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Robyn Hitchcock
Mike Viola
Date:
April 23, 2002
Doors:
7:00 PM
Show: 8:00
PM
Tickets:
On Sale Now
$15
General Admission
Age Restrictions:
6 and over
Kitchen:
Open
Seating: Seated |
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Robyn
Hitchcock is one of England's most enduring contemporary singer-songwriters
and live performers, although he's been branded with the tags eccentric
and quirky during the course of his long career. Hitchcock started his recording
career with the Soft Boys, a punk-era
band specializing in melodic pop merged with comedic lyrics. His voice veers
between John Lennon and Syd
Barrett, helping to nurture his madman reputation, but his true influences
lie more in English folk-rock; his guitar and vocal style and lyrical inanities
recall Incredible String Band or
Roy Harper. Hitchcock's solo debut, 1981's
"Black Snake Diamond Role," helped consolidate his reputation
as an oddball, and was followed by the psychedelia of "Groovy
Decay" in 1982 and the all-acoustic
"I Often Dream of Trains" in 1984.
By 1985, his penchant for zaniness and songsmithing coalesced with
"Fegmania." Three years later, Hitchcock landed his first
major U.S. label contract with A&M Records
and released "Globe of Frogs"
in 1988 and "Queen Elvis" in
1989. He sustained and probably even grew his career; however, by this time,
critical approval had fallen off for his work. It wasn't until the 1996
release of "Moss Elixir" that
Hitchcock returned to form and fully embraced his folk roots. — Denise
Sullivan, AMG
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