Ted, Woody, and Junior Releases Gigs Lyrics Comments Tablature

Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
109

Releases

Title Artist Label Type Year
Element of Light Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Glass Fish Records Album 1986
Element Of Light Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians Relativity Records Album 1986
The Hooded One Robyn Hitchcock Feg You Records Bootleg 1988
Luminous Groove Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians Yep Roc Records Album 2008

Gigs

Billed As Venue City State Country Date
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Ronnie Scott's London England UK February 02, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians UCSD Gym Steps San Diego California US March 13, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians I-Beam San Francisco California US March 17, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Berkeley Square Berkeley California US March 19, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Starry Night Portland Oregon US March 21, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Town Pump Vancouver British Columbia Canada March 24, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians First Avenue Minneapolis Minnesota US March 26, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians 9:30 Club Washington DC US March 28, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Paradise Centre Reading England UK June 02, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Norwich Arts Centre Norwich England United Kingdom June 06, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians WNYU New York New York US October 31, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock Revolver Records San Francisco California US November 17, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians One Step Beyond Santa Clara California US November 18, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Northern Lights Minneapolis Minnesota US November 23, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians First Avenue Minneapolis Minnesota US November 23, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Stereodrome Bologna Italy February 11, 1987
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Stereodrome Bologna Italy February 12, 1987
Robyn Hitchcock Ronnie Scott's London England UK May 10, 1987
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US July 18, 1987
Robyn Hitchcock Ronnie Scott's London England UK October 25, 1987
Robyn Hitchcock Mean Fiddler London England UK December 05, 1987
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Band on the Wall Manchester England UK February 09, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Zap Club Brighton England UK February 16, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Hackney Empire London England UK February 17, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Grove Arts Centre Dorchester England UK February 19, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Let It Be Records Minneapolis Minnesota US April 11, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US July 29, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US July 31, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock Virgin Megastore London England UK December 01, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Lisner Auditorium George Washington University Washington DC US June 14, 1989
Robyn Hitchcock Blue Wall (UMass) Amherst Massachusetts US September 23, 1989
Robyn Hitchcock Backstage Seattle Washington US September 27, 1989
Robyn Hitchcock Slim's San Francisco California US October 05, 1989
Robyn Hitchcock 40 Watt Club Athens Georgia US April 05, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock The Birchmere Alexandria Virginia US April 23, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock Cat's Cradle (Chapel Hill NC) Carrboro North Carolina US April 27, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock The Point Atlanta Georgia US May 01, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock 40 Watt Club Athens Georgia US May 04, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock Einstein a-Go-Go Jacksonville Beach Florida US May 06, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock Tipitina's New Orleans Louisiana US May 11, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock Cactus Café Austin Texas US May 15, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock Cactus Café Austin Texas US May 15, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock University Centre Auditorium Victoria British Columbia Canada July 12, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock Iron Horse Northampton Massachusetts US October 11, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Max's on Broadway Baltimore Maryland US January 01, 1991
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Bogart's Long Beach California US April 21, 1991
'Positively Barking' featuring the Four Croakers Dingwalls London England UK November 11, 2001
Robyn Hitchcock The Garage London England UK January 25, 2002
Robyn Hitchcock Largo Los Angeles California US April 27, 2002
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US January 09, 2004
Robyn Hitchcock Rockstars Austin Texas US March 20, 2004
Robyn Hitchcock Kitty Kat Club Minneapolis Minnesota US November 04, 2004
Robyn Hitchcock Rex Theatre Pittsburgh Pennsylvania US November 09, 2004
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US November 14, 2004
Robyn Hitchcock Largo Los Angeles California US March 10, 2005
Robyn Hitchcock Club Congress Tucson Arizona US March 13, 2005
Robyn Hitchcock Iron Horse Northampton Massachusetts US March 28, 2005
Robyn Hitchcock Duncan Hall Lafayette Indiana US April 03, 2005
Robyn Hitchcock The Chapel San Francisco California US June 08, 2017
Robyn Hitchcock The Barns at Wolf Trap Vienna Virginia US April 11, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock The Kate Old Saybrook Connecticut US April 13, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Caffe Lena Saratoga Springs New York US April 14, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock The Stone Church Brattleboro Vermont US April 16, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Firehouse Center For The Performing Arts Newburyport Massachusetts US April 17, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock The Center For Arts Natick Massachusetts US April 20, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Music Box Supper Club Cleveland Ohio US June 19, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock The Ark Ann Arbor Michigan US June 22, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Monarch Tavern Toronto Ontario Canada June 24, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Twyford Parish Hall Twyford England UK July 25, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Café Berlin Madrid Spain October 03, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock The Capstone Theater Liverpool England UK October 19, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Brudenell Social Club Leeds England UK October 20, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock St Paul's Church Birmingham England UK October 25, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Paste Studios Atlanta Georgia US November 13, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock The ArtsCenter Carrboro North Carolina US November 14, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Sellersville Theater Sellersville Pennsylvania US November 17, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Murmrr New York New York US November 21, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock StageOne Fairfield Connecticut US November 22, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Columbus Theatre Providence Rhode Island US November 23, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock City Winery Boston Massachusetts US November 24, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Concerts In The Studio Freehold New Jersey US November 25, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Largo at the Coronet Los Angeles California US December 13, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock Levontin7 Tel Aviv Israel February 02, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock Circolo Della Musica Rivoli Italy February 07, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock Chiesa Valdese Rome Italy February 08, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock Cripta Romanics del Duomo Avellino Italy February 09, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock Fremont Abbey Arts Center Seattle Washington US February 27, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock The Old Church Portland Oregon US February 29, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock Daniels Hall @ Swallow Hill Music Denver Colorado US March 13, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn & Emma's house Nashville Tennessee US May 27, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn & Emma's house Nashville Tennessee US May 29, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK November 15, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK April 30, 2021
Robyn Hitchcock & Morris Windsor Robyn and Emma's house London England UK June 11, 2021
Robyn Hitchcock St Mary's Creative Space Chester England UK September 30, 2021
Robyn Hitchcock City Winery New York New York US October 12, 2021
Robyn Hitchcock Musikfest Cafe Bethlehem Pennsylvania US October 14, 2021
Robyn Hitchcock The Hangar Theatre Ithaca New York US October 15, 2021
Robyn Hitchcock Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center Westhampton Beach New York US October 22, 2021
Robyn Hitchcock StageOne Fairfield Connecticut US October 23, 2021
Robyn Hitchcock Brudenell Social Club Leeds England UK March 20, 2022
Robyn Hitchcock Loppen Copenhagen Denmark March 25, 2022
Robyn Hitchcock Knuckleheads Kansas City Missouri US April 14, 2022
Robyn Hitchcock Stoughton Opera House Stoughton Wisconsin US April 19, 2022
Robyn Hitchcock Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago Illinois US April 21, 2022
Robyn Hitchcock Largo at the Coronet Los Angeles California US May 26, 2022
Robyn Hitchcock Norwich Puppet Theatre Norwich England UK September 23, 2022
Robyn Hitchcock Eddie's Attic Decatur Georgia US November 12, 2022

