Bobtalk

June 30, 1986
Clarkston, Michigan
Pine Knob Music Theatre
Concert

Thank you, thank you, thank you. All right thank you. That was Masters Of War. This is a really old tune. Doesn't feel like an old tune. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Ricky Nelson he did a lot of my songs, so I'm gonna do one of his. This is Lonesome Town.

I wanna thank Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for backing me up tonight. All right, it's a great privilege, it really is, to play with this band. And anybody concerned with it really. On the keyboards, Benmont Tench. On lead guitar, Michael Campbell. On the drums, Stan Lynch. On the bass guitar, Howie Epstein, and he plays the mandolin. I especially wanna thank Mr. Tom Petty himself. (before Like A Rolling Stone)

We got a lot of Ray Charles fans here tonight. They'll know this one. (before Unchain My Heart)

All right. Ha-ha. I was talking, I was talking to somebody earlier tonight, earlier this evening. He said are you gonna play any long songs tonight? I changed my mind. I think this one's about ten minutes. (before A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall)

All right, six minutes wasn't it? Gonna get Tom to sing this one of them old songs. They don't write 'em like this anymore. They've forgotten how to write songs like this. Anyway this is about somebody. This is directed to somebody who thinks they know it all. (before I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know)

All right what time is it? Anybody know? I remember one time tonight. Anybody know what time it is? Oh, I know myself what time it is. We know what time it is. (before Band Of The Hand)

All right, all right. I'm gonna tell you right now why we did that song. There's a very special person around tonight and it's her birthday. And she wanted to hear that song. Anyway we, we're gonna sing Happy Birthday to her right now. Her name is Suzy that's an easy name to remember. And we're gonna do it in the key of C. (after All My Tomorrows)

All right now does anybody have a cake? Anybody out there have a cake? Anybody bring a cake with them? Anybody want to meet Suzy? Oh, all right! Come on out. I'll give her a birthday she'll never forget. Oh, she wishes she could be here but she's busy right now. She's out now. Anyway she's a great girl, she helps out with the show a lot. (after Happy Birthday)

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