Bobtalk

November 14, 1981
Nashville, Tennessee
Municipal Auditorium
Concert

Thank you. This is Nashville, Tennessee. This is the capital of country music? Is it? Is it the capital of country music? All right, what kind of country music? Well, here's a song about one of my most favorite subjects: animals. (before Man Gave Names To All The Animals)

This is about the most dangerous animal about that there is. (before Maggie's Farm)

Is there any gambling men in the house tonight? I don't know if we have any? Do we have any? Yes, gambling men. (before Gamblin' Man)

Thank you, all right. Times they are still changing. They're not changing fast enough though for some people. Anyway, here's another song we used to sing on street corners of all places. I got my training as a singer on street corners can't you tell. (before A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall)

(....) well, that's it. Who's here tonight that we can call up on stage? (before Shot Of Love)

Thank you! It's Alright Ma, it's life an life only! That's all it is. That's right. You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea. Isn’t that right, you can’t. (before It Ain't Me, Babe)

”Ain't got time to take a fast train“ is a quote from The Letter written by Wayne Thompson.

All right, thank you. Boy, I remember the first time I ever came to Nashville. I think it was about 1965. My record producer had the bright idea to go down to Nashville. About that time they had ..., they hadn't seen anybody in Nashville with long hair. Does anybody remember that? Nobody had seen anybody with long hair. And when we walked down the street you had to either run or hide. Long hair was kind of a principle. Anyway I went back to my hotel room. The Romana Inn, and instead of going out dancing I sat down and wrote this song. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

All right, thank you. Thank you. Well, yes. I know the other Country Music Hall Of Fame's down here. I know they have it here. They got a Hall Of Fame (....). But you know they don't have a rodeo. A rodeo out thing and they should. Yes, they really should. Hall Of Fame. Anyway, I want to nominate my voice to the first Hall Of Rodeo. All right! Well, yeah one time ... Actually I ought to be in the Country Music Hall Of Fame. I'm that good. Once I came to Nashville, first time I came here. I wanted to be in the Country Music Hall Of Fame. But I never did then. When you want something real bad you usually get it or you don't get it. When you get it either you want to or you don't want it anymore. And when you don't get it you just don't care anymore. (before When You Gonna Wake Up)

All right, we gotta catch an aeroplane. Ain't got time to take a fast train. Well, I surely hope I sang something on key tonight. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. (before Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

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