Bobtalk

October 21, 1978
Toledo, Ohio
Centennial Hall, The University Of Toledo
Concert

This is a love ballad I wrote a few years back, concerning three people in love, all at the same time. (before Tangled Up In Blue)

Thank you. That was Alan Pasqua on the organ. Steve Douglas on the tenor saxophone. This is an old song I wrote about fifteen years ago. It's one of the rare ones I wrote that means more now than it did when I wrote it. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

Thank you. That was was a cough on the rocks, in Asheville, West Virginia. Anyway this is an updated version of an old tune called, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's Farm No more.

Thank you, that was "Masters of War", that was Billy Cross on the lead guitar!

Thank you, that was "All along the Watchtower" with David Mansfield on violin!

Thank you, on the drums tonight, please give him a warm hand, Ian Wallace. On the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff. Right. On the keyboards, the one and only Alan Pasqua. Lead guitar is Billy Cross, the oldest member of this group. Billy's 42 years old. Right, on the rhythm guitar from Bogota, Colombia, a man who doesn't speak a word of English, but he does play his heart out anyway. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Steve Soles. On the violin and the mandolin, the youngest member of the group, only fifteen years old been with me five years. All right, David Mansfield. On the tenor saxophone, the phenomenal Steve Douglas. On the backup vocals tonight, three girls, they make me sound good every night. They cover up all my mistakes. I couldn't do without them. Ha ha! On the right is my ex-girlfriend, Jo Ann Harris. In the middle is my new girlfriend, Helena Springs. And on the end, that's my fiancée Carolyn Dennis. All right. Right, on the conga drums, can you hear the conga drums out there? On the conga drums from Detroit City, the most amazing Bobbye Hall. I don't think I left anybody out ? I hope we played a few things right tonight.

We gotta go. Anyway, here's a song I wrote for one of my babies when he was a baby. He's not here tonight, but I'm gonna play it anyway. So, we'll see you later, some other time, some place else. You've been a great crowd, remember that. All right, be safe on your journey home. (before Forever Young)

Thank you very much, Goodnight!  (at the end of Forever Young)

Thank you very much, Goodnight!!  (at the end of Changing of the Guards)

All right, we're going to take a break after this song, but we'll be right back.(before One of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later))

All right, this is a little tune I learned off a Bruce Springsteen record. (before Don't Think Twice, It's All Right)

Make sure to state after (or during) which song the words are spoken.