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Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
79

Albums

Title Artist Label Type Year
Spooked Robyn Hitchcock Proper Records Authorized 2004

Gigs

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

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