Bobtalk

August 5, 1986
Mountain View, California
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Concert

OK, before we go any further here we wanna say Happy Anniversary tonight to Margie and Eric. Did I get that right? OK. (before I'll Remember You)

OK, Tom and I are gonna sing an old song for you now. They don't write these kind of songs anymore. It's about a man who thinks he knows it all. (before I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know)

OK, anybody out there know what time it is? Ha-ha. Come on now, surely someone knows? Yeah? What time is it? OK, OK, nobody knows. We'll gonna tell you what time it is. (before Band Of The Hand)

OK, Ricky Nelson he did a lot of my songs. I'm gonna do one of his. I admire him a great deal. This one’s called Lonesome Town.

OK, we have a special man in the house tonight. I wanna introduce him, So everybody knows he’s here. A man who is greatly responsible in a lot of ways for the type of music that we play, from Mississippi originally, John Lee Hooker. I don't know if we can get him out here if you clap, but if you clap hard enough maybe he just might. (before Good Rockin' Mama)

OK, I wanna introduce Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers now, great band. You know there's so much ..., so much ... crap these days that passes off as rock ‘n’ roll. It's nice to meet a real rock ‘n’ roll band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. And let me tell you something. This band is a great band. Anybody would sound good with this band. I wanna acknowledge that and I surely appreciate it. (before Like A Rolling Stone)

All right, we're gonna dedicate this next song here to people who get punished for doing good things. Anybody out there know anybody like that? Yeah, I do too. OK, I also wanna introduce to you a gentleman, a great musician and also a poet. Mr. Tom Petty. (before In The Garden)

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