Bobtalk

June 16, 1978
London, England
Earls Court
Concert

This is a new song, recently recorded. (before Baby Stop Crying)

Thank you. This next song is the story of my life. (before Shelter From The Storm)

Thank you. This is a song I recorded with The Band a few years back. On one of my albums if you can find it. Anyway we're gonna take a break after this song. Gotta do some things backstage, with a telephone. OK, so we'll see you in about 5 minutes. (before Going, Going, Gone)

David Mansfield on the violin! I taught him how to play that. All right! (after All Along The Watchtower)

Thank you! All right! It gives me a great deal of pleasure to me and it also gives me a great deal of pleasure to play with this band. I think a whole lot of this band and I wanna introduce them to you now. On the guitar, on the rhythm guitar, right here is a man of great renown, Mr. Steven Soles. You'll be hearing more from him. All right, on the drums, Ian Wallace. I know some of you know him, give him a bigger hand than that, Ian Wallace. On the bass guitar, and you know how good he is, Jerry Scheff. All right, on the keyboards, Alan Pasqua. Lead guitar, Billy Cross. On the conga drums, from Detroit, Bobbye Hall. You met this young man here earlier this evening. Plays just about every thing and more, David Mansfield. On the tenor saxophone, I know you've been waiting to know who this man is, Mr. Steve Douglas. All right, on the background vocals tonight... all right, these girls make me cry every night. On the left, my fiancée Carolyn Dennis. On the right, this girl’s my cousin, my first cousin, Jo Ann Harris. And in the middle, my current girlfriend, Helena Springs. We're gonna do this now, recorded a few years back in New York City, called, It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding.

We're gonna do this one last tune, and as Jerry Garcia would say, “beat it on down the line". So, till we meet again. (before Forever Young)

Thank you. I hope this song means as much to you as it means to me. I really do. (before The Times They Are A-Changin')

All right, thank you, Ballad Of A Thin Man! It was thirteen years ago I recorded that song. This is called I Ain't Gonna Work On Maggie's Farm No More. I played this at the Newport Folk Festival, some time, recently. This is the song that got me booed off the stage. This is it. (before Maggie's Farm)

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