometimes A Blonde" and "Full Moon in My Soul" were recorded in London, 2003 at Gravity Shack in Tooting. Ding, ding!

The personnel is: Kimberley Rew and self on guitar, Terry Edwards on keyboards and saxophone, Morris Windsor on drums & harmonies, and Paul Noble on bass.

Both of these tunes had some way to evolve before I got them on tape in Nashville with Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings at their Woodland Studios. Looking back it’s odd to see the words and melodies heading for places that they never quite reached.

At Woodland, Gillian & Dave helped me splice a new song “Ghosts Walk” into “Sometimes A Blonde” so this early demo is quite a different creature to one that wound up being released. "Full Moon In My Soul" in its London demo format is more or less the same shape but with a spikier outline.

I had no inkling when Ms Welch and Mr Rawlings introduced me to 5 Points in East Nashville that I would wind up living there ten years later as their neighbour. You never know how big a part a blonde is going to play in your life until they’re playing it...

Lyrics

And ghosts walk in the bodies of children
With their own guns, proud to be on video
Young enough to feel like the skin grows back, yeah

And ghosts walk in the shadows of an obsolete scene
Plum straw plum light blue plum straw plum
Ask for Colin and he'll eat you
And time only comes around again
At the end

And ghosts walk in the ambulations of hound dogs
Bonbons, cinemas, and Matalo
Make you number seven walk the wrong way round, yeah

And they walk in the twenty-first century
And you are gonna get yourself together now, aren't you
I know you're a blonde sometimes
I know you fade

Heavenly nightshade
Heavenly nightshade

And ghosts walk in the fire of angels
Honeycombs and principles, ocelots and meerkats
Catch you looking stupid but you just don't care
When your sights are on infinity, you don't fire blanks, no

I know you're a blonde sometimes
I know you fade
You fade, and you're gone sometimes

I met a shapeshifter
I let her fade
Heavenly nightshade
Ooh, heavenly nightshade
Ooh, heavenly nightshade
It's where you came from