Mystery Train Releases Gigs Comments

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Author
Junior Parker
Original Band
Junior Parker
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 68 times, most recently at Green Dragon Hotel on December 21, 2008. He first performed it at St John's Pythagoras Room on November 24, 1977, 31 years earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Two Halves for the Price of One The Soft Boys Armageddon Records Album 1981
The Soft Boys 1976-1981 The Soft Boys Rykodisc Album 1993
Rout Of The Clones The Soft Boys Bootleg 1995
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
St John's Pythagoras Room Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 11/24/1977
The Penthouse The Soft Boys Scarborough England UK 05/05/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 05/06/1978
The Roundhouse The Soft Boys London England UK 05/07/1978
Alex Wood Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 05/13/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 05/14/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 05/20/1978
Marquee The Soft Boys London England UK 05/25/1978
Rock Garden The Soft Boys Middlesbrough England UK 06/02/1978
Tiffany's The Soft Boys Edinburgh Scotland UK 06/05/1978
Stowaway Club The Soft Boys Newport Wales UK 06/07/1978
Roots / F Club The Soft Boys Leeds England UK 06/08/1978
Rafters The Soft Boys Manchester England UK 06/09/1978
Portsmouth Polytechnic The Soft Boys Portsmouth England UK 06/17/1978
Marquee The Soft Boys London England UK 06/18/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 09/15/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 10/06/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 10/14/1978
77 Club The Soft Boys Nuneaton England UK 10/17/1978
London College of Printing The Soft Boys London England UK 10/19/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 10/20/1978
Rock Garden The Soft Boys London England UK 10/27/1978
Downing College, Cambridge University The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 10/28/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 11/11/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 11/16/1978
Leicester University The Soft Boys Leicester England UK 11/21/1978
Russell Club "Factory" Night The Soft Boys Manchester England UK 11/24/1978
Eric's The Soft Boys Liverpool England UK 11/25/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 12/08/1978
Corn Exchange (Heads) The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 12/23/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 01/06/1979
North East London Polytechnic The Soft Boys London England UK 01/11/1979
Mid-Herts College The Soft Boys Welwyn Garden City England UK 01/20/1979
Sidney Sussex College The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 01/26/1979
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 02/02/1979
Alex Wood Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 02/03/1979
Lady Mitchell Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 03/01/1979
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 03/03/1979
UCL (University College London) The Soft Boys London England UK 03/05/1979
Rock Garden The Soft Boys London England UK 03/10/1979
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 03/24/1979
University of East Anglia The Soft Boys Norwich England UK 04/27/1979
Canterbury College of Art The Soft Boys Canterbury England UK 05/01/1979
Boogie House The Soft Boys Norwich England UK 05/03/1979
The Penthouse The Soft Boys Scarborough England UK 05/04/1979
Newcastle Polytechnic The Soft Boys Newcastle upon Tyne England UK 05/06/1979
Huddersfield Polytechnic The Soft Boys Huddersfield England UK 05/08/1979
Warwick University The Soft Boys Coventry England UK 05/12/1979
Routes The Soft Boys Exeter England UK 05/17/1979
Tiffany's The Soft Boys Edinburgh Scotland UK 05/22/1979
Norbreck Castle Hotel The Soft Boys Blackpool England UK 05/23/1979
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 06/02/1979
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 03/28/1980
I-Beam Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians San Francisco California US 03/17/1986
Berkeley Square Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Berkeley California US 03/19/1986
Starry Night Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Portland Oregon US 03/21/1986
Blind Pig Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Ann Arbor Michigan US 03/27/1986
Rose Club Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Cologne Germany 04/16/1986
40 Watt Club Robyn Hitchcock Athens Georgia US 05/03/1990
Powerhaus The Soft Boys London England UK 10/17/1992
The Concorde The Soft Boys Brighton England UK 01/14/1994
Corn Exchange The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 01/17/1994
Isle of Wight Bus Tour Robyn Hitchcock Isle of Wight England UK 08/10/1996
Beacon Theatre Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/15/1996
Robyn at Sea Robyn Hitchcock Lymington Harbour England UK 08/16/1997
Borders Books & Music Robyn Hitchcock Chapel Hill North Carolina US 11/02/2004
The Grand Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 04/09/2008
Green Dragon Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Hereford England UK 12/21/2008

Comments

"Mystery Train" is a song written and recorded by American blues musician Junior Parker in 1953. Originally performed in the style of a Memphis blues or rhythm and blues tune, it was inspired by earlier songs and later became a popular rockabilly song, as first covered by Elvis Presley, then numerous others.