Bobtalk

June 27, 1986
East Troy, Wisconsin
Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Concert

Thank you. That was an old song written about people who think they know it all. (after I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know)

Now, I've written a lot of songs that can be taken more ways than one. It just happens that way accidentally. Well, here's a song I wrote that can’t be taken but one way. It's about the only song I play tonight that can. (before Seeing The Real You At Last)

I wanna thank Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for backing me up tonight. On the keyboards, Benmont Tench. All right, on the drums, Stan Lynch. On the bass guitar, Howie Epstein. He also played the mandolin on some tunes. Anyway, on lead guitar, Mike Campbell. I gotta thank Mr. Tom Petty himself. And then I have my own Heartbreakers standing over there, Louise Bethune, Madelyn Quebec, Carolyn Dennis and Queen Esther Marrow. (after In The Garden)

Right. You know I come from pretty near here, sort of. Anyway I think we played last night in Minneapolis or St. Paul. And they treated me like a home town boy, but in fact I wasn't raised there or anything like that. I was raised up North and they keep talking about old times and how old how far past you can get. Well, this is a song I'll play right now. This is pretty old. I used to play this when I was twelve years old. And ..., this is a song that got me booed off my first stages. When I was ever booed when I play. The first time was when we played a song like this. It was a different band, but it sort of went the same way. (before Let The Good Times Roll)

All right thank you. That's hell time. If anybody asks you what time it is say "It's Hell time, man."

All right ..., Rick Nelson did a lot of my songs. I'm gonna do one of his, called Lonesome Town.

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