Bobtalk

June 18, 1978
London, England
Earls Court
Concert

Thank you, Ballad Of A Thin Man! It was 15 years before Ballad Of Short People. This was 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.

Thank you. This is a song I recorded with The Band a few years back, on one of the albums we did together. Anyway, we're gonna take a break after this song. Have to do some things backstage, with a telephone. (before Going, Going, Gone)

David Mansfield over there on the violin. I taught him how to play that. All right! (before All I Really Want To Do)

Thank you, all right. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to play here. Also it 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, you can 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 everything and even 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. God, these girls make me cry every night. On the left, my fiancée, Carolyn Dennis. On the right, this young 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.

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

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