Joe Boyd & Robyn Hitchcock - "Way Back In The 1960s" - Live from The Basement, Sydney 09 Nov 2011

"Robyn Hitchcock & Joe Boyd - Live & Direct From 1967" will feature readings from Boyd's acclaimed 2006 memoir, "White Bicycles - Making Music In The 1960s," with Hitchcock adding extraordinary color via performances of classic songs from throughout the producer's career. From stage-managing Bob Dylan's infamous 1965 performance at the Newport Folk Festival, to co-founding The UFO Club (the epicenter of London's groundbreaking psychedelic scene and launch pad for such bands as Pink Floyd, Tomorrow, and The Move), to his early stewardship of an array of hugely influential folk heroes - including Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, and the Incredible String Band - Boyd has been intimately involved in some of rock's milestone moments. Simply put, Boyd's work in the 1960s has become part of pop's collective consciousness, inspiring generation after generation of psychedelically inclined musicians and songwriters.

"As the momentum years of 1965 to 1970 have now crystallized into the golden age of pop/rock, Joe and I have been drawn together by our perspective on how it shaped our lives: his as a young man, mine in teenage limbo," Hitchcock explains. "Joe had a hand in creating a world that revolutionized mine. If he is Dr Frankenstein, then I'm his monster. Or one of them..."

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