Comments

From Robyn on Instagram in 2019
New York City, 1965, was plagued by power cuts and water shortages. Whilst Bob Dylan, Brian Jones and Andy Warhol dealt with the former by vamping around Nico in their Raybans, elsewhere in NYC three other guys saved water by showering together in a petite bath-tub. Plumbing (like so much else) has changed drastically since the 1960s, so it may be hard for the 21st Century mind to grasp what a feat it was for Ted, Woody and Junior to manoeuvre themselves into one bath, backs demurely to the camera, and lather up.

I discovered this one damp November a decade later, whilst waiting to play a floor spot (open mic night) at the Portland Arms in Cambridge. Browsing in a seedy charity shop at dusk, I chanced upon a mildewed faux-bodybuilding mag called Muscleboy. Bodybuilding was hardly my jam, but something about Muscleboy (and The Young Physique, its companion mag) caught my eye. A few pages in from the Charles Atlas types at the front, arcane tableaux began to appear: a man clad only in a Stetson hat and cowboy boots grinned over his shoulder - another posed underwater with a lobster as his swimming costume. By the time I reached the saga of Ted, Woody and Junior I was hooked. Had Warhol read these periodicals, I wondered? Had Dylan himself? Those were different times. “I’ve got something stronger, if yer want it” coughed the sleazy proprietor, wheezing a toxic blend of chilly Fenland air and tobacco smoke into his dim-lit, fungal store. I assured him these two items were plenty and paid him my 10 pence. Two weekends later, my roommate and I sang this byline from Muscleboy onstage at the Portland Arms, in an acapella English folk style : “A brand new model from Bruce this month - Blackie Preston...the rigors of hard range work have given him the perfectly developed body of a man”
They loved us, as always... In 1985, two decades on from that epic year in New York, I was on a railway platform when this song appeared, almost fully formed, in my head.

Lyrics

Ted, Woody, and Junior
Stand in the bath together
And cover each other with soap
Cover each other with soap

Ted, Woody, and Junior
Stand in the frosty garden
They can feel their sinews harden
So they cover each other with leaves
Cover each other with leaves...
Yeah, they cover each other with leaves
Cover each other with leaves

It's a wonderful world
With a lot of strange men
Who are standing around
And they're all wearing towels

Ted, Woody, and Junior
Were disappointments to their fathers
But they had a way with lather
And they covered each other with soap
Covered each other with soap
Yeah, they covered each other with soap
Covered each other with soap

Ted, Woody, and Junior..

Tablature

C...   Em...   G:

     F  F       Dm      C... F... C
Ted, Woody, and Juuuuuunior
      F  F   C
stand in the bath together
    Dm
and cover each other with soap
                      C... F... C... Em... G:
cover each other with soap

     F  F       Dm      C
Ted, Woody, and Juuuuuunior
      F  F   C
Stand in the frosty garden
         F    F     C
They can feel their sinews harden
        Dm
So they cover each other with leaves
                      C       F... C
cover each other with leaves...
                                 Dm
Yeah, they cover each other with leaves
                      C       F... C 
cover each other with leaves

(The tricky middle bit)

       Fm
It's a wonderful world
       D#
With a lot of strange men
        A#              F
Who are standing arouuu-nd
            C                G
And they're all wearing tooooowels

F... C... F... C... F... C... Em... G:

     F  F       Dm      C... F... C
Ted, Woody, and Juuuuuunior
          F    F     C
Were disappointments to their fathers
         F   F C
But they had a way with lather
         Dm
And they covered each other with soap
                        C... F... C
covered each other with soap
                                   Dm
Yeah, they covered each other with soap
                        C... F... C... Em... G:
covered each other with soap
     F  F       Dm                    C
Ted, Woody, and Juuuuuuuu...(pause)...nior...

[Transcribed by JH3]