Recalling The Truth Releases Gigs Comments

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 26 times, most recently at Claypath Delicatessen on August 19, 2023. He first performed it at The Drake Hotel on September 04, 2013, 9 years and 11 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
The Man Upstairs Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2014
Patreon 2020 Robyn Hitchcock Internet 2020
The Man Downstairs: Demos & Rarities Robyn Hitchcock Tiny Ghost Records Album 2020
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
The Drake Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 09/04/2013
Panciuto Robyn Hitchcock Hillsborough North Carolina US 02/04/2014
The Basement Robyn Hitchcock & Grant-Lee Phillips Nashville Tennessee US 02/12/2014
Stage on Herr at Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center Robyn Hitchcock Harrisburg Pennsylvania US 02/26/2014
Concerts In The Studio Robyn Hitchcock Freehold New Jersey US 02/28/2014
Café Mono Robyn Hitchcock Oslo Norway 04/04/2014
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 06/20/2014
The Drake Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 09/12/2014
Rough Trade East Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/30/2014
The Lantern Robyn Hitchcock Bristol England UK 10/02/2014
St John The Evangelist Robyn Hitchcock Oxford England UK 10/04/2014
The Junction Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 10/06/2014
Colchester Arts Centre Robyn Hitchcock Colchester England UK 10/07/2014
Electric Circus Robyn Hitchcock Edinburgh Scotland UK 10/19/2014
Eddie's Attic Robyn Hitchcock Decatur Georgia US 11/01/2014
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/10/2014
Berklee College of Music Robyn Hitchcock Boston Massachusetts US 11/13/2014
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/21/2014
WXPN - World Café Robyn Hitchcock Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 12/09/2014
High Noon Saloon Robyn Hitchcock Madison Wisconsin US 02/23/2015
Union Chapel Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 06/05/2015
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/20/2015
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 06/21/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/02/2021
Brudenell Social Club Robyn Hitchcock Leeds England UK 03/20/2022
Claypath Delicatessen Robyn Hitchcock Durham England UK 08/19/2023

Comments

Notes from Robyn on Patreon in 2020.

Two more songs from Charlie’s attic in Cardiff, in August 2013: demos for ‘The Man Upstairs’.

I wrote ‘Recalling The Truth’ feeling desolate that I might not see Emma again. We had only just met. She was based in Nashville and I was extricating myself from my life in London. Who knew that only 7 years later we’d both be in lockdown together in Tennessee with a pair of Scottish Folds? This version is a tad less somber than the one I recorded later that year with Joe Boyd.

I love outtakes: they have all the potential that finished, produced, tidy versions seem to lack. I see all my records as blueprints, really. Now with Patreon you can assemble an infinite number of my albums any way you want, and I could be sitting opposite you at a table, in need of a toothbrush. Like Bowie when all he could afford was instant coffee, and coming up with gems like ‘Quicksand’.