Bobtalk

July 2, 1986
Akron, Ohio
Rubber Bowl
Concert

I wanna introduce to you, right now a band who needs no introduction. But I'm gonna introduce them anyway. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. (after Masters Of War)

Yeah. We got a line on you now. OK Ricky Nelson, he did a lot of my songs. I'm gonna do one of his, called Lonesome Town.

I thank you. Thank you for coming to this Folk Festival. It's the first  Folk Festival in a long time I didn’t get booed off the stage actually. I was sure one day it would happen. . (before Across The Borderline)

[After line "been so long since a strange woman has slept in my bed" in I and I Dylan adds] Just last night actually.

I wanna thank the Tom Petty band for backing me up tonight. Thank you. Anyway I tell you something, anybody sound good in this band. On the keyboards, give him a big hand, Benmont Tench. Electric guitar, Michael Campbell. On the drums, Stan Lynch. On the bass, Howie Epstein. Also wanna thank Mr. Tom Petty himself here. (at the beginning of Like A Rolling Stone)

Well, yeah, right, ha-ha. We did that, tried that last song you know, we don't usually play it. They asked us to play on Farm Aid Television Show. I was thinking about doing that song but I don't think we will. (after Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache)

All right, Tom and I are gonna sing an old song. The kind of song they don't write anymore, ha-ha ? They don't sing 'em like this any more either. Anyway, this is a song, it’s about people who think they know it all. . (before I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know)

All right now. One more time it gives me great honor to introduce Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. (after Ballad Of A Thin Man)

All right, everybody must get stoned. That can be taken a couple of ways, I guess. Here's a song that can’t be taken but one poor little way. (before Seeing The Real You At Last)

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