robyn hitchcock
Ex-leader of The Soft Boys, Robyn Hitchcock has performed various Van Vliet compositions live in concert: 'Big Eyed Beans From Venus', 'Clear Spot', 'Orange Claw Hammer', 'My Human Gets Me Blues' and 'Neon Meate Dream Of An Octafish'.
June 2011, Roby Hitchcock and his Imaginary Band performed the complete Captain Beefheart "Clear Spot" album at a number of concerts.
concerts
random notes
from RH's website - june 2011
BEEFHEART
To
celebrate Captain Beefheart and his life on Earth, Robyn Hitchcock and the
Imaginary Band will perform the album 'Clear Spot' and a few other Beefheart
compositions at the Garage, London, June 3th and Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham,
June 4th. "In the early Soft Boys we tried to cross Abbey Road
with Trout Mask Replica", says Robyn: "It didn't always work
but it was some hybrid. The most exciting show I've ever seen was Beefheart and
The Magic Band in 1973. This won't be as accurate as the John French/Magic Band
gigs a few years back, but Clear Spot is quite a party album, and we're planning
to have quite a party". The Imaginary Band will be Paul Noble and Terry
Edwards on guitars and bass, Jenny Adejayan on cello, and Stephen Irvine on
drums.
June
3, 2011 - London, UK at The Garage
June
4, 2011 - Cheltenham, UK at Wychwood Festival
Bath
Fringe Festival
June
5, 2011 - Spiegeltent, UK at Bath Fringe Festival (Robyn plays solo acoustic and
then performs the Clear Spot show with the Imaginary Band)
Robyn
for GLASTONBURY!