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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 94 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on November 27, 2024. He first performed it at KGSR on October 29, 2004, 20 years earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Spooked Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2004
Patreon 2021 Robyn Hitchcock Internet 2021
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
KGSR Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 10/29/2004
Cactus Café Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 10/30/2004
Criminal Records Robyn Hitchcock Atlanta Georgia US 10/31/2004
Cat's Cradle Robyn Hitchcock Carrboro North Carolina US 11/01/2004
Cedar Cultural Center (moved from First Avenue) Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/03/2004
Shank Hall Robyn Hitchcock Milwaukee Wisconsin US 11/05/2004
Schuba's Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 11/06/2004
Beachland Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock Cleveland Ohio US 11/08/2004
WYEP Robyn Hitchcock Pittsburgh Pennsylvania US 11/09/2004
Scranton Cultural Center Robyn Hitchcock Scranton Pennsylvania US 11/11/2004
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 11/14/2004
Great American Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 03/03/2005
Crocodile Café Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 03/05/2005
Largo Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 03/08/2005
Belcourt Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 03/20/2005
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 03/26/2005
The Coach House Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5 San Juan Capistrano California US 02/24/2006
Crocodile Café Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5 Seattle Washington US 03/04/2006
FAB Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Tokyo Japan 10/06/2006
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 11/19/2006
Crocodile Café Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 11/25/2006
Piazza Vittorio Veneto Robyn Hitchcock Modigliana Italy 07/30/2007
End of the Road Festival Robyn Hitchcock Tollard Royal England UK 09/14/2007
Shank Hall Robyn Hitchcock Milwaukee Wisconsin US 11/02/2007
KDHX Robyn Hitchcock St. Louis Missouri US 11/07/2007
The Starlight Club Robyn Hitchcock Waterloo Ontario Canada 11/13/2007
The Casbah Robyn Hitchcock Hamilton Ontario Canada 11/15/2007
World Café Live Robyn Hitchcock Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 07/18/2008
ABC2 Robyn Hitchcock Glasgow Scotland UK 02/07/2009
Brudenell Social Club Robyn Hitchcock Leeds England UK 02/10/2009
South Hill Park Arts Centre Robyn Hitchcock Bracknell England UK 02/14/2009
Komedia Robyn Hitchcock Brighton England UK 02/16/2009
The Junction Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 02/17/2009
The Fleece Robyn Hitchcock Bristol England UK 02/18/2009
Piazza Sasdelli Robyn Hitchcock Casola Valsenio Italy 08/14/2009
Crocodile Café Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 10/10/2009
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 02/28/2010
O2 ABC Robyn Hitchcock Glasgow Scotland UK 04/08/2010
Club Academy Robyn Hitchcock Manchester England UK 04/11/2010
O2 Academy Liverpool Robyn Hitchcock Liverpool England UK 04/12/2010
Carling Academy Oxford Robyn Hitchcock Oxford England UK 04/14/2010
The Fleece Robyn Hitchcock Bristol England UK 04/16/2010
O2 Academy Birmingham Robyn Hitchcock Birmingham England UK 04/18/2010
BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long Show Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 05/27/2010
Coolidge Corner Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Brookline Massachusetts US 06/08/2010
The Drake Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 06/11/2010
Largo at the Coronet - Little Room Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 03/31/2011
Teatro Civico Robyn Hitchcock Dalmine Italy 04/15/2011
Auditorium Flaiano Robyn Hitchcock Pescara Italy 04/18/2011
Don Quixote's Robyn Hitchcock Felton California US 10/03/2011
Piazza della Vittoria Robyn Hitchcock Sportorno Italy 08/13/2012
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 10/05/2012
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 10/12/2012
SPACE Robyn Hitchcock Evanston Illinois US 10/14/2012
Triple Door Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 10/29/2012
Cecil Sharp House Biscotti London England UK 12/06/2012
Hotel California Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Todos Santos Baja California Mexico 01/12/2013
Village Underground - Robyn Retrospective Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 02/28/2013
Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 03/13/2013
Webster Hall Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 New York New York US 04/26/2013
Doug Fir Lounge Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Portland Oregon US 06/03/2013
The Drake Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 09/04/2013
The Varsity Theater Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 09/08/2013
Cat's Cradle Back Room Robyn Hitchcock Carrboro North Carolina US 02/04/2014
Open Arts Stage Robyn Hitchcock Bordentown New Jersey US 03/01/2014
Columbia City Theater Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 03/16/2015
The Drake Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 09/12/2015
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/20/2015
Chapungu Lodge Robyn Hitchcock Thornybush Private Game Reserve South Africa 02/10/2016
Iron Horse Robyn Hitchcock Northampton Massachusetts US 03/22/2016
KEXP Studios Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 04/15/2016
The Grey Eagle Robyn Hitchcock & Eugene Mirman Asheville North Carolina US 04/16/2016
Exit/In Robyn Hitchcock & Eugene Mirman Nashville Tennessee US 04/19/2016
Black Cat Robyn Hitchcock & Eugene Mirman Washington DC US 04/22/2016
Daniels Hall @ Swallow Hill Music Robyn Hitchcock Denver Colorado US 06/03/2016
Fremont Abbey Arts Center Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 10/04/2016
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/19/2016
Hạ Long Bay Robyn Hitchcock Hạ Long Vietnam 12/02/2018
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 04/06/2019
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 04/15/2020
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 05/01/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 10/21/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 12/02/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/02/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/18/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 10/03/2021
Turf Club Robyn Hitchcock Saint Paul Minnesota US 04/16/2022
Unknown Hotel Robyn Hitchcock New London Connecticut US 07/14/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 02/01/2023
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 04/05/2023
Nelson's Green Brier Distillery Robyn Hitchcock and His Illustrious Friends Nashville Tennessee US 06/08/2024
Grimey's Records Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 09/18/2024
Levon Helm Studios Robyn Hitchcock Woodstock New York US 11/01/2024
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 11/27/2024

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