Robyn Hitchcock - Goodnight Oslo

We saw Robyn Hitchcock play McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica last night. McCabe’s is the best venue in LA. They reconfigure the main room of the shop with about 150 folding chairs nestled closely between walls hung with guitars, banjos, cellos, dobros, and a few odd strings I can’t identify. The worst seat in the house is about 30 feet from the stage.  

Robyn has played McCabe’s twice before and joked that we were all probably at the previous two shows as well. He told stories, took requests, and chatted with the audience. The guy next to us requested “Ghost Ship” and Robyn obliged, calling it a rock n roll sea shanty that he dedicated to Colin Meloy. Ha. Grant Lee Phillips joined him for a couple closing tunes including one of my favorites, “I Feel Beautiful.”

“Goodnight Oslo” was a popular request and he didn’t let us down. Great show.

UPDATE: So, it turns out, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings — two of my FAVORITE artists — showed up to special guest with Robyn Hitchcock for the late show last night. Uber disappointed I missed it.  :(

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