Bobtalk

July 15, 1978
Camberley, England
Blackbushe Aerodrome
Concert - The Picnic at Blackbushe

Thank you. Yes, there's some other people in the group too. I wanna introduce you to a girl I know you're gonna like. All three girls over here sing. Also these guys sing too. He sings. Just for now we're just gonna have three girls and maybe one of the guys sing. I'm getting tired. So, we're gonna have Carolyn Dennis come first. I want you to meet Carolyn Dennis. (before A Change Is Gonna Come)

This is Helena Springs. This is her song. She might sing awhile. She's gonna sing 10 songs for you now. (before Mr. Tambourine Man)

Oh, there's another person here. You gotta hear this guy sing. He writes his original songs too. He’s gonna come and sing one for you. You must hear him, you really must. He really is a genius. Steven Soles. Maybe you've heard of him, maybe you haven't but I'm sure you'll remember him after hear him tonight. Steven Soles: "Hello all right here's one you've never heard before. Brand new fresh off the press. All right, I'll dedicate it to all the French people that came here. (Steve Soles sings Laissez-faire)

Thank you. This is a recently written song. Written and inspired, this song is inspired by a man named Harry Dean Stanton. Some of you may know him, some of you maybe not. He's in the house tonight! Stand up and take a bow! Put the light on him! Yes, put the light on him! Yes put the light on this man! Anyway, this is called Tales Of Yankee Power.

Thank you, We wanna play a reggae, our reggae version for you. Sort of reggae, not really reggae. What we call Southern Mountain Reggae. This is a particular sound you get in the States in the Southern Mountain. (before Don't Think Twice, It's All Right)

All right, thank you. Jo Ann wants to sing a Paul McCartney song that she likes a lot. Jo Ann Harris. (before The Long And Winding Road)

All right, I've just been notified we've been running out of time. Anyway, let me run through whe the band here is real quick. On tenor horn Steve Douglas. On the mandolin David Mansfield. Steve Soles on the rhythm guitar. On bass guitar Jerry Scheff. On the drums Ian Wallace. Lead guitar Billy Cross. On the keyboards Alan Pasqua, and on the conga drums Bobbye Hall. Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis, on background vocals. This is called It's Alright Ma,

All right, we gotta go the stage manager just said it. They're gonna send us home. Anyway Eric Clapton's back. And he's gonna stay with us and play. So we've ended the shows so far with this song and we're gonna do it again. I hope we can meet again real soon. I want to come back. (before Forever Young)

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