Robyn Hitchcock

... at the Carrboro Arts Center.

Tenth time seeing him! First time was in March, 1997.

This set was mostly requests that he took on Facebook. So it was a lot of stuff I'd never heard him do live before: One Long Pair Of Eyes, The Ghost Ship, I Want To Destroy You, A Skull, A Suitcase.... And, he picked one of my suggestions: Luminous Rose. In addition, he played almost all of my favorites: Guilford, Glass Hotel, Briggs, etc.. If he had also played Chinese Bones, he would've completed my top five. He also played a lot of songs from his (very good) new record, which all sounded great done with just an acoustic guitar.

Local singer, Skylar Gudasz, opened with a set of excellent tunes - minimalist and intimate in the style of Cat Power or Joni Mitchell at her best. Worth checking out.

Three weeks till Paul Simon.

2 thoughts on “Robyn Hitchcock

  1. Alan J

    Saw him twice circa. 1990 in Athens Ga.. Both times, Pete Buck joined him onstage.

    I remember buying the record (vinyl of course and still have it) of the Soft Boys “Underwater Moonlight” and playing it for some of my co-workers. They loved it.

    The Egyptians and everything since has mostly been pure gold.

    Glad to hear he is still at it

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