The Washington Post
November 12, 1985
Robyn Hitchcock
by Mark Jenkins
Making his often-delayed Washington debut Saturday night's welcome from the sold-out 9:30 Club audience. The English eccentric, whose late-'70s Soft Boys engendered a surprisingly widespread psychedelic revival, did not disappoint; from the opening ballad, the introspective "I Often Dream Of Trains", to the a cappella encore, a hilarious bit of barbershop quartet Freudianism called "Uncorrected Personality Traits", Hitchcock's performance was deft and confident.
Backed by keyboardist Roger Jackson and the original Soft Boys rhythm section of bassist Andy Metcalfe and drummer Morris Windsor (missing, of course, was guitarist Kimerley Rew, now with chart-toppers Katrina And The Waves), Hitchcock skillfully interwove Byrdsian rhythm guitar with Acid Rock leads, much as he balanced the gorgeous melodies of the tunes "Glass" and "Heaven" with the oddball humor of such songs as "My Wife and My Dead Wife".
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