Bobtalk

July 19, 1986
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Spectrum
Concert

OK now. I forgot more than you'll ever know, had to forget, had to forget everything, OK? Anybody out there know what time it is? I'm gonna tell you what time it is. (plays Band Of The Hand) OK, it's Hell time man. Now if anybody asks you what time it is, day or night what are you gonna say? It works. Doesn't matter you won't be lyin'.

Thank you. OK, Ricky Nelson he did a lot of my tapes, a lot of my songs and I admired him a lot, so I'm gonna do one of his called Lonesome Town.

Yeah, that was a very special song we played tonight, for a very special person. But I don't think she's here! Ha-ha. (after I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine)

How is the sound out there tonight? All right? Ha-ha. I know it ain’t the best place, but it ain’t the worst either, right? Right. Well it’s a great honor and privilege to be playing here in the city of the Liberty Bell. We know everybody in this city must really love freedom? Ain't that right? I'm sure everybody in this city knows what freedom is too. OK, I wanna introduce Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to you right now. Benmont Tench playing the keyboards. Mike Campbell on the guitar, and ..., one of the finest drummers, I've ever heard in my life, Stan Lynch. Howie Epstein is playing the bass guitar, and a few other things. And I especially wanna thank Mr. Tom Petty himself, he's a real gentleman, should be around a long time. All right now, I have my own Heartbreakers too. That's Louise Bethune, Madelyn Quebec and Queen Esther Marrow. That’s all right? (plays Like A Rolling Stone) ... mm or anything I’ll tell you. Listen to me, we haven’t seen that before. OK now, got to disregard the ending of the last song. We were just practicing that. We have to play San Francisco soon and you know they're fussy out there about their endings, ha-ha.

OK, here's a song I used to sing when I was twelve years old. And that's old for me. I can't remember when that was but you know people always like to know what kind of songs you sang when you sang them. All right, so, I have a little better band with me this time ha-ha! Not much though! (before Let The Good Times Roll)

All right, there Tom and I, ha-ha. You know with all that new music happening ... Now, you very seldom ever hear an old song. All right, OK, anyway this is one of the old songs I guess. It’s a song from the 50's I guess. 50's? Maybe later I don't know. Anyway, it's about the kind of songs they don't write anymore, this is the kind. This is a certain one, it’s about someone who thinks they know it all. But you know they don't. I fall into that category sometimes myself actually. Ha-ha. (before I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know)

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