Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3

Rex Theater, Pittsburgh, PA....

sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

 

 


 me with the band after interviewing them on WHTG prior to the show

L to R, Scott McCoughey, Peter Buck, Robyn Hitchcock, me. Front: Bill Rieflin 
(photo by melissa a. franko) 

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