Bobtalk

Bob Dylan's spoken words at concerts.

July 25, 1981
Avignon, France
Parc des Sports
Concert

1. Saved (Bob Dylan, Tim Drummond)

2. Untitled Instrumental (Uncredited)

3. Saved (Bob Dylan, Tim Drummond)

4. I Believe In You

5. Like A Rolling Stone

6. Till I Get It Right (Red Lane, Larry Henley)

7. Man Gave Names To All The Animals

8. Maggie's Farm

9. Girl From The North Country

10. Ballad Of A Thin Man

11. In The Summertime

12. Shot Of Love

13. The Times They Are A-Changin'

14. Let's Begin (Jimmy Webb)

Thank you, that was Clydie King.

15. Lenny Bruce

16. Slow Train

17. Mr. Tambourine Man

Thank you. I wanna say hello to my good friend David Oppenheim, if he's someplace sitting out there. Stand up and take a bow David, if you're out there.

18. Solid Rock

19. Just Like A Woman

20. Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (William "Smitty" Smith, David Palmer)

21. Watered-Down Love

Thank you. Are you still feeling all right? Well, don’t wreck it tonight.

22. Jesus Is The One

23. Heart Of Mine

24. When You Gonna Wake Up

25. Forever Young

Thank you. We're all ready to go now. I wanna thank you for bearing with us tonight through the lighting shortage. I hope somebody saw the light tonight anyway. I hope I did. Anyway, I wanna introduce this group to you now. Over on the left, young girl who's been with me now for oh, many many years, Miss Carolyn Dennis. Standing next to her is another girl who’s been with me just as long, Madelyn Quebec. This young lady, she's been with me the shortest time, but the most distance, from Nashville, Tennessee Regina McCrary. I wanna thank Patrick Stansfield, let's give him a big hand. I know you never heard of him but clap for him anyway. But ..., he gets the stage here set up, we been doing all these shows. We're going back to the US pretty soon, I hope we can come back. If we do you come and see us, and if you're ever in the United States come and see us there, we're usually some place all the time. From Dallas, Texas, I wanna introduce to you, a great singer, Clydie King. On the keyboards, from Wilmington, Delaware, give him a big hand, Willie Smith. Also from Wilmington Delaware, on guitar, Fred Tackett. All right, on guitar from Marseilles, Steve Ripley. He's not from Marseilles actually, he's moving there next month. Anyway, on drums I wanna introduce to you one of the best drummers around, Jim Keltner. Ahh yes! On bass guitar, I know you been dying to know who this man is. Anyway ha-ha-ha. This man knows more songs than I do. Anyway, on bass guitar Tim Drummond. Boom boom. Well, I've enjoyed being here, I'm glad to say that. Thank you very much.

26. In The Garden

Thank you. We gotta get out of here now. I hope you heard something that you came to (...), Goodnight.

27. Blowin' In The Wind

28. It Ain't Me, Babe

On the keyboards tonight, give him a hand, Al Kooper. When he's not there give him a hand. That's him sitting right there. On the guitar, Fred Tackett. On the other guitar, Steve Ripley. On the drums, Jim Keltner. On bass guitar, Tim Drummond. Singing on the right tonight, Clydie King, Regina McCrary. Signing on top is Madelyn Quebec. I think I got it all.

29. Knockin' On Heaven's Door


